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...Any railroad or any political subdivision desiring to abandon, close, or have abandoned, withdrawn, or closed for traffic or service all or any part of a main track or depot, and any public utility or political subdivision desiring to abandon or close, or have abandoned, withdrawn, or closed for traffic or service all or any part of any line, pumping station, generating plant, power station, sewage treatment pl...

...Every public utility shall furnish necessary and adequate service and facilities, and every public utility shall furnish and provide with respect to its business such instrumentalities and facilities, as are adequate and in all respects just and reasonable. All charges made or demanded for any service rendered, or to be rendered, shall be just, reasonable, and not more than the charges allowed by law or by order of t...

...(A) As used in this section, "base load electric generating facility" means an electric generating plant and associated facilities located in this state that primarily uses a nonrenewable fuel source to generate electricity, including natural gas and nuclear reaction, and that is not owned or operated by a public utility, municipal corporation, or electric cooperative. (B) No person shall enter into a settlement to...

...Upon complaint in writing against any public utility by any person, firm, or corporation, or upon the initiative or complaint of the public utilities commission, that any rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, schedule, classification, or service, or any joint rate, fare, charge, toll, rental, schedule, classification, or service rendered, charged, demanded, exacted, or proposed to be rendered, charged, demanded, or exact...

...The public utilities commission shall operate a telephone call center for consumer complaints, to receive complaints by any person, firm, or corporation against any public utility. The commission shall expeditiously provide the consumers' counsel with all information concerning residential consumer complaints received by the commission in the operation of the telephone call center and with any materials produced in t...

...The public utilities commission shall ascertain and prescribe suitable and convenient standard commercial units of the product or service of any public utility when the character of its product or service is such that it can be determined. Such units shall be the lawful units for the purposes of Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code.

...The public utilities commission may ascertain and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of quality, pressure, initial voltage, or other conditions pertaining to the supply or quality of the product furnished or adequacy of service rendered by any public utility and may prescribe reasonable regulations for examination, testing, and measurement of such product or service. It may establish reasonabl...

...The public utilities commission may provide instruments for, and carry on, the examination and testing of all appliances used for the measurement of any product or service of a public utility or for the examination and testing of any devices or appliances of such public utility used for testing for accuracy any appliance used for the measurement of any product or service of such public utility. Any consumer or user m...

...(A) A public utility shall print and file with the public utilities commission schedules showing all rates, joint rates, rentals, tolls, classifications, and charges for service of every kind furnished by it, and all rules and regulations affecting them. The schedules shall be plainly printed and kept open to public inspection. The commission may prescribe the form of every such schedule, and may prescribe, by ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Governmental entity" has the same meaning as in section 9.23 of the Revised Code, except that "governmental entity" excludes a municipal corporation. (2) "Right of way" means the surface of, and the space within, through, on, across, above, or below any land designated for public use that is owned or controlled by a governmental entity, except that "right of way" includes a publi...

...ither includes any applicable franchise taxes nor the ordinary losses of gas experienced by the company in the process of transmission and distribution. (F) The commission shall not at any time prevent or restrain such costs as are distributable under this section from being so distributed, unless the commission has reason to believe that an arithmetic or accounting inaccuracy exists with respect to such a dis...

...(A) Before entering into an agreement to purchase synthetic natural gas or other fuels produced by a facility originated under the auspices of the federal government pursuant to a contract with the federal energy research and development administration or its successor agencies for the purpose of converting coal to gaseous, liquid, or solid fuels or by-products of such fuels, and the construction of which began on or...

...Once in every six months, the public utilities commission shall examine Ohio coal research and development costs incurred by a gas or natural gas company. The commission shall adopt a rule that: (A) Requires periodic reports, audits, and hearings and establishes investigative procedures for the purposes of this section; (B) Allows recovery on a uniform basis per unit of sale of the Ohio coal research and developmen...

...Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., 4927., 4928., and 4929. of the Revised Code do not prohibit a public utility from filing a schedule or establishing or entering into any reasonable arrangement with another public utility or with one or more of its customers, consumers, or employees, and do not prohibit a mercantile customer of an electric distribution utility as those terms are defined in sec...

...(A) As used in this section, "electric distribution utility" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of the Revised Code to the contrary, an electric distribution utility may supply behind the meter electric generation service, provided that an application for any behind the meter electric generation facilities that the utility intends to use to supply such ...

...No public utility shall charge, demand, exact, receive, or collect a different rate, rental, toll, or charge for any service rendered, or to be rendered, than that applicable to such service as specified in its schedule filed with the public utilities commission which is in effect at the time. No public utility shall refund or remit directly or indirectly, any rate, rental, toll, or charge so specified, or any part ...

...(A) Notwithstanding section 4905.32 of the Revised Code, all revenues collected from customers by a public utility as part of a rider or rates that are later found to be unreasonable, unlawful, or otherwise improper by the supreme court shall be subject to refund from the date of the issuance of the supreme court's decision until the date when, on remand, the public utilities commission makes changes to the rider or ...

...(A) No public utility shall directly or indirectly, or by any special rate, rebate, drawback, or other device or method, charge, demand, collect, or receive from any person, firm, or corporation a greater or lesser compensation for any services rendered, or to be rendered, except as provided in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., and 4923. of the Revised Code, than it charges, demands, collects, or rec...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Electric distribution utility" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Electric service" means any service involved in supplying or arranging for the supply of electricity to ultimate consumers in this state. "Electric service" includes "retail electric service" as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Proceeding" includes a proceedi...

...r employee's family. All contracts and agreements made or entered into by such public utility or railroad for such use, reduced rates, or free service are valid and enforcible at law. As used in this section, "employee" includes furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees.

...(A) No public utility shall make or give any undue or unreasonable preference or advantage to any person, firm, corporation, or locality, or subject any person, firm, corporation, or locality to any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage. (B)(1) A natural gas company that is a public utility shall offer its regulated services or goods to all similarly situated consumers, including persons with which it is a...

...When complaint is made of more than one rate, charge, or service, the public utilities commission may order separate hearings on such complaint and may consider and determine the matters complained of separately at such times and places as it prescribes. No complaint shall necessarily be dismissed because of the absence of direct damage to the complainant.

...Whenever the public utilities commission is of the opinion, after hearing had upon complaint or upon its own initiative or complaint, served as provided in section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, that the rules, regulations, measurements, or practices of any public utility with respect to its public service are unjust or unreasonable, or that the equipment or service of such public utility is inadequate, inefficient, im...

...Whenever the public utilities commission is of the opinion, after hearing had, as provided in section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, or upon its own initiative or complaint, that repairs, improvements, or additions to the plant or equipment of any public utility should reasonably be made, in order to promote the convenience or welfare of the public or of employees, or in order to secure adequate service or facilities, ...

...The legislative authority of any municipal corporation may, upon the filing of an application by any person, firm, or corporation, require of any public utility, by ordinance or otherwise, such additions or extensions to its distributing plant within such municipal corporation as the legislative authority deems reasonable and necessary in the interest of the public, and, subject to section 4951.06 of the Revised Code...

...has in effect the authorization to levy taxes including the renewal of existing levies which, when combined with the estimated revenue from all other sources available to the district at the time of certification, are sufficient to provide the operating revenues necessary to enable the district to maintain all personnel and programs for all the days set forth in its adopted school calendars for the current fiscal yea...

...ed appropriated for such purpose by the taxing authority of the subdivision as provided by law and shall be recorded as such by the fiscal officer of the subdivision, and is deemed in process of collection within the meaning of section 5705.41 of the Revised Code.

...In the case of an improvement, the cost of which is to be paid in whole or part by special assessments, a contract may be executed without an appropriation or certificate for that portion of the cost derived or to be derived from special assessments, provided that a resolution or ordinance authorizing such assessment and the bonds or notes to be issued in anticipation thereof has been passed in the manner provided by...

...y are made, the fiscal officer of the taxing authority shall make a certification for the amount required to meet the obligation of such contract or lease maturing in such fiscal year. The amount of the obligation under such contract or lease remaining unfulfilled at the end of a fiscal year, and which will become payable during the next fiscal year, shall be included in the annual appropriation measure f...

... fails, upon the written request of any taxpayer, to institute action for the enforcement of the liability, the taxpayer may institute suit in his own name in behalf of the subdivision.

... the appropriation therefor, unless the taxing authority of such subdivision, by a three-fourths vote of all the members, waives such limitation. In the resolution waiving such limitation there shall be set forth the reason therefor.

... prior to May 12, 1927, authorizing any tax or debt charge to be levied, or any contract or expenditure to be made, shall not be affected by sections 5705.01 to 5705.47, inclusive, of the Revised Code, but such act or proceeding shall be completed, and the tax or debt charge shall be levied and the contract or expenditure shall be made in the same manner as if such sections had not been passed.

...Whenever a taxing district is located in two or more counties, the budget commission of the counties in which such district is located shall meet in joint session at the call of the chairman of the commission of the county in which the greatest value of taxable property of such taxing district is located, and adjust the rates of taxation for the purpose of such district so as to enforce the limitations on the tax rat...

...Wherever in the Revised Code the taxing authority of any subdivision is authorized to levy taxes on the taxable property within a subdivision, or, in the case of a qualifying library levy, within a library district or association library district, such authority shall extend only to the levy of taxes on the taxable real and public utility property listed on general tax lists and duplicates provided for by section 319...

...ies and the state, by resolution of the taxing authority of such subdivision, may incur indebtedness and authorize the expenditure of funds of such subdivision to carry forward a real property inventory of all or part of the county in which such subdivision is located and may contribute to any organization established for the purpose of carrying forward such a real property inventory.

... a restriction on the amount of unvoted taxes which may be levied annually upon the general tax lists and duplicates. (2) "Direct debt limit" means those respective limitations on the principal amount of net indebtedness which may be created or incurred by a municipal corporation, school district, county, or township, imposed by sections 133.05, 133.06, 133.07, and 133.09 of the Revised Code. (3) "Ten-mill limit" m...

...eclare by resolution that the amount of taxes which may be raised within the ten-mill limitation by levies on the current tax duplicate will be insufficient to provide an adequate amount for the necessary requirements of the authority, that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of such limitation for any of the purposes specified in divisions (A), (B), (F), and (H) of section 5705.19 of the Revised Code, and that t...

...s used in this section: (A) "Effective tax rate" means that quotient obtained by dividing the taxes charged and payable on one thousand dollars of taxable value of real property, after making the reduction required by section 319.301 of the Revised Code, by one thousand. (B) "Taxable value of the interest" means the amount obtained as follows: (1) Divide the true value of the property in which the interest is held...

...The tax imposed by section 5705.61 of the Revised Code is due and payable on the dates for the payment of real property taxes as provided under section 323.12 of the Revised Code. Payment shall be made to the county treasurer of the county in which the property in which the interest is held is located. If the payments of the tax are not made when due and payable, a penalty of ten per cent of the taxes due and payable...

...The total amount of taxes and penalties collected under section 5705.62 of the Revised Code shall be distributed semiannually, at the same time distribution is made of real estate and public utility taxes, in the following manner: four per cent shall be allowed as compensation to the county auditor for his service in assessing the taxes, and two per cent shall be allowed as compensation to the county treasurer for th...

... county may initiate the question of a tax levy for support of senior citizens services or facilities by the filing of a petition with the board of elections of that county not less than ninety days before the date of any primary or general election requesting that an election be held on such question. The petition shall be signed by at least ten per cent of the qualified electors residing in the county and vot...

...clare by resolution that the amount of taxes that may be raised within the ten-mill limitation will be insufficient to provide transportation services to the unincorporated area of the township and that it is necessary to levy a tax in excess of that limitation within the unincorporated area of that township for the purpose of providing transportation services for the movement of persons within, from, or to the...

...heir June session, annually, may levy a tax not exceeding three mills on each dollar valuation of taxable property within the county, for county purposes other than for roads, bridges, county buildings, sites therefor, and the purchase of lands for infirmary purposes. For the purpose of building county buildings, purchasing sites therefor, and purchasing lands for infirmary purposes, the board may levy a tax not exce...

...heir June session, annually, may levy a tax on each dollar of valuation of taxable property within their county, for the purpose of creating a judicial and court fund, as follows: (A) In a county where the amount of such taxable property does not exceed three million dollars, not exceeding two mills; (B) Where the amount exceeds three million dollars and does not exceed five million dollars, one and five-tenths mil...

...Annual taxes are hereby levied on the kinds of intangible property, enumerated in this section, on the intangible property tax list in the office of the treasurer of state at the following rates: (A) On investments, five per cent of income yield or of income as provided by section 5711.10 of the Revised Code for the 1983, 1984, and 1985 return years and no tax for subsequent return years; (B) On unproductive...

...nuary of the year in and for which the tax imposed by section 5707.03 of the Revised Code is required to be paid by the dealer. Upon the issuance of a tax credit certificate by the Ohio venture capital authority under section 150.07 of the Revised Code, a refundable credit may be claimed against the tax imposed on a qualifying dealer in intangibles under section 5707.03 and Chapter 5725. of the Revised Code. ...

...Annual taxes are hereby levied on the kinds of intangible property, enumerated in this section, on the classified tax list in the office of the county auditor and the duplicate thereof in the office of the county treasurer at the following rates: (A) On investments, five per cent of income yield or of income as provided by section 5711.10 of the Revised Code for the 1983, 1984, and 1985 return years and no tax for s...

... subscription, may levy annually on the taxable property thereof, within five years next before the principal of such bonds or other securities is payable, if the market price of the stock of such railroad company is less than seventy-five per cent on its par value, such tax, not exceeding one mill on the dollar, as will be sufficient to balance the discount on the railroad stock held by such county, city, or townshi...

...r county may levy and collect an annual tax not exceeding three mills on the dollar of its assessed real estate valuation, in addition to all other taxes authorized or permitted by law, to procure and maintain such forests.

...al property in this state is subject to taxation, except only such as is expressly exempted therefrom. (B) Except as provided by division (C) of this section or otherwise expressly exempted from taxation: (1) All personal property located and used in business in this state, and all domestic animals kept in this state and not used in agriculture are subject to taxation, regardless of the residence of the owners ther...