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...(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.

...technical committee, no decision of the public utilities commission under this chapter, and no no-enforcement determination under this chapter shall be determinative of civil liability in a private cause of action for personal injury or property damage.

...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.

...on of motor vehicles for contractors on public road work. "For-hire motor carrier" includes the carrier's agents, officers, and representatives, as well as employees responsible for hiring, supervising, training, assigning, or dispatching drivers and employees concerned with the installation, inspection, and maintenance of motor-vehicle equipment and accessories. Divisions (B)(1) to (9) of this section shall not be...

...has a current and valid certificate of public convenience and necessity. (B) The public utilities commission shall issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to any person who does all of the following: (1) Files with the commission, in accordance with rules adopted under section 4921.05 of the Revised Code, a complete and accurate application that shall include a certification that (a) the pers...

...The public utilities commission shall adopt rules prescribing the manner and form in which a person shall apply for a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 4921.03 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include a requirement that applications be made in writing on the blanks furnished by the commission and contain any information and certifications deemed necessary by the commission to car...

...(A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules regarding procedures and timelines by which a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued under section 4921.03 of the Revised Code may be suspended. At a minimum, the rules shall require suspension of a certificate if the for-hire motor carrier does any of the following: (1) Fails to file a complete and accurate application for the certificate ...

...(A) No certificate of public convenience and necessity shall be issued by the public utilities commission to any for-hire motor carrier until the carrier has filed with the commission a liability insurance certificate, policy, or bond satisfactory to the commission, in the sum and with the provisions the commission considers necessary adequately to protect the interests of the public, having due regard for the ...

...The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to registration pursuant to the unified carrier registration plan, codified as 49 U.S.C. 14504a, and the rules, procedures, and fee schedules adopted thereunder, in accordance with division (G) of section 4921.19 of the Revised Code.

...(A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to the filing of annual update forms and the payment of taxes by for-hire motor carriers. The rules shall not be incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation. The rules shall at a minimum address all of the following: (1) The information and certifications that must be provided to the commission on an annu...

...ime of the issuance of a certificate of public convenience and necessity under section 4921.03 of the Revised Code, pay to the public utilities commission, for and on behalf of the treasurer of state, the following taxes: (1) For each motor vehicle used for transporting persons, thirty dollars; (2) For each commercial tractor, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code, used for transporting property, thirty...

...ns the aggregate amount credited to the public utilities transportation safety fund, less the sum of both of the following: (1) The fees collected by the public utilities commission, in accordance with the unified carrier registration plan under section 4921.11 of the Revised Code, that exceed the federal certification of revenue for each year of the plan; (2) The forfeitures collected by the commission under secti...

...ehicles is subject to regulation by the public utilities commission as a for-hire motor carrier under this chapter. (B) The commission shall adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that do all of the following: (1) Establish the acceptable scope of public safety regulations applicable to a for-hire motor carrier engaged in the towing of motor vehicles under section 4513.60, 4513.601, or 4513.61 of the Re...

...3.34 of the Revised Code; (B) Is not a public utility as defined in section 4911.01 of the Revised Code.

...he effective date of this section, the public utilities commission, in accordance with sections 4921.30 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code, shall establish by order a certification system for for-hire motor carriers engaged in the transportation of household goods in intrastate commerce. (B) Beginning on the effective date of the order of the commission as initially issued under division (A) of this section, no ...

...(A) The public utilities commission shall approve an application for a certificate for the transportation of household goods under sections 4921.30 to 4921.38 of the Revised Code and shall issue a certificate, provided the applicant pays the applicable application fee under division (I) of section 4921.19 of the Revised Code and submits to the commission a completed application, on a form prescribed by the comm...

...e its current certificate available for public inspection during normal business hours; (B) Present each of its customers with information, written in plain and clear language and pursuant to a form prescribed by the public utilities commission, outlining a consumer's rights; (C) Include its certificate number on all advertising, written estimates, and contracts, pursuant to rules adopted by the commission.

...30 to 4921.36 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may adopt rules regarding any of the following: (A) Providing for binding estimates by for-hire motor carriers engaged in the transportation of household goods in intrastate commerce; (B) Providing for guaranteed-not-to-exceed estimates by those carriers; (C) Requiring those carriers to include their certificate number in all advertising, wr...

...intrastate commerce," "motor vehicle," "public highway," "ridesharing arrangement," and "school bus" have the same meanings as in section 4921.01 of the Revised Code. (B) "For-hire motor carrier" means a person engaged in the business of transporting persons or property by motor vehicle for compensation, except when engaged in any of the following in intrastate commerce: (1) The transportation of persons in taxic...

...on of motor vehicles for contractors on public road work. (B) The public utilities commission may grant a motor carrier operating in intrastate commerce a temporary exemption from some or all of the provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted under it, when either of the following applies: (1) The governor of this state has declared an emergency. (2) The chairperson of the commission or the chairperson's desi...

...(A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to all of the following: (1) The transportation of persons or property by motor carriers operating in interstate and intrastate commerce; (2) The highway transportation and offering for transportation of hazardous materials by motor carriers, and persons engaging in the highway transportation and offering for transportation of hazardous materials, ope...

...modal transportation of containers over public highways in interstate commerce, including trailers and chassis. (B) As used in this section: "Intermodal equipment interchange agreement" means the uniform intermodal interchange and facilities access agreement or any other written document executed by an intermodal equipment provider or its agent and a motor carrier or its agent, the primary purpose of which is to es...