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...imbursements shall be deposited to the credit of the gas pipe-line safety fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, to be used by the commission for the purpose of carrying out this section. (6) Enter into a cooperative agreement or a memorandum of understanding with another state agency for consultation services and the exchange of advice and technical expertise to assist the commission in exercisi...

... carry out a damage prevention program under 49 C.F.R. 192.614; (iv) Establish and carry out a public education program under 49 C.F.R. 192.616; (v) Establish the MAOP of the pipeline under 49 C.F.R. 192.619; (vi) Install and maintain pipeline markers according to the requirements for transmission lines under 49 C.F.R. 192.707; (vii) Perform leakage surveys according to requirements in 49 C.F.R. 192.706; (v...

...ot expended by the commission, shall be credited ratably, after first deducting any deficits accumulated from prior years, by the commission to operators that pay more than the minimum assessment, according to the respective portions of the sums assessable against them for the ensuing calendar year. The assessments for that calendar year shall be reduced correspondingly.

..., employee, or agent of an operator, while acting within the scope of his duties or employment, is deemed the act or omission of the operator. (B) Establish and maintain any record, make any report, and provide any information and evidence the commission requires to administer and enforce sections 4905.90 to 4905.96 of the Revised Code and the pipe-line safety code; (C) Permit officers, employees, and agents of the...

...report, the number of corrosion leaks found, corrosion leaks corrected, other leaks found, and other leaks corrected; (f) The name of the party that performed the safety inspection for the calendar year next preceding the annual report; (g) The name of the natural gas company currently transporting gas to the operator; (h) Any other information the commission requires to administer and enforce sections 4905.90 to ...

...e state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund. (c) May direct the attorney general to seek the remedies provided in section 4905.96 of the Revised Code. (2) An intrastate pipe-line transportation facility is hazardous to life or property, the commission by order: (a) Shall require the operator of the facility to take corrective action to remove the hazard. Such corrective action may include susp...

... may be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county, the court of common pleas of any county in which venue is proper under the Rules of Civil Procedure, or the appropriate United States district court pursuant to 82 Stat. 720 (1968), 49 U.S.C.A. App. 1686. The action has precedence over all other civil actions in common pleas court. (B) The attorney general shall file a certified copy of the order of th...

...ot less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4905.56 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4905.74 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.

...907.03 of the Revised Code. (B) "Residential consumer" means urban, suburban, and rural patrons of public utilities insofar as their needs for utility services are limited to their residence.

...ter. (2) Without limitation because of enumeration, the counsel: (a) Shall have all the rights and powers of any party in interest appearing before the public utilities commission regarding examination and cross-examination of witnesses, presentation of evidence, and other matters; (b) May take appropriate action with respect to residential consumer complaints concerning quality of service, service charges, a...

...sel 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.

...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 elective public office may be appointed to the office of the consumers' c...

...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...

... 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.

...r 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.

...ommission 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.

... 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...

...e Revised Code, and shall serve at the pleasure of the counsel. The counsel may also employ such clerical employees, including clerks and stenographers, as are necessary to carry out Chapters 4909. and 4911. of the Revised Code or to perform his duties and exercise the powers conferred by law upon him. These clerical employees shall be in the classified civil service. All officers, lawyers, engineers, economists, st...

..., 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 customers' co...

...state, the persons or companies owning, leasing, or operating the public utility, and the records and accounts of the business thereof done within this state.

...lic utility when a complaint has been filed with the commission that a rate, joint rate, fare, toll, charge, classification, or rental for commodities or 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 t...

.... of the Revised Code, the consumers' counsel shall have access to all books, contracts, records, documents, and papers in the possession of the public utilities commission at any time.