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...Every company, or the receiver of such company, operating a railroad or a part of a railroad is liable for all loss or damage by fires originating upon the land belonging to such company caused by operating such railroad. Such company or receiver is liable for all loss or damage by fires originating on lands adjacent to its land caused in whole or part by sparks from an engine passing over such railroad, and the exer...

...In no case shall it be considered as negligence on the part of the owner or occupant of property injured by fire as provided by section 4963.37 of the Revised Code, that he used or permitted it to be used and remain as if no railroad passed through or near such property. This section does not apply in cases of injury by fire to personalty which at the time was on the property occupied by such railroad.

...If either party appeals from the judgment of a court in which an action under sections 4963.37 and 4963.38 of the Revised Code is begun, the party in whose favor judgment finally is rendered shall have included in his bill of costs against the adverse party, an attorney fee of fifty dollars, if it is not carried beyond the court of appeals. If carried to the supreme court, an attorney fee of one hundred dollars shal...

...The public utilities commission shall determine standards of maintenance and operation and the nature, location, and character of the construction to be used where telegraph, telephone, electric light, power, or other electric wires of any kind cross or more or less parallel the line of a railroad, interurban railroad, or other public utility, and to this end shall formulate and issue rules, regulations, and complete...

...The public utilities commission shall enforce section 4963.40 of the Revised Code, and for that purpose shall have power to cause the removal of such telegraph, telephone, electric light, power, or other electric wires of any kind crossing or paralleling such other line and not in accordance with the rules, regulations, and specifications issued by it.

...Material of all kinds and all permanent structures such as buildings, walls, coal bins, tunnels, bridges, station shelter sheds, standpipes, signal masts, poles, freight platforms, and structures of like character, placed adjacent or contiguous to a track of a railroad by a county, municipal corporation, township, railroad company, other corporation, or person, shall be not less than eight feet in the clear from the ...

...Every railroad company, public or private corporation, or person proposing to build any structure or place any material as set forth in section 4963.42 of the Revised Code, with a lesser clearance from the center of the track than is prescribed in such section, before proceeding therewith, shall file with the public utilities commission plans and specifications for such structure or material and have its permit for t...

...Every railroad company operating ten miles or more of railroad for the transportation of passengers and freight shall erect and maintain in complete working order, for use along the line of its railroad, a telegraph or telephone wire, with an office and proper means for communication by such wire at each of its principal stations. No such company operating a railroad without a telegraph or telephone wire along the li...

...(A) Whoever violates section 4963.06 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. (B) Whoever, being the person in charge of the operation and management of a railroad which fails to comply with section 4963.07 of the Revised Code, which failure results in personal injury, shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than five hundred dollars. (C) Whoever violates s...

...A company operating a railroad in whole or in part in this state may demand and receive for the transportation of passengers on its railroad, a fare not exceeding three cents per mile, for a distance of more than five miles, but the fare shall always be made that multiple of five nearest reached by multiplying the rate by the distance.

...Any company operating a railroad in whole or in part within this state which has posted proper notice to that effect in a conspicuous place in each waiting room and on the front of its depot building may collect ten cents in addition to the fare allowed by law when such fare is paid on the train, if an office at the point at which the passenger boarded the train was open for the sale of tickets at least thirty minute...

...A railroad company may demand and receive for the transportation of passengers on a branch road, the length of which does not exceed ten miles, a fare not exceeding six cents per mile, and for transportation of property such reasonable rates as are fixed by the company or prescribed by law.

...For the purposes specified in this section, bicycles, with or without lanterns or toolboxes attached, are baggage, shall be transported as such for passengers by all railroad companies, and are subject to the same charges and liabilities as other baggage. No passenger shall be required to crate, cover, or otherwise protect a bicycle. Such companies are not required to transport more than one bicycle for a single pers...

...Any common carrier, railroad, or motor carrier receiving property at a point within this state for transportation to a point within this state, shall issue a receipt or bill of lading for such property and is liable to the lawful holder of it for any loss, damage, or injury to such property caused by it or by any common carrier, railroad, or transportation company to which such property is delivered or over who...

...A railroad company organized under the laws of this state, upon the receipt of iron ore, grain, or other merchandise from any vessel, watercraft, or other source for storage and deposit, duly consigned to such company, upon the request of the owner of such ore, grain, or other merchandise, with the written consent of the consignee, may issue to the owner of such ore, grain, or other merchandise, a certificate, receip...

