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...With the consent and approval of the public utilities commission: (A) Any two or more public utilities furnishing a like service or product and doing business in the same municipal corporation or locality within this state, or any two or more public utilities whose lines intersect or parallel each other within this state, may enter into contracts with each other that will enable them to operate their lines or plants...

...(A)(1) There is hereby created within the public utilities commission the power siting board, composed of the chairperson of the public utilities commission, the director of environmental protection, the director of health, the director of development, the director of natural resources, the director of agriculture, and a representative of the public who shall be an engineer and shall be appointed by the governor, fro...

...On demand of the public utilities commission, each railroad within this state shall furnish copies of all leases, contracts, and agreements with express, sleeping car, freight, or rolling stock companies, or other companies doing business upon or in connection with such road, to the commission. The commission or its authorized agent may examine any officer, agent, or employee of a railroad or of such other companies,...

...When required by the public utilities commission and within a time fixed by it, each railroad shall deliver to the commission for its use copies of all contracts which relate to the transportation of persons or property or any service in connection therewith, made or entered into by such railroad with any other railroad, terminal, depot, car or equipment company, express or other transportation company, bridge compan...

...Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code do not prevent concentration, commodity, transit, and other special contract rates, but all such rates are subject to such chapters as to their printing and filing. Such rates shall be open to all shippers for a like kind of traffic under similar circumstances and conditions and shall be under the supervision and regulation of th...

...Any municipal corporation or group of municipal corporations in which any public utility is established may, by ordinance or ordinances, at any time within one year before the expiration of any contract entered into under sections 715.34, 743.26, and 743.28 of the Revised Code between the municipal corporation or group of municipal corporations and such public utility with respect to the rate, price, charge, toll, or...

...or a diagnostic visit, consistent with rules adopted by the public utilities commission. (4) The company shall not commit any act, practice, or omission that the commission determines, by rulemaking under section 4927.03 of the Revised Code or adjudication under section 4927.21 of the Revised Code, constitutes an unfair or deceptive act or practice in connection with the offering or provision of telecommunica...

...(A) The public utilities commission may investigate or examine the books, records, or practices of any telephone company, but only to the extent of the commission's jurisdiction over the company under sections 4927.01 to 4927.21 of the Revised Code. Subject to that limitation, the commission may do any of the following: (1) Through its commissioners or by inspectors or employees authorized by it, examine the books...

...During a proceeding under sections 4928.141 to 4928.144 of the Revised Code and upon submission of an appropriate discovery request, an electric distribution utility shall make available to the requesting party every contract or agreement that is between the utility or any of its affiliates and a party to the proceeding, consumer, electric services company, or political subdivision and that is relevant to the p...

... Code. (J) The commission shall adopt rules and issue orders in proceedings under sections 4928.141 and 4928.142 of the Revised Code to encourage and promote large-scale governmental aggregation in this state. For that purpose, the commission shall conduct an immediate review of any rules it has adopted for the purpose of this section that are in effect on the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B....

...erson affirmatively elects by a stated procedure not to be so enrolled. The disclosure shall state prominently the rates, charges, and other terms and conditions of enrollment. The stated procedure shall allow any person enrolled in the aggregation the opportunity to opt out of the aggregation every two years, without paying a switching fee. Any such person that opts out of the aggregation pursuant to the stat...

...(A)(1) The legislative authority of a municipal corporation may adopt an ordinance, or the board of township trustees of a township or the board of county commissioners of a county may adopt a resolution, under which, in accordance with this section and except as otherwise provided in division (A)(2) of this section, the legislative authority or board may aggregate, with the prior consent of each person whose ...

...The proper officers of any municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of any township in which a gas, sewage disposal system company, or water company is organized may contract with such company for lighting, disposal of sewage, or supplying with water the streets, lands, lanes, squares, and public places in such municipal corporation or township.

...ch he may be lawfully interrogated, the court of common pleas of a county or a judge of the court, on application of a board member, shall compel obedience by attachment proceedings for contempt, as in the case of disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena issued from the court or a refusal to testify in the court. (B) The board may procure all necessary goods and supplies for the proper administration of the bo...

...The company controlling and operating the property of a union terminal company is liable to the public and to persons who contract with such union terminal company, upon all contracts made by it, for all damages caused by it, and for all damages, costs, and expenses which arise from the fault or neglect of its officers and employees.

...A union electric interurban terminal and depot company may receive grants from the legislative authority of a municipal corporation for the use of its streets or alleys upon the same terms as street railways, which grant shall continue as long as the grants, and renewals and relettings of such grants, continue to any interurban railroad or street railway connecting with such company's depot or tracks. It may construc...

...Any common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier receiving property at a point within this state for transportation to a point within this state, shall issue a receipt or bill of lading for such property and is liable to the lawful holder of it for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company to which such property is delivered or over who...

...Any written contract for the renting, leasing, or hiring of railroad equipment, rolling stock, or other personal property to be used in or about the operation of a railroad, may stipulate or provide for a conditional sale of the property at the termination of such renting, leasing, or hiring, and may stipulate or provide that the rental reserved as paid, or when paid in full, shall be applied and treated as purchase ...

...Sections 4969.05 and 4969.06 of the Revised Code apply, not only to contracts made with a railroad company as vendee or lessee, but also apply to all contracts which may be made with any interurban railroad or street railway company, or other company, corporation, or person as vendee or lessee, by which any such interurban railroad or street railway company, or other corporation, company, or person undertakes to purc...

...(A) Each township that adopts a limited home rule government shall promptly do one of the following: (1) Establish a police district pursuant to section 505.48 of the Revised Code, except that the district shall include all of the unincorporated area of the township and no other territory; (2) Establish a joint police district pursuant to section 505.482 of the Revised Code; (3) Contract pursuant to section 3...

...scind, publish, administer, and enforce rules for the construction, maintenance, operation, protection, and use of water supply facilities and sewer services, that are considered necessary and advisable. The rules shall not be inconsistent with the laws of the state or the rules of the environmental protection agency. The board may enforce the rules by mandamus, injunction, or other legal remedy.

...The board of township trustees of any township may, by resolution, enter into a contract, without advertising or bidding, for the purchase or sale of motor vehicles, materials, equipment, or supplies from or to any department, agency, or political subdivision of the state, for the purchase of services with a soil and water conservation district established under Chapter 940. of the Revised Code, for the purchase of s...

...osal services and administer them under rules established by the board of township trustees. All of those service charges shall be kept in a separate fund designated as the waste collection fund and shall be appropriated and administered by the board. The fund shall be used for payment of the costs of the management, maintenance, and operation of the garbage and refuse collection, transfer, recycling, and disposal sy...

...ull-time paid employees, and that has a civil service commission established under division (B) of section 124.40 of the Revised Code. The township shall comply with the procedures for the employment, promotion, and discharge of police personnel provided by Chapter 124. of the Revised Code, except as otherwise provided in divisions (C)(2) and (3) of this section. (2) The board of township trustees of the townsh...

...(A) A board of township trustees that operates a township police department, the board of township trustees of a township police district, or a joint police district board may, after police constables, the township police, a law enforcement agency with which the township contracts for police services, the joint police district police, and the county sheriff or the sheriff's deputy have answered a combined total...