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...resentation. (B)(1) An administrative action taken under division (A) of this section shall be made only after a hearing held by the board in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. (2) Notice of such a hearing shall be provided to the licensee in question at least ten days prior to the hearing at the last known address appearing on the license, served personally or by registered mail. The notice shal...

...(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.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Public utility" means every one as defined in divisions (A), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), and (M) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, including all public utilities that operate their utilities not for profit, except the following: (1) Electric light companies that operate their utilities not for profit; (2) Public utilities, other than telephone companies, that are owned a...

...ther matters; (b) May take appropriate action with respect to residential consumer complaints concerning quality of service, service charges, and the operation of the public utilities commission; (c) May institute, intervene in, or otherwise participate in proceedings in both state and federal courts and administrative agencies on behalf of the residential consumers concerning review of decisions rendered by, ...

...The consumers' counsel shall not operate a telephone call center for consumer complaints. However, for any calls received by the consumers' counsel concerning consumer complaints, the consumers' counsel may assist consumers with their complaints or forward the calls to the public utilities commission's call center.

...counsel unless he is admitted to the practice of law in this state and is qualified by knowledge and experience to practice in public utility proceedings. (B) No person who is in the employ of or acting in an official capacity with any public utility, subject to regulation by the public utilities commission or who is pecuniarily interested in, or holds stocks or bonds of any such utility or is a candidate for elect...

...The consumers' counsel shall be a resident of this state and during the counsel's term of office shall not hold any other office of either trust or profit under the government of the United States, this state, or any political subdivision of this state, except that this section shall not be construed to preclude the consumers' counsel from serving as a member of the reserve of the armed forces of the United States or...

...ring upon the duties of his office, the consumers' counsel shall subscribe to an oath of office, which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and shall give bond of five thousand dollars with a sufficient surety approved by the treasurer of state. After approval the bond shall be filed with the secretary of state.

...The consumers' counsel shall be considered a state officer for the purpose of section 24 of Article II, Ohio constitution.

...The salary of the consumers' counsel shall be determined by the consumers' counsel governing board but shall be in pay range 49 as set forth in section 124.152 of the Revised Code.

...The office of the consumers' counsel shall be in Columbus.

...c utilities commission shall supply the consumers' counsel, without cost to the counsel, with all books, maps, charts, and such other items as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of Chapters 4909. and 4911. of the Revised Code.

...s and records in the posses-sion of the consumers' counsel are public records.

...The consumers' counsel may, whenever called upon by any officer, board, or commission of this state or of any political subdivision of this state, furnish any data or information to the officer, board, or commission. All officers, boards, or commissions of this state or of any political subdivision of this state, may furnish to the counsel, upon his request, any data or information which he requests in the discharg...

...l. (B) The consumers' counsel may contract for the services of technically qualified persons in the area of public utility matters to assist him in carrying out the duties of his office. Such persons shall be paid from funds appropriated for the use of the consumers' counsel after being approved by the consumers' counsel.

...eers, experts, or other assistants, the consumers' counsel may make use of the services of engineers and experts employed by any university operated by this state in a manner provided by mutual arrangement between the counsel and the trustees and faculty of the university. Any necessary information, data, and equipment of the university shall be placed at the disposal of the counsel and paid for by the office of the ...

...The jurisdiction of the consumers' counsel extends to every case that he or another party brings before the public utilities commission involving the fixing of any rate, joint rate, fare, charge, toll, or rental charged for commodities or services by any public utility, the plant or property of which lies wholly within this state. Where the property of a public utility lies partly within this state, the jurisdiction ...

...services rendered, charged, demanded, exacted, or proposed to be rendered, charged, demanded, or exacted by the utility is in any respect unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory, unjustly preferential, or in violation of the law. Nothing in Chapter 4911. of the Revised Code shall be construed to restrict or limit in any manner the right of a municipal corporation to represent the residential consumers of such ...

...el shall have access to all books, contracts, records, documents, and papers in the possession of the public utilities commission at any time.

...of the members constitutes a quorum. No action shall be taken without the concurrence of a majority of the full membership of the board. The consumers' counsel shall at all times remain responsible to the governing board. Members of the board shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred fifty dollars per board meeting attended in person, not to exceed one thousand two hundred dollars per year. All members shall be...

...ing and administering the office of the consumers' counsel and exercising the powers of the consumers' counsel under this chapter, an amount equal to the appropriation to the office of the consumers' counsel in each fiscal year shall be apportioned among and assessed against each public utility within this state, as defined in section 4911.01 of the Revised Code, by first computing an assessment as though it were to ...

...the nature of any investigation of the facts that it considers necessary to an ultimate response, and then, when it becomes possible to make a definitive response, shall respond to the consumers' counsel on the merits of the inquiry. The failure of a utility to comply with this section is admissible evidence in a complaint proceeding under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon the motion of the consumers' counse...

...If the consumers' counsel governing board determines that the appointment of a deputy consumers' counsel is necessary to ensure the full and proper performance of the powers and duties of the consumers' counsel, the board may appoint a deputy consumers' counsel. The board may assign the deputy consumers' counsel any of the duties and powers of the consumers' counsel, and the deputy shall perform the assigned duties a...