...When the track of a railroad company crosses, connects, or intersects a track of the same gauge of another company, either company may connect the tracks of the two railroads so crossing, connecting, or intersecting so as to admit the passage of cars from one railroad to another with facility and avoid the necessity of transferring freight from such cars.

...When the tracks of two railroad companies are connected as provided in section 4965.56 of the Revised Code, either company, when required, shall transport any freight offered over its railroad to its destination on such railroad in cars in which it is offered at its local rates per mile as set forth in its freight tariff for the distance most nearly corresponding, and return the cars, with or without freight or unnec...

...When the tracks of one railroad company lie contiguous to coal mines, stone quarries, manufacturing establishments, elevators, warehouses, navigable waters, or sidetracks, suitable for loading or unloading, it shall switch the cars of other companies, at the request of such companies or the shippers, over and upon the tracks so lying by such mines, quarries, manufacturing establishments, elevators, warehouses, naviga...

...(A) Every person, firm, or corporation engaging in the sale of steamship or railroad tickets for transportation to or from foreign countries shall execute and deliver a bond to the state approved by, and filed in the office of, the secretary of state, in the sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the selling of genuine and valid steamship or railroad tickets for such transportation. (B) Such bond shall be exe...

...When the railroads of railroad companies in this state or any portion of such railroads have been or are to be so constructed as to admit the passage of freight or passenger cars over any two or more of such railroads, continuously without break or interruption, such companies may consolidate themselves into a single company or either company may merge or be merged into the other. Where the railroad of any railroad c...

...A company organized in this state for the purpose of constructing, owning, and operating a railroad, or whose railroad is made or is in process of construction to a point within or without, or to the boundary line of, this state, may consolidate its capital stock, property, and franchises with those of a company in this or any other state, organized for a like purpose, whose railroad has been projected, constructed, ...

...A railroad company formed by the consolidation of a company of this state with a company of another state, or the surviving company in case of a merger of such companies, may make a further consolidation or merger with a company of this state, or of this state and any other state, or of another state or states, owning or operating over continuous, connected, but not parallel or competing lines. This section or sectio...

...A consolidation or merger of railroad companies shall be effected by each railroad company adopting an agreement of merger or consolidation pursuant to section 1701.78, 1701.79, 1701.80, or 1701.801 of the Revised Code and making the filings required by section 1701.81 of the Revised Code.

...A stockholder who dissents in a consolidation or merger of railroad companies pursuant to section 4967.04 of the Revised Code is entitled to relief as a dissenting shareholder under section 1701.85 of the Revised Code.

...Upon the consummation of any consolidation or merger, all the rights, privileges, and franchises of each of the companies, parties to the agreement of consolidation or merger, and all its property, debts due on account of subscriptions for stock, and other things in action, are to be deemed transferred to and vested in, or remain vested in, such new or surviving company without further act or deed. All property, righ...

...tees of a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall grant a diploma to any student enrolled in the school to whom all of the following apply: (1) The student has successfully completed the school's high school curriculum or the IEP developed for the student by the school pursuant to section 3323.08 of the Revised Code or has qualified under division (D) or (F) of section 3313.60...

...d for each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter that includes all information applicable to school buildings under section 3302.03 of the Revised Code. (B) For each student enrolled in the school, the department shall combine data regarding the academic performance of that student with comparable data from the school district in which the student is entitled to attend school for the p...

...s of each college-preparatory boarding school shall comply with the standards for financial reporting adopted under division (B)(2) of section 3301.07 of the Revised Code.

...rustees, a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter may procure epinephrine autoinjectors in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7110 of the Revised Code. A college-preparatory boarding school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district. (B)(1) The following are not liable in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss t...

...rustees, a college-preparatory boarding school may procure inhalers in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7113 of the Revised Code. A college-preparatory boarding school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district. (C) A college-preparatory boarding school, a member of a college-preparatory boarding school board of trustees, or a college-preparatory boar...

...Each college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall report to the department of education and workforce, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, the following information: (A) The total number of students enrolled in the school; (B) The number of students enrolled in the school who are receiving special education and related services pursuant to an IEP; (C) The city, ex...

...olled in a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall be included in the formula ADM and total ADM of the district in which the child is entitled to attend school, as reported under section 3317.03 of the Revised Code.

...olled in a college-preparatory boarding school, as reported under section 3328.31 of the Revised Code, the department of education and workforce shall pay to the school the sum of the amount eighty-five per cent of the operating expenditure per pupil of the city, local, or exempted village school district in which the child is entitled to attend school plus the per-pupil boarding amount specified in division (B) of t...

...ll include college-preparatory boarding schools established under this chapter in its annual allocation of federal moneys under Title I of the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965," 20 U.S.C. 6301, et seq. The department may apply for any other federal moneys that may be used to support the operations of college-preparatory boarding schools established under this chapter.

...A college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter shall be considered a school district and its board of trustees shall be considered a board of education for the purpose of applying to any state or federal agency for grants that a school district or public school may receive under federal or state law or any appropriations act of the general assembly. The college-preparatory boarding school ...

...declares a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter to be unauditable, the auditor of state shall provide written notification of that declaration to the school and the department of education and workforce. The auditor of state also shall post the notification on the auditor of state's web site. (B) If the college-preparatory boarding school's current fiscal officer held that position du...

...rustees, a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter may procure injectable or nasally administered glucagon in the manner prescribed by section 3313.7115 of the Revised Code. A college-preparatory boarding school that elects to do so shall comply with all provisions of that section as if it were a school district. (B)(1) The following are not liable in damages in a civil action for injury...

...(A) A college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter that elects under section 3715.50 of the Revised Code to obtain and maintain a supply of an overdose reversal drug for use in an emergency situation shall comply with all provisions of section 3313.7119 of the Revised Code as if it were a school district. (B) A college-preparatory boarding school may accept donations of money from any person o...

...(A) Each participating school district shall be responsible for providing transportation on a weekly basis for each student enrolled in a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter who is entitled to attend school in the district to and from that college-preparatory boarding school. The district may provide the transportation itself, contract with another entity to provide the transport...

...nes that a college-preparatory boarding school established under this chapter is not in compliance with any provision of this chapter or the terms of the contract entered into under section 3328.12 of the Revised Code, or that the school has failed to meet the academic goals or performance standards specified in that contract, the department may initiate the termination procedures specified in the contract. No termin...

...The department of education and workforce shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code prescribing procedures necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

...stees of a college-preparatory boarding school that holds a credit card account on the effective date of this section shall adopt a written policy for the use of credit card accounts. Otherwise, a board shall adopt a written policy before first holding a credit card account. The policy shall include provisions addressing all of the following: (1) The officers or positions authorized to use credit card accounts; (...

...bmit inflicts on any child attending a school district, educational service center, public or nonpublic school, or county board of developmental disabilities where the employee works any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that constitutes abuse or neglect of the child. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 3328.193 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the...

... "Superintendent" or "superintendent of schools" of a school district means the person employed as the superintendent or that person's designee. (2) "Chief administrative officer" means the chief administrative officer of a nonpublic or community school or that person's designee. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, an age and schooling certificate may be issued only by the superintende...

...(A) The superintendent of schools or the chief administrative officer, as appropriate pursuant to section 3331.01 of the Revised Code, shall not issue an age and schooling certificate until the superintendent or chief administrative officer has received, examined, approved, and filed the following papers duly executed: (1) The written pledge or promise of the person, partnership, or corporation to legally employ t...

...(A) Until July 1, 2016, an age and schooling certificate may be issued by the superintendent of schools to a child over sixteen years of age upon proof acceptable to such superintendent of the following facts and upon agreement to the respective conditions made in writing by the child and by the parents, guardian, or custodian in charge of such child: (1) That the child is addicted to no habit which is likely to d...

...The age and schooling certificate provided in sections 3331.01 to 3331.04 of the Revised Code shall be issued only with the word "limited" printed, marked, or stamped thereon if the medical certificate provided in section 3331.02 or 3331.07 of the Revised Code is a limited certificate, and in that case, the particular employment to which it is limited shall be stated in the certificate, and the certificate cannot ...

...When an age and schooling certificate is reissued, the pledge of the new employer shall be secured and filed. A physical fitness certificate from a physician, physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner as described in division (A)(4) of section 3331.02 of the Revised Code shall also be secured and filed if the physical fitness certificate used in the issuing of the previously i...

...In case a superintendent of schools refuses to excuse a child from attendance at school for one of the reasons stated in section 3321.04 of the Revised Code, or a superintendent or a chief administrative officer refuses upon request to grant an age and schooling certificate as provided in section 3331.01 of the Revised Code, an appeal may be taken from such decision to the juvenile judge of the county, upon the givin...

...The superintendent of schools or chief administrative officer issuing an age and schooling certificate may revoke such certificate on account of noncompliance with stipulations, physical condition of the child, or other sufficient cause, or for failure to attend part-time schools or classes as required by sections 3321.08 and 3321.10 of the Revised Code.