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...e do not limit any of the powers of the public utilities commission, the bureau of workers' compensation, or the department of commerce, or the division of fire marshal, except as specifically provided in those sections, nor exempt any officer or department from the obligation of enforcing all laws. Those sections do not limit any of the powers conferred upon municipal corporations by the constitution or the laws of ...

...The board of building standards may require the department of commerce to make such investigations, reports, and tests and submit such information as it deems necessary to assist it in the determination of any question coming before it, and may utilize for such purpose the services of the engineering experiment station at the Ohio state university.

...Wherever Chapters 3781. and 3791. of the Revised Code or the rules adopted pursuant to those chapters describe particular fixtures, devices, materials, systems, method of manufacture, product of a manufacturing process, or methods or manners of construction or installation pertaining to nonresidential buildings, those descriptions prescribe minimum standards of safety and sanitary conditions that a particular fix...

...(A) Every manufactured home, as defined in division (C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code, shall be constructed in accordance with the federal construction and safety standards established by the secretary of housing and urban development pursuant to the "Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974," 88 Stat. 700, 42 U.S.C.A. 5401, 5403. The federal standards shall be the exclusive cons...

... the board shall be kept and be open to public inspection. In the enforcement by any department of the state or any political subdivision of this chapter and Chapter 3791., and sections 3737.41, 3737.42, 4104.02, 4104.06, 4104.43, 4104.44, 4104.45, 4105.011, and 4105.11 of the Revised Code and any rule made thereunder, such department is the agency referred to in sections 119.07, 119.08, and 119.10 of the Revised ...

...The Ohio board of building appeals has no authority to hear any case based on the Ohio residential building code or to grant any variance to the Ohio residential building code.

...eedings; these records shall be open to public inspection. (C) The local board of building appeals shall consist of five members, except that a municipal board may consist of more than five members if so provided by the charter of the municipal corporation, or any amendment to the charter, adopted prior to October 13, 1983. One member shall be an attorney at law admitted to the bar of this state, one shall be a regi...

... or mitigate loss of or damage to life, health, property, or essential public services. (W) "Nondestructive manner" means using low-impact, low-risk technologies such as hand tools, or hydro or air vacuum excavation equipment. (X) "Cable service provider" has the same meaning as in section 1332.01 of the Revised Code. (Y) "Electric cooperative" and "electric utility" have the same meanings as in section 4928...

...ors, excavation equipment dealers, the public utilities commission of Ohio, the board of building standards, local law enforcement agencies, and fire departments should publicize the importance of ascertaining the location of underground utility facilities before excavating and the use of protection services to ascertain that information. (C) A protection service shall maintain records of notifications receiv...

...An excavator, contractor, or utility that utilizes a protection service shall obtain training in the protection of underground utility facilities. An excavator, contractor, or utility shall be deemed to have obtained that training if the excavator, contractor, or utility is a member of a protection service or a statewide association representing excavators, contractors, or utilities and the service or associat...

...t information to the excavator. (G) A public authority, as defined in section 153.64 of the Revised Code, may withhold approval to a project until the requirements of this section have been satisfied by the developer and utility, as applicable. A public authority may rely solely upon the notice submitted under division (E) of this section when determining whether the requirements of this section have been satisfied...

...Beginning on July 1, 2013, each protection service shall reasonably modify its one-call notification system so as to permit the reasonable identification of the location of a proposed excavation site in a manner in which the protection service may then notify any potentially affected limited basis participants. Each member of a protection service, including limited basis participants, shall be responsible for p...

...the special notice requirements of the public safety program of the owner of the pipeline as indicated in the plans or otherwise provided to the excavator in accordance with division (E) or (F)(2) of section 3781.27 of the Revised Code. (D) If it has been determined pursuant to division (D) of section 3781.27 of the Revised Code that relocation, support, removal, or protective steps are necessary, the excavato...

...ithin the time frame established in the public safety program of the owner. (B) Unless a facility actually is uncovered or probed by the utility or excavator, any indications of the depth of the facility shall be treated as estimates only. (C)(1) Except as provided in division (C)(2) of this section, a utility shall mark its underground facilities using the following color codes: Type of Underground...

...(A) When making excavations using traditional or trenchless technologies, the excavator shall do all of the following: (1) Maintain reasonable clearance between any underground facility and the cutting edge or point of powered equipment; (2) Protect and preserve the markings of tolerance zones of underground utility facilities until those markings are no longer required for proper and safe excavations; (3) W...

...(A) When a utility marks its underground utility facilities in accordance with section 3781.29 of the Revised Code, the utility may request that the excavator provide prior notice to the utility of the actual commencement of the excavation. An excavator that receives a request for notice under this division shall provide the notice to the utility at least one full working day prior to the commencement of excava...

... to existing utility services within a public right-of-way shall comply with permit requirements of the public authority that has jurisdiction over that right-of-way. (B) A developer or the designer employed by the developer shall not require, as a condition for entering into a contract for a project that will require excavation, that responsibility for performance of duties imposed under sections 3781.25 to ...

...ted by the governor; (11) The general public, appointed by the governor; (12) The hazardous liquids pipeline industry, appointed by the governor; (13) Designers, developers, or surveyors, appointed by the governor; (14) OHIO811, as a nonvoting advisory member with duties described by section 3781.361 of the Revised Code, appointed by the governor. (C) The president of the senate, the speaker of the house of...

...A member of the underground technical committee who has a conflict of interest in a particular review under section 4913.15 of the Revised Code shall declare the conflict to the committee and recuse self from committee discussions and voting regarding that review.

...tion that is open and accessible to the public. (C) Before convening a meeting by teleconference or video conference, the committee shall send, via electronic mail, or United States postal service, a copy of meeting-related documents to each committee member. (D) The minutes of each meeting shall specify who was attending by teleconference, who was attending by video conference, and who was physically present. ...

...A member of the underground technical committee is not subject to the disclosure requirements of sections 102.02 and 102.021 of the Revised Code by virtue of membership on the committee.

...he following: (1) Coordinate with the public utilities commission in carrying out its duties under Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code; (2) Provide subject matter expertise when requested during inquiries conducted under section 4913.09 of the Revised Code; (3) Review reports in accordance with section 4913.15 of the Revised Code; (4) Make recommendations under sections 4913.15 and 4913.16 of the Revised Code; ...

...(A) The OHIO811 nonvoting advisory member appointed to the underground technical committee under division (B)(14) of section 3781.34 of the Revised Code shall do the following: (1) Provide support to the committee during discussions regarding the enforcement provisions of the Ohio underground protection service law; (2) Provide subject matter expertise and education regarding the "Contact 811 Before You Dig" proc...

...Every member of the underground technical committee shall be immune, individually and jointly, from civil liability for any act or omission done or made in performance of the member's duties while serving as a member of the committee, but only in the absence of willful misconduct.

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Adequate welding standards" means specifications, guidelines, tests, and other methods used to ensure that all structural steel welds meet, at minimum, the codes and standards for such welds established in the American welding society structural steel welding code D1.1 and the nonresidential building code adopted under section 3781.10 of the Revised Code. (2) "Certified welding i...