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...When a passenger is guilty of disorderly conduct, uses obscene language, or plays a game of cards or chance for money or other thing of value on a passenger train or the cars of an interurban railroad carrying passengers, the conductor of such train or cars shall stop his train or cars at the place where such offense is committed, or at the next stopping place for such train or cars and eject such passenger from the ...

...In no case shall the liability of a railroad company for damages caused by the conduct of its conductor be affected by section 4973.23 or 4973.24 of the Revised Code.

...No conductor having charge of a passenger train or of the cars of any interurban railroad carrying passengers within this state shall willfully neglect his duty as required by sections 4973.24 and 4973.25 of the Revised Code, or fail to use all the means in his power to carry out such sections. Whoever violates this section is guilty of negligence of official duty.

...(A) Whoever violates section 4973.12 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days. (B) Whoever violates section 4973.26 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars.

...county transit board, a board of county commissioners operating a county transit system, a regional transit authority, a regional transit commission, or any other local or regional transportation authority or agency. (F) "Qualifying subdivision" means a county, township, or municipal corporation in this state that is levying a tax for the purpose of acquiring, rehabilitating, or developing rail service or rail prope...

... appointed to fill a vacancy before the expiration of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall hold office for the remainder of that term. Any appointed member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or for a period of sixty days, whichever occurs first. All members shall be eligible for reappointment. (E) The...

...(A) The Ohio rail development commission shall do all of the following: (1) Develop, promote, and support safe, adequate, and efficient rail service throughout the state; (2) Maintain adequate programs of investigation, research, promotion, planning, and development for rail service, which programs shall include the consideration of recommendations by public or private planning organizations; (3) Provide for the p...

...(A) The Ohio rail development commission or the department of transportation, on behalf of the commission, may apply for and receive from the United States government loans and grants in accordance with any federal law or program concerning rail transportation. (B) It is hereby found and determined that rail transportation is an essential and indispensable part of the commerce and industry of the state and is of vi...

...The Ohio rail development commission may issue grants and loans to any transportation authority or to any person for the purpose of continuing or instituting rail transportation in the state. The grants and loans may be used for rehabilitation, construction, planning, relocation, or acquisition of rail transportation or rail property, or for substitute service. The grants and loans may be provided by the commission w...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 4961.37 of the Revised Code, a railroad company, public agency, or other person operating passenger rail service on a right-of-way owned by another shall indemnify and hold harmless the owner, user, or other rights holder for liability for any damages arising out of passenger operations conducted by or on behalf of the railroad company, public agency, or other person operating passenger ra...

...(A) The Ohio rail development commission shall prepare a plan for the construction and operation of an intercity conventional or high speed passenger transportation system in this state. The system shall be constructed and operated by the commission or its designees. The plan for construction and operation shall be based on existing studies, and shall state that the system will connect any points in Ohio and nearby s...

...(A) Any local or regional transportation authority may apply for a rail service continuation subsidy, acquisition or modernization loan, or any other assistance provided by the Regional Rail Reorganization Act for the purpose of providing any rail service that is consistent with rail service provided under this chapter. Any local or regional transportation authority may exercise, or may be created to exercise, such a...

...(A) The Ohio rail development commission may purchase or lease any portion of the rail property of a railroad corporation, and may purchase or lease any other property, facilities, or equipment considered necessary by the commission for the operation of rail services, and the maintenance of track and other rail property. For the purpose of acquiring such property the commission may obtain acquisition loans from the f...

...(A) The Ohio rail development commission may restore, repair, relocate, or upgrade any rail property purchased, leased, or maintained by the commission. The commission may restore, repair, relocate, or upgrade any rail property owned by another person as long as such action is necessary for the efficient operation of rail services provided by the commission. The commission may obtain modernization loans from the fede...

...(A) The Ohio rail development commission may sell, transfer, or lease any of the rail property that it possesses to any person for the continuation and operation of any rail service that is provided for pursuant to this chapter. (B) The commission may assist any person to obtain an order or certificate required by the interstate commerce commission for the performance of rail services in this state. (C) The commiss...

...ail property, the Ohio rail development commission may obtain acquisition loans from the federal government or from any other source. The fund shall also be used to promote, plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain passenger and freight rail transportation systems, and may be used to pay the administrative costs of the Ohio rail development commission associated with conducting any authorized rail program, and...

...tive costs of the Ohio rail development commission associated with conducting any authorized rail program, and for any purpose authorized by sections 4981.03 and 5501.56 of the Revised Code. The fund shall not be used to provide loan guarantees. Investment earnings on moneys credited to the fund shall be retained by the fund. In acquiring rail property, the Ohio rail development commission may obtain acquisition loa...

...bligations of the Ohio rail development commission, the Ohio rail development commission may purchase any portion of the rail property of a railroad corporation and may purchase any other property, facilities, or equipment considered necessary by the commission for the operation of rail services, subject to the following conditions: (A) Upon inspection of the rail property the commission determines that the rail pro...

...ulness shall be certified by the fiscal officer of the person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority to which the loan is to be made to that person, qualifying subdivision, or local or regional transportation authority; (2) The payment of any final judgment, regardless of whether such judgment arose out of a contractual or noncontractual cause of action; (3) The reimbursement to any ...

...rposes, and to make it possible for the commission, qualifying subdivisions, private corporations or organizations, and local or regional transportation authorities to obtain new or additional sources of capital funds at acceptable interest costs, including activities to encourage investor interest in the purchase of bonds, notes or other obligations of the commission, or issued by the commission to fund loans it may...

...this chapter, the Ohio rail development commission may directly undertake and implement and make loans to qualifying subdivisions, local or regional transportation authorities, and other persons for the acquisition, renovation, repair, refunding, or construction of rail service projects by such qualifying subdivisions and local or regional transportation authorities, and may issue bonds, payable solely from revenues,...

...e of bonds by the Ohio rail development commission or to the authorizing, obtaining, or incurring of any general obligation loan or special revenue loan or to its entering into any participation agreement or delivering any such other instrument to the commission in connection therewith, by any qualifying subdivision or local or regional transportation authority, except to the extent, if any, that provisions of Chapte...

...rance protecting the commission and its officers and employees against liability, if any, or damage to property or injury to or death of persons arising from its operations, and any other insurance the commission may agree to provide under any resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds in accordance with sections 4981.11 to 4981.26 of the Revised Code, or in any trust agreement securing the same; (12) Establ...

...irperson of the commission. In case any officer whose signature, or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any bonds, notes, or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of such bonds or notes, such signature or facsimile is nevertheless sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery. In case the seal of the commission changes after a facsimile is im...

...The Ohio rail development commission may make the following determinations in connection with any issuance of its bonds: (A) The number, location, and other characteristics of projects, including to the extent reasonably possible, assurance that the projects to be financed by bonds will create or preserve jobs and employment opportunities or improve the economic welfare of the people of the state; (B) Eligibility r...