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Section 1331.15 | Prohibited acts.

...due allowance for the difference in the actual costs of transportation from the locality of purchase to the locality of manufacture.

Section 1331.16 | Investigative demand for discovery.

... material or may have knowledge of any fact that is relevant to any investigation conducted to determine if any person is or has been engaged in a violation of this chapter, the attorney general or the attorney general's designated representative may issue in writing, and cause to be served upon any person or the representative or agent of the person, an investigative demand that requires the person to produce the do...

Section 1331.17 | Public disclosure by attorney general.

...eneral shall not disclose publicly the facts developed in an investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter unless the matter has become a matter of public record in enforcement proceedings, in public hearings, or other official proceedings, or unless the person from whom the information has been obtained consents to the public disclosure.

Section 1331.99 | Violation; penalty.

...th degree: (a) The amount of the contract or the amount of the sale of commodities or services involved is seven thousand five hundred dollars or more. (b) The conspiracy against trade relates to a contract with or the sale of commodities or services to or from a local, state, or federal governmental entity. (c) The contract or sale of commodities or services involves, in whole or in part, funding to or from a ...

Section 1332.01 | Fair competition in cable operations definitions.

... meanings as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, Title III, Sections 301(a) and 302 (b)(2), 110 Stat. 114, 124, 47 U.S.C.A. 522. (C) "Cable service provider" means any person or group of persons that is engaged in the provision of cable service over a cable system and directly or indirectly owns a significant interest in the cable system, or that through any arrangement otherwise controls o...

Section 1332.02 | Fair competition in cable service operations.

...ive policies of the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C.A. 151, for the purposes of providing the widest possible diversity of entertainment, information, and news sources to the general public; advancing the unfettered exercise of rights under the first amendment to the United States Constitution to free speech and the free flow of information; enhancing the development and ...

Section 1332.03 | No determination as to public utility status of cable service operation.

...(A) Nothing in sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code is a determination by the general assembly that the provision of cable service over a cable system by a municipal corporation does or does not constitute a public utility pursuant to Section 4 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution. (B) Nothing in sections 1332.01 to 1332.10 of the Revised Code confers authority on a political subdivision of this state to o...

Section 1332.05 | Legislation expending public moneys for cable service.

...tem. (2) Any ordinance or resolution enacted by the legislative authority of a political subdivision of this state authorizing the formation of a public cable service provider by the political subdivision shall include a comprehensible statement of the general plan for financing the acquisition, construction, installation, improvement, or lease of the cable system. No such ordinance or resolution shall be deemed an ...

Section 1332.06 | Special fund for cable system - annual report.

...(A) A political subdivision of this state that is a public cable service provider shall maintain a special fund for its cable system and the provision of cable service over that cable system and shall be subject, with respect to that special fund, to sections 5705.09, 5705.10, 5705.14, 5705.15, 5705.16, 5705.39, 5705.40, 5705.41, 5705.44, and 5705.45 and any other applicable provision of Chapter 5705. of the Revised ...

Section 1332.07 | Effect of violation by political subdivision.

...A violation of any provision of division (B) of section 1332.04 of the Revised Code by a political subdivision, whether as a franchising authority, public cable service provider, or otherwise, relieves any other cable service provider in the jurisdiction of the political subdivision from any obligation to comply with or perform any regulation, rule, requirement, or restriction that is the subject of the violation, an...

Section 1332.08 | Arbitration of disputes - procedure.

...(A) A dispute for which a civil action is authorized under section 1332.09 of the Revised Code may first be submitted to arbitration in accordance with the procedures and subject to the conditions set forth in divisions (B) to (D) of this section. (B) Prior to initiating a civil action under section 1332.09 of the Revised Code, a person authorized to bring such an action may provide written notice of proposed arbitr...

Section 1332.09 | Actions for declaratory or injunctive relief - findings of arbitration opinion.

...5 of the Revised Code may bring a civil action for declaratory relief in the court of common pleas in the county in which the political subdivision is located or in any county of this state in which the political subdivision is a public cable service provider. (B) A person that is or is likely to be adversely affected by a violation of division (A), (B), or (C) of section 1332.04 or division (C) of section 1332.05 o...

Section 1332.10 | Right of action, remedy or penalty is in addition to others.

...Any right of action, remedy, or penalty under section 1332.08 or 1332.09 of the Revised Code is in addition to any right of action, remedy, or penalty otherwise available under law.

Section 1332.21 | Video service definitions.

...d the service or whether the service is actually provided at that address. (B) "Basic local exchange service" has the same meaning as in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Cable operator," "cable service," "cable system," "franchise," and "franchising authority" have the same meanings as in the "Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984," Pub. L. No. 98-549, 98 Stat. 2780, 2781, 47 U.S.C. 522, as amended by ...

Section 1332.22 | Legislative findings regarding video service.

...ended as a comprehensive legislative enactment operating uniformly throughout this state, setting forth police regulations, and prescribing a rule of conduct upon citizens generally.

Section 1332.23 | Video service authorization - video service as cable service.

...e, notwithstanding their repeal by that act. (b) Any person that is providing video service in this state on September 24, 2007, pursuant to the terms and conditions of an expired franchise or competitive video service agreement, or is otherwise providing video service on that date other than as described in division (B)(1)(a) of this section, has ninety days beginning on September 24, 2007, to file an application f...

Section 1332.24 | Issuance of video service authorization - violations - civil penalties.

...ses of the "Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984," Pub. L. No. 98-549, 98 Stat. 2779, 47 U.S.C. 521 et seq., a video service authorization shall constitute a franchise under that law, and the director shall be the sole franchising authority under that law for video service authorizations in this state. (3) The director may impose upon and collect an annual assessment on video service providers. All money co...

Section 1332.25 | Application for video service authorization.

...hone number at which a customer may contact the applicant. (B) For the purpose of division (A)(2) of this section: (1) The video service areas of video service providers may overlap. (2) A specified video service area shall be coextensive with municipal, township unincorporated area, or county boundaries, except as authorized under division (B)(3) or (4) of this section, but nothing in sections 1332.21 to 1332.34 ...

Section 1332.26 | Political subdivision authority - complaints - standards.

...(A) No political subdivision shall require a video service provider to obtain from it any authority to provide video service within its boundaries. (B) Except as authorized under division (C) of this section and under sections 1332.30 and 1332.32 of the Revised Code, no political subdivision shall request anything of value from a video service provider for providing video service; impose any fee, license, or gross r...

Section 1332.27 | Advance notice of service - transfer - termination.

...Code. The director has no authority to act upon the notice or the completed affidavit. (C)(1) A video service provider may terminate video service to its video service area, but only after providing ninety days' advance, written notice to the director, affected subscribers, and the respective municipal corporations or townships comprising the video service area. The director has no authority to act upon the n...

Section 1332.28 | Racial or income discrimination prohibited.

...Consistent with the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, Title III, Sections 303(a), 110 Stat. 61, 124, 47 U.S.C. 541(a)(3) and to prohibit discriminatory practices against a group of potential residential subscribers, no video service provider shall deny access to video service to any group of potential residential subscribers in its video service area because of the race or income of the res...

Section 1332.29 | Household service percentage requirements - waiver.

...vents compliance. (5) There are other factors beyond the provider's control. If an extension of time is granted, the director shall establish a new compliance deadline. If a waiver is granted, the director shall specify the requirement or requirements waived.

Section 1332.30 | Public, educational, or governmental programming channels.

... when fewer than forty hours of noncharacter-generated content are programmed on that channel each week and less than sixty per cent of the programming is nonrepeat and locally produced. (b) If the municipal corporation or township has one or two PEG channels programmed on January 1, 2007, the person providing those channels pursuant to a franchise, competitive video service agreement, ordinance, or resolutio...

Section 1332.31 | Emergency interrupt service announcements.

...Not later than six months after the effective date of its video service authorization, a video service provider shall carry emergency interrupt service announcements transmitted by local television broadcasters and shall transmit national, state, and local emergency interrupt service announcements as required by 47 C.F.R. 11.11 et seq. or as otherwise required by the federal communications commission.

Section 1332.32 | Payment of video service provider fees.

...service, including, but not limited to, activation, installation, and repair; (e) Administrative charges related to the provision of video service, including, but not limited to, service order and service termination charges. (2) Gross revenue shall not include any of the following: (a) Any taxes, fees, or assessments that are collected by the video service provider from video service subscribers for pass-thr...