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...n engaged in the business of furnishing gas, natural gas, water, or electricity to consumers shall demand or require a consumer to deposit cash as security for the payment of any bills for such commodity to be furnished: (A) If the proposed consumer is a freeholder who is financially responsible or a person who is able to give a reasonably safe guaranty in an amount sufficient to secure the payment of bills for sixt...

...that involves alleged tampering with a gas, electric, steam, or water meter, conduit, or attachment of a utility that has been disconnected by the utility, proof that a meter, conduit, or attachment of a utility has been tampered with is prima-facie evidence that the person who is obligated to pay for the service rendered through the meter, conduit, or attachment and is in possession or control of the meter, c...

...nd power company, natural or artificial gas company, or electric light and power and natural or artificial gas company, as provided in section 4951.27 of the Revised Code, has all the rights, power, and authority of the company whose property, rights, and franchises are so leased or purchased. The liability of the electric light and power company, natural or artificial gas company, or electric light and power and nat...

...able property to attribute to a natural gas company activity shall be the taxable cost of the property that cannot be directly attributed to a listed activity of a combined company multiplied by a numerator that is the taxable cost of property that can be directly attributed to the activity of a natural gas company and a denominator that is the sum of the taxable cost that can be directly attributed to all the listed...

..., September, and December, each natural gas company or combined company subject to the excise tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code shall file a return with the tax commissioner, in such form as the commissioner prescribes, and pay the full amount of the tax due on its taxable gross receipts for the preceding calendar quarter. All payments made under this division shall be made electronically in accordan...

...ioner's possession, against any natural gas company or combined company that fails to file a return or pay any tax, interest, or additional charge as required by sections 5727.24 to 5727.29 of the Revised Code. The commissioner shall give the company assessed written notice of the assessment as provided in section 5703.37 of the Revised Code. With the notice, the commissioner shall provide instructions on how to peti...

...ric light plants, artificial or natural gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas, and collect all water, electric, and gas rents. The village administrator may make such bylaws and regulations as it deems necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of such works, plants, and public utilities. Such bylaws and regulations, when not re...

...ghting companies, natural or artificial gas companies, gaslight or coke companies, sewage disposal system companies, or companies for supplying water for public or private consumption, are established, or into which their wires, mains, or pipes are conducted, may regulate the price which such companies may charge for electric light, or for gas for lighting or fuel purposes, or for the disposal of sewage, industrial w...

...ative authority may lay pipes and erect gasworks for lighting such streets, alleys, or public grounds, and all other such places not already lighted, and such company shall be precluded from using or occupying any of the streets, alleys, or public grounds or buildings not already furnished with gas pipes of the company and the legislative authority may open any street for the purpose of so conveying gas. At any time...

...nded for the inspection of illuminating gas and gas meters, and the testing of the registration of meter provers; he shall test the registration of all meter provers that are presented to him for that purpose, and stamp and seal all such meter provers, so tested, that are found correct. For testing the registration of gas meter provers, to be paid by the persons requiring such service, he shall be allowed the sum o...

... animal by the use of a carbon monoxide gas chamber, carbon dioxide gas chamber, or any other nonanesthetic inhalant. (2) An animal shelter may destroy a domestic animal by the use of a carbon monoxide gas chamber, carbon dioxide gas chamber, or any other nonanesthetic inhalant if the state veterinary medical licensing board, in consultation with the state board of pharmacy, declares that there is a shortage of app...

...ions of applicants for the position of gas storage well inspector in the division of oil and gas resources management, department of natural resources, as provided in Chapter 1571. of the Revised Code shall be provided for, conducted, and administered by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. From the returns of the examinations, the chief shall prepare an eligible list of the persons w...

...ers for the measurement of electricity, gas, whether natural or manufactured, or water when the same are operated in a public utility system. Such electricity, gas, and water meters, and appliances or accessories associated therewith, are specifically excluded from the purview of the weights and measures laws. (B) "Intrastate commerce" means all commerce or trade that is begun, carried on, and completed wholly withi...

...(A) A board of township trustees may provide, by resolution, for the removal of any vehicle in the unincorporated territory of the township that the board determines is a junk motor vehicle, as defined in section 505.173 of the Revised Code. (B) If a junk motor vehicle is located on public property, the board of township trustees may provide in the resolution for the immediate removal of the vehicle. (C)(1) If a ...

...(A) The director of children and youth shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing a procedure for monitoring the expenditures for publicly funded child care to ensure that expenditures do not exceed the available federal and state funds for publicly funded child care. The department of children and youth, with the assistance of the office of budget and management, shall monitor...

...(A)(1) The department of mental health and addiction services shall inspect and license all hospitals that receive persons with mental illnesses, except those hospitals managed by the department. No hospital may receive for care or treatment, either at public or private expense, any person who is or appears to have a mental illness, whether or not so adjudicated, unless the hospital has received a license from the de...

...th the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management upon such form as the chief prescribes and shall contain each of the following that is applicable: (1) The name and address of the owner and, if a corporation, the name and address of the statutory agent; (2) The signature of the owner or the owner's authorized agent. When an authorized agent signs an application, it shall be accompanied by a cert...

...(A) On receipt of a written notice under section 5124.50 of the Revised Code of a facility closure or voluntary termination, on receipt of a written notice under section 5124.51 of the Revised Code of a change of operator, or on the effective date of an involuntary termination, the department of developmental disabilities shall estimate the amount of any overpayments made under the medicaid program to the exiti...

...to the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management upon request. Upon failure of the owner to provide that proof when requested, the chief may order the suspension of any outstanding permits and operations of the owner until the owner provides proof of the required insurance coverage. (B)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an owner of any well, before being issued a permit under section...

...(A) As used in this section, "employee" means a management employee or superintendent of a county board of developmental disabilities. (B) An employee may be removed, suspended, or demoted in accordance with this section for violation of written rules set forth by the board or for incompetency, inefficiency, dishonesty, drunkenness, immoral conduct, insubordination, discourteous treatment of the public, neglect of...

...and used in drilling for oil or natural gas, including casing, tubing, and drill pipe, whether finished or unfinished, and steel couplings and drill collars used with the pipes. (B) Beginning March 31, 2015, an owner shall file with the division of oil and gas resources management a disclosure form that specifies the country in which each oil country tubular good initially used in a production operation on or ...

... representative shall notify an oil and gas resources inspector. If during the stimulation of a well damage to the production casing or cement occurs and results in the circulation of fluids from the annulus of the surface production casing, the owner shall immediately terminate the stimulation of the well and notify the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management. If the chief determines that the...

...om the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management, conduct secondary or additional recovery operations, including any underground injection of fluids or carbon dioxide for the secondary or tertiary recovery of oil or natural gas or for the storage of hydrocarbons that are liquid at standard temperature or pressure, unless a rule of the chief expressly authorizes such operations without a permit. ...

...(A) As used in this section, "business day" means any day of the week excluding Saturday, Sunday, and a legal holiday, as defined in section 1.14 of the Revised Code. (B) Subject to divisions (C) and (D) of this section, a third party shall do all of the following: (1) Accept the department of medicaid's right of recovery under section 5160.37 of the Revised Code and the assignment of rights to the department t...

...by the chief of the division of oil and gas resources management may appeal to the oil and gas commission for an order vacating or modifying the order. The person so appealing to the commission shall be known as appellant and the chief shall be known as appellee. Appellant and appellee shall be deemed to be parties to the appeal. The appeal shall be in writing and shall set forth the order complained of and the g...

...greement for the development of oil and gas resources on land that is located in an urbanized area and that is owned by the political subdivision prior to entering into the lease agreement. The public meeting shall be conducted in a public venue in the municipal corporation or township in which the proposed well is to be located. The public meeting shall not occur at the same meeting at which the legislative au...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Criminal records check" has the same meaning as in section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (2) "Disqualifying offense" means any of the offenses listed or described in divisions (A)(3)(a) to (e) of section 109.572 of the Revised Code. (3) "Owner" means a person who has an ownership interest in a medicaid provider in an amount designated in rules authorized by this section. (...

...n of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas in this state for the purposes of a marketing program established under this chapter. (2) The operating committee shall not levy an assessment that was not approved by producers or that exceeds the amount authorized under division (B)(1) of section 1510.04 of the Revised Code. The operating committee shall not levy an assessment against a producer who is not eligible to vo...

...s after September 30, 2021, the oil and gas land management commission shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing both of the following: (1) A standard lease form that shall be used by a state agency for leases entered into under this chapter, is consistent with the practices of the oil and natural gas industries, and contains all of the following: (a) A prohibition again...

...eated in the state treasury the oil and gas land management commission administration fund consisting of the proceeds of nomination fees and bid fees credited to it under section 155.33 of the Revised Code. Money in the fund shall be used by the oil and gas land management commission to pay the administrative expenses of the commission regarding the implementation of sections 155.30 to 155.36 of the Revised Code. Mon...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Credible allegation of fraud" has the same meaning as in 42 C.F.R. 455.2, except that for purposes of this section any reference in that regulation to the "state" or the "state medicaid agency" means the department of medicaid. (2) "Disqualifying indictment" means an indictment of a medicaid provider or its officer, authorized agent, associate, manager, employee, or, if the pro...

...(A) On receipt of a written notice under section 5165.50 of the Revised Code of a facility closure or voluntary withdrawal of participation, on receipt of a written notice under section 5165.51 of the Revised Code of a change of operator, or on the effective date of an involuntary termination, the department of medicaid shall estimate the amount of any overpayments made under the medicaid program to the exiting opera...

...(A) A healthy Ohio program participant's participation in the program shall cease if any of the following applies: (1) Unless the participant is pregnant, a monthly installment payment to the participant's buckeye account is sixty days late. (2) The participant fails to submit documentation needed for a redetermination of the participant's eligibility for medicaid before the sixty-first day after the documentation ...

...rs of noxious, poisonous, and explosive gases, particularly methane; the best means and methods of detecting, preventing, and removing the accumulation of such gases; the use and operation of gas detecting devices and appliances; first aid to the injured; and the uses and dangers of electricity as applied and used in, at, and around mines. The applicant shall also hold a certificate for foreperson of gaseous mines is...

...less, explosive, poisonous, and noxious gases. The air shall be measured at the last entry break-through in each working section to see that a sufficient volume of air, not less than nine thousand cubic feet per minute, is being distributed at such point, provided that in gaseous mines the volume of air maintained for each person shall be not less than two hundred cubic feet per minute measured at the point in the mi...

...(A)(1) Every condominium property shall be administered by a unit owners association. All power and authority of the unit owners association shall be exercised by a board of directors, which the unit owners shall elect from among the unit owners or the spouses of unit owners. If a unit owner is not an individual, that unit owner may nominate for the board of directors any principal, member of a limited liability comp...

...(A) The unit owners association, through the board of directors, shall do both of the following: (1) Annually, adopt and amend an estimated budget for revenues and expenditures. The budget shall include reserves in an amount adequate to repair and replace major capital items in the normal course of operations without the necessity of special assessments, unless either of the following applies: (a) The declaration...

...(A) The owners association, through its board of directors, shall do both of the following: (1) Annually adopt and amend an estimated budget for revenues and expenditures. Any budget shall include reserves in an amount adequate to repair and replace major capital items in the normal course of operations without the necessity of special assessments, unless the owners, exercising not less than a majority of the voti...

...(A) The owner of a self-service storage facility has a lien against the occupant on the personal property stored pursuant to a rental agreement in any storage space at the self-service storage facility, or on the proceeds of the personal property subject to the defaulting occupant's rental agreement in the owner's possession, for rent, labor, late fees, or other charges in relation to the personal property that are s...

...(A) Not later than December 31, 2009, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission shall establish a program for the placement of business logos for identification purposes on directional signs within the turnpike right-of-way. (B)(1) The commission shall establish, and may revise at any time, a fee for participation in the business logo sign program. All direct and indirect costs of the business logo sign ...

...As used in this section, "postal service" means the United States postal service. An application to the tax commissioner for a tax refund under section 4307.05, 4307.07, 718.91, 5726.30, 5727.28, 5727.91, 5728.061, 5735.122, 5735.13, 5735.14, 5735.141, 5735.142, 5736.08, 5739.07, 5741.10, 5743.05, 5743.53, 5745.11, 5749.08, or 5751.08 of the Revised Code or division (B) of section 5703.05 of the Revised Code, or a f...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Declared disaster" means an event for which a disaster declaration has been issued. (2) "Disaster declaration" means a declaration issued by the president of the United States or the governor of this state that an emergency exists. (3) "Disaster response period" means the period that begins on the tenth day preceding the day on which a disaster declaration is issued through the...

...(A)(1) A municipal corporation, township, or county that has enacted an ordinance or resolution under section 5709.40, 5709.41, 5709.45, 5709.73, or 5709.78 of the Revised Code or that has entered into an agreement referred to in section 725.02 or 1728.07 of the Revised Code may file an application for exemption under those sections in the same manner as other real property tax exemptions, notwithstanding the indicat...

...(A) The county auditor shall make a list of all real and personal property in the auditor's county that is exempted from taxation. Such list shall show the name of the owner, the value of the property exempted, and a statement in brief form of the ground on which such exemption has been granted. It shall be corrected annually by adding thereto the items of property which have been exempted during the year, and by str...

...The county prosecuting attorney, upon the delivery to the prosecuting attorney by the county auditor of a delinquent land or delinquent vacant land tax certificate, or of a master list of delinquent or delinquent vacant tracts, shall institute a foreclosure proceeding under this section in the name of the county treasurer to foreclose the lien of the state, in any court with jurisdiction or in the county board of rev...

...(A) For the purpose of funding the needs of this state and its local governments, there is hereby levied a commercial activity tax on each person with taxable gross receipts for the privilege of doing business in this state. For the purposes of this chapter, "doing business" means engaging in any activity, whether legal or illegal, that is conducted for, or results in, gain, profit, or income, at any time during a ca...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Disclaimant" means any person, any guardian or personal representative of a person or estate of a person, or any attorney-in-fact or agent of a person having a general or specific authority to act granted in a written instrument, who is any of the following: (a) With respect to testamentary instruments and intestate succession, an heir, next of kin, devisee, legatee, donee, p...

...The director of environmental protection may do any of the following: (A) Develop plans and programs for the prevention, control, and abatement of new or existing pollution of the waters of the state; (B) Advise, consult, and cooperate with other agencies of the state, the federal government, other states, and interstate agencies and with affected groups, political subdivisions, and industries in furtherance of t...

...During the transition period, the dissolved village's real and personal property shall be disposed of by the receiver-trustee as follows: (A) The receiver-trustee shall dispose of the village's liquidable assets, as necessary, to use the proceeds to pay the outstanding debts, obligations, and liabilities of the dissolved village. (B) The receiver-trustee shall transfer real or personal property related to utility...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Contracting parties" means one or more municipal corporations, one or more townships, and, under division (D) of this section, one or more counties that have entered into a contract under this section to create a joint economic development district. (2) "District" means a joint economic development district created under this section. (3) "Contract for utility services" means a...