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...ate rate of taxation is uniform. (G) "Telecommunications service" has the same meaning as in division (AA) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code. (H) "Interexchange telecommunications company" means a person that is engaged in the business of transmitting telephonic messages to, from, through, or in this state, but that is not a telephone company. (I) "Sale and leaseback transaction" means a transaction in ...

...2781, 47 U.S.C. 522, as amended by the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," Pub. L. No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56. (D) "Competitive video service agreement" means any agreement, memorandum of understanding, or other document that provides or has the effect of providing, whether or not as a franchise, authorization by a municipal corporation or township for the provision of video service within its boundaries by a person u...

... Code. (2) "Information service" and "telecommunications service" have the same meanings as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 47 U.S.C. 153, as amended. (3) "Interactive computer service" has the same meaning as in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 47 U.S.C. 230, as amended. (4) "Nudity," "sexual activity," and "sexual excitement" have the same meanings as in section 2907.01 of the Revised Code. (5...

...ervice" has the meaning defined in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 47 U.S.C. 230, as a mended. (4) "Internet provider" means a provider of internet service, including all of the following: (a) Broadband service, however defined or classified by the federal communications commission; (b) Information service or telecommunications service, both as defined in the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 47 U.S.C....

... (A) Rights and obligations under the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 251, as amended; (B) Authority to mediate and arbitrate disputes and approve agreements under the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 252, as amended; (C) Administration of telephone numbers and number portability; (D) Certification of telecommunications carriers eligible for universal-servic...

...on or ancillary service. (G) "Public telecommunications service" means the transmission by electromagnetic or other means, other than by a telephone company as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code, of signs, signals, writings, images, sounds, messