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...(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4781.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense and shall be subject to a mandatory fine of one hundred dollars. On a second offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall be subject to a mandatory fine of one thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4781.20 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Automated people mover" means an installation as defined in the automated people mover standards. (2) "Automated people mover standards" means the standards adopted by the American society of civil engineers commonly referred to as ASCE 21. (3) "Belt manlifts safety standards" means the safety standards adopted by the American society of mechanical engineers commonly referred t...

...(A) This chapter shall be used to regulate the individuals and entities performing construction, testing, maintenance, alteration, and repair of the following equipment, associated parts, and hoistways: (1) Elevators; (2) Power-driven stairways and walkways for carrying persons between landings, including both of the following: (a) Escalators; (b) Moving walks. (3) Hoisting and lowering mechanisms equipped...

...The general assembly's intent in enacting section 4105.30 and Chapter 4785. of the Revised Code is to provide for the safety of installers, maintainers, and users of elevators and other conveyances, as well as to promote public safety awareness regarding the same. The use of unsafe and defective lifting devices imposes a substantial probability of serious and preventable injury to employees and the public. The preven...

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, no individual shall provide conveyance services in buildings or structures unless that individual is a licensed elevator mechanic and one of the following applies: (1) The elevator mechanic is working for a licensed elevator contractor. (2) The elevator mechanic is a sole proprietor who holds an elevator contractor's license. (3) The elevator mech...

...(A) Any business entity wishing to provide conveyance services shall apply for an elevator contractor's license with the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce on a form provided by the division. (B) Any individual wishing to provide conveyance services shall apply for an elevator mechanic's license with the division on a form provided by the division. (C) An application made under th...

...(A) The division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce may renew a license issued under section 4785.04 of the Revised Code if the licensee does all of the following: (1) Submits an application for license renewal on a form prescribed by the division; (2) Pays the license renewal fee established by the division; (3) If the licensee is an elevator mechanic, submits evidence that the applican...

...(A) Whenever the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce determines that an emergency exists due to disaster, act of God, or work stoppage, and the number of individuals in the state holding elevator mechanic's licenses issued by the division is insufficient to cope with the emergency, the division shall declare such a state of emergency and respond as prescribed in this section to assure ...

...(A) An elevator contractor shall notify the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce when there are no licensed elevator mechanics available to provide conveyance services and may request that the division issue temporary elevator mechanic's licenses to individuals certified by the licensed elevator contractor to have an acceptable combination of documented experience and education to provi...

...Licensees shall ensure that installation, service, and maintenance of a conveyance is performed in accordance with state and local law and with generally accepted standards referenced in such laws or related rules. When any material alteration is made to a conveyance, the licensees involved shall ensure that the conveyance adheres to the appropriate conveyance standard for the alteration.

...(A) Elevator contractors shall submit to the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce proof of insurance coverage greater than or equal to the following amounts: (1) One million dollars for injury or death of any number of individuals in any one occurrence; (2) Five hundred thousand dollars for property damage in any one occurrence; (3) Workers' compensation insurance coverage. (B...

...(A) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the superintendent of industrial compliance shall adopt rules pertaining to all of the following: (1) The issuance and renewal of elevator mechanic's licenses and elevator contractor's licenses; (2) The list of disqualifying offenses required under division (B) of section 9.79 of the Revised Code. (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, t...

...(A) There is hereby created, within the division of industrial compliance within the department of commerce, the elevator safety review board. (B) The board is responsible for investigating violations of this chapter, holding disciplinary administrative hearings, and assessing penalties in accordance with sections 4785.091 and 4785.092 of the Revised Code. (C) The board consists of the following members: (1)...

...(A) The elevator safety review board may suspend or revoke a license issued pursuant to this chapter or subject the licensee to civil penalty if the board determines that one or more of the following applies to the licensee: (1) The licensee has been convicted of or pleaded guilty to a crime of moral turpitude or disqualifying offense as those terms are defined in section 4776.10 of the Revised Code and the list ad...

...(A)(1) Any individual may request an investigation into an alleged violation of this chapter by giving notice to the elevator safety review board of a potential violation or danger. (2) Such notice shall be in writing, shall set forth with reasonable particularity the grounds for the notice, and shall be signed by the individual making the request. (3) On the request of any individual signing the notice, the indi...

...All money collected under this chapter shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating fund created under section 121.084 of the Revised Code.

...Whoever recklessly violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not more than one thousand five hundred dollars, sentenced to a jail term not exceeding thirty days, or both.

...An action may be brought by a person in possession of real property, by himself or tenant, against any person who claims an interest therein adverse to him, for the purpose of determining such adverse interest. Such action may be brought also by a person out of possession, having, or claiming to have, an interest in remainder or reversion in real property, against any person who claims to have an interest therein, ...

...In actions to recover the purchase money of real estate by vendor against vendee, the vendee, notwithstanding his continued possession, may by way of counterclaim set up any breach of the covenants of title acquired by him from the plaintiff, and make any person claiming an adverse interest therein a party to the action. Upon the hearing, he may recoup against the plaintiff's demand the present worth of any existing ...

...In an action for the recovery of real property, it is sufficient if the plaintiff states in his petition that he has a legal estate therein and is entitled to the possession thereof, describing it with such certainty as to identify the property, and that the defendant unlawfully keeps him out of the possession. It is not necessary to state how the plaintiff's estate or ownership is derived.

...In an action for the recovery of real property, it is sufficient if in his answer the defendant denies generally the title alleged in the petition, or that he withholds the possession. If he denies the title only, possession by him shall be taken as admitted. When he does not defend for the whole premises, the answer shall describe the particular part for which defense is made. The defendant also may set forth in h...

...In an action by a tenant in common of real property against a cotenant, the plaintiff must state, in addition to what is required in section 5303.03 of the Revised Code, that the defendant either denied the plaintiff's right, or did some act amounting to such denial.

...In an action for the recovery of real property, when the plaintiff shows a right to recover at the time the action was begun, but during its pendency his right has terminated, the verdict and judgment must be according to the fact, and the plaintiff may recover for the withholding of the property.

...In an action for the recovery of real property the parties may avail themselves of the benefit of sections 5303.08 to 5303.17, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...A person who, without fraud or collusion on his part, obtained title to and is in the quiet possession of lands or tenements, claiming to own them, shall not be evicted or turned out of possession by any person who sets up and proves an adverse and better title, until the occupying claimant, or his heirs, is paid the value of lasting improvements made by the occupying claimant on the land, or by the person under who...