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...(A) If either the person that requested the inquiry or the person responsible for the compliance failure disagrees with either a finding or a no-enforcement determination made by the underground technical committee under section 4913.15, 4913.16, 4913.17, or 4913.19 of the Revised Code, either person may, not later than thirty days after receiving notice under section 4913.23 of the Revised Code, file a written appli...

...A reconsideration order issued under section 4913.25 of the Revised Code is subject to the rehearing and appeal process under Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code.

...All hearings conducted by the public utilities commission under this chapter and under the process described in section 4913.251 of the Revised Code shall be conducted in a manner consistent with Chapter 4903. of the Revised Code.

...Any documentation obtained pursuant to an inquiry conducted under section 4913.09 of the Revised Code, communications described in section 4913.152 of the Revised Code, or an administrative hearing conducted under section 4913.19 of the Revised Code shall be treated as confidential until a formal proceeding is commenced under section 4913.25 of the Revised Code, at which time the parties to the proceeding shall be bo...

...Except for safety registrations and fines collected under section 4913.03 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission shall deposit all fines collected under this chapter into the underground facilities protection fund created under section 4913.29 of the Revised Code.

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the underground facilities protection fund. The fund shall consist of all fines collected under this chapter, except for safety registrations and fines collected under section 4913.03 of the Revised Code. The fund shall retain the interest earned. The amounts in the fund shall be used solely to fund grants under section 4913.31 of the Revised Code.

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the underground facilities protection administrative fund to be administered by the public utilities commission. The fund shall consist of all safety registrations and fines collected under section 4913.03 of the Revised Code. The fund shall retain the interest earned. The amounts in the fund shall be used for the operation of the underground technical committee, created ...

...(A) The public utilities commission may administer an underground utility damage prevention grant program to provide grants for any of the following purposes: (1) Public awareness programs established by a protection service; (2) Training and education programs for excavators, operators, designers, persons who locate underground utility facilities, or other persons; (3) Programs providing incentives for excavators...

...The public utilities commission shall submit to the general assembly an annual report of the previous year's activities under this chapter. Each report shall be submitted on or before April 1. Each report shall be made publicly available on the commission's web site.

...(A) The public utilities commission shall, in consultation with the underground technical committee, adopt rules under section 111.15 of the Revised Code to carry out this chapter. The rules shall include all of the following: (1) Guidelines for consistent application of fines and penalties under this chapter; (2) Tracking compliance of persons on whom fines or penalties have been imposed under this chapter; (3) T...

...Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, if a person is subject to more than one fine for the same compliance failure, and one fine is imposed under this chapter and one or more other fines are imposed under federal law, rules, or regulations, the person shall not be required to pay the fine imposed under this chapter.

...A person with a permit for excavation from the state or a local governmental unit is subject to this chapter. This chapter does not affect or impair local ordinances, charters, or other provisions of law requiring permits to be obtained before excavating.

...(A) As used in this chapter, "private sewage collection tile" means any tile, ditch, pipe, or other improvement installed by a private person to receive and convey sewage and sewage effluent from at least five household sewage treatment systems, as those systems are defined in section 3718.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A board of township trustees may maintain and repair private sewage collection tiles located with...

...ty owners whose property is served by a private sewage collection tile, or upon the board's own initiative by the adoption of a resolution, the board of township trustees may repair or maintain a private sewage collection tile within a township road right-of-way in the township as provided in this chapter. On receiving a petition, the township fiscal officer shall give to the board of township trustees a notice of...

...d to the corporations, either public or private, affected by the improvement. The notice shall set forth the substance of the petition or board request, and the time and place of the hearing on it. If the hearing is to be held in response to a petition, the township fiscal officer shall deliver a copy of the notice to any of the petitioners, who shall see that the notice is served on each lot or land owner or left...

...At the time and place specified in the notice given under section 521.03 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall meet and hear any and all proof offered by any of the parties affected by the improvement, and by other persons competent to testify. The board shall go over and along the rights-of-way where the tiles in need of repair or maintenance are located, and, by actual view of them and of the pr...

...(A) If the total estimated cost of any improvement provided for in section 521.04 of the Revised Code is fifty thousand dollars or less, the contract may be let without competitive bidding. When competitive bidding is required, the board of township trustees shall post, in three of the most conspicuous public places in the township, a notice specifying the improvement to be made and the time, which shall be at ...

...The cost and expenses of making the improvement made pursuant to a determination by the board under section 521.04 of the Revised Code shall be paid from a fund raised by special assessments against the lots and lands in the township that are benefited by the improvement, except that if the board of township trustees finds, by resolution, that the improvement will result in general as well as special benefits, there ...

...The board of township trustees shall, by resolution, assess against the benefited lots and parcels of land in the township, in accordance with section 521.06 of the Revised Code, such portion of the costs of the improvement, for the period of the contract and the proceedings in relation to the contract, as does not exceed the special benefits resulting from the improvement, and shall certify these costs to the audito...

...(A) A deed, mortgage, land contract as referred to in division (A) (21) of section 317.08 of the Revised Code, or lease of any interest in real property and a memorandum of trust as described in division (A) of section 5301.255 of the Revised Code shall be signed by the grantor, mortgagor, vendor, or lessor in the case of a deed, mortgage, land contract, or lease or shall be signed by the trustee in the case of...

...A recorded grant, reservation, or agreement creating an easement or a recorded lease of any interest in real property shall contain a reference by volume and page to the record of the deed or other recorded instrument under which the grantor claims title, but the omission of such reference shall not affect the validity of the same.

...(A) As used in this section, "agency" means every organized body, office, or agency established by the laws of the state for the exercise of any function of state government. (B) Any instrument by which the state or an agency of the state acquires an interest in real property, including any deed, transfer, grant, reservation, agreement creating an easement, or lease, shall identify the agency for whose use and benef...

...The use of terms of inheritance or succession are not necessary to create a fee simple estate, and every grant, conveyance, or mortgage of lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall convey or mortgage the entire interest which the grantor could lawfully grant, convey, or mortgage, unless it clearly appears by the deed, mortgage, or instrument that the grantor intended to convey or mortgage a less estate.

..."Trustees," "as trustee," or "agent," or words of similar import, following the name grantee in any deed of conveyance or mortgage of land executed and recorded, without other language showing a trust or expressly limiting the grantee's or mortgagee's powers, or for whose benefit the same is made, or other recorded instrument showing such trust and its terms, do not give notice to or put upon inquiry any person deali...

...A deed, mortgage, or lease of any interest of a married person in real property shall be signed, acknowledged, and certified as provided in section 5301.01 of the Revised Code.

...ience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as an environmental professional in a state that does not issue that certification.

... or other legal entity either public or private and any legal successor, representative, agent or agency of that individual, corporation, business enterprise, or legal entity. (M) "Region" means the area of the party states. (N) "Regional facility" means a facility which is located within the region and which is established by a party state pursuant to designation of that state as a host state by the commission. (...

...litical subdivision, person, public or private institution, or group, or any unit of one of those entities, but does not include the federal government or any of its agencies. (2) For the purposes of the disposal of low-level radioactive waste, "facility" has the same meaning as in section 3747.01 of the Revised Code. (I) "Handle" means receive, possess, use, store, transfer, install, service, or dispose of s...

...ience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter in handling radioactive material or radiation-generating equipment in a state that does not issue that license or certification or both.

...ience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a radiation expert in a state that does not issue that certificate.

...all reasonable times upon any public or private property to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under it.

...rict, a joint township fire district, a private fire company or volunteer fire company that has entered into an agreement for the use and operation of fire-fighting equipment with a municipal corporation, township, township fire district, or joint township fire district or, in a municipal corporation or township where no such fire department or district exists and no such agreement is in effect, the fire prevention o...

...) Receive and accept from any public or private source for the purposes of this chapter gifts, grants, or contributions of money, services of personnel, and real or personal property or their use. A municipal corporation, county, or township may, for the purposes of this chapter, make contributions of money, services of personnel, and real or personal property or their use to or on behalf of the district in which it ...

... may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, and examine or copy any records to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it. The commission, committee, or fire department, or a designated representative of any of them, may apply for and any judge of a court of record may issue an administrative ...

...ve information with any other public or private office unless required to do so by federal or state law. (B)(1) Any vulnerability assessment or other security-sensitive information a public office receives pursuant to division (A) of this section is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code and that assessment or information is not subject to the mandatory disclosure requirements of section 149.43...

... may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, and examine and copy records to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it. The director or his authorized representative may apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue for use within the court's territorial jurisdiction, an administrati...

... at reasonable times upon any public or private property, real or personal, to inspect or investigate, obtain samples, and examine and copy records to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted and orders issued under it. The director or his authorized representative may apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue for use within the court's territorial jurisdiction, an administrative inspec...

...sion may enter upon any land, public or private, as necessary to perform a remedial action under this division. The director shall keep a detailed accounting of the cost of each such remedial action. (B) The owner or operator of a facility where a remedial action is undertaken under division (A) of this section is liable to the state for the total cost of the remedial action in addition to any other liabilities imp...

... may enter at reasonable times upon any private or public property, real or personal, to inspect, investigate, obtain samples, and examine and copy records to determine compliance with this chapter and rules adopted or orders issued under it. The director or the director's authorized representative may apply for, and any judge of a court of record may issue for use within the court's territorial jurisdiction, an admi...

...ation shall inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. Membership on the board of trustees of a nonprofit corporation appointed as a receiver does not constitute the holding of a public office or employment within the meaning of sections 731.02 and 731.12 or any other section of the Revised Code and does not constitute a direct or indirect interest in a contract or expenditure of money by any muni...

...ode to remove litter from any public or private property, or in or on waters of the state. (D) Whoever violates section 3767.16, 3767.17, 3767.18, 3767.201, or 3767.34 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.

...ience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter in horse racing in a state that does not issue that license. (4) Any violation of this chapter, of any rule of racing adopted by the commission, or of any law or rule with respect to racing in any jurisdiction shall be sufficient reason for a refusal to issue a license, or a suspension or revocation of any license issued, pur...

...including a hedge fund, mutual fund, or private equity fund, or any trust in respect of which a bank is trustee or cotrustee, investment company registered under the "Investment Company Act of 1940," 15 U.S.C. 80a-1 et seq., collective investment trust organized by banks under Part Nine of the Rules of the Comptroller of the Currency, closed-end investment trust, chartered or licensed life insurance company or proper...

...he renewal of any such license. (6) A private licensee or holding company shall provide the same information to the commission as a public company would provide in a form 13d or form 13g filing to the securities and exchange commission. (G) Information provided on the application shall be used as a basis for a thorough background investigation of each applicant. A false or incomplete application is cause for deni...

...ience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a key employee of a casino operator, management company, or holding company in a state that does not issue that license.

...ience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a casino gaming employee in a state that does not issue that license.

...rson who wishes to conduct a public or private competition that involves boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts, kick boxing, tough man contests, tough guy contests, or any other form of boxing or martial arts shall apply to the Ohio athletic commission for a promoter's license. Each application shall be filed with the commission on forms provided by the commission, and shall be accompanied by an ap...

...ience, a government certification, or a private certification as described in that chapter as a referee, judge, matchmaker, timekeeper, manager, trainer, contestant, or second in a state that does not issue that license.

... played in connection with, a public or private institution that offers educational services beyond the secondary level. (D) "Commission" means the Ohio casino control commission. (E) "Esports event" means an organized video game competition that is regulated by a sports governing body and that is held between professional players who play individually or as teams. (F) "Lottery sports gaming" has the same me...

... not more than two shall be employed in private industry. Not more than one member may be employed by a university and not more than one member may be employed by an agency or department of the state. Within ninety days of September 29, 2017, the director shall make initial appointments to the advisory board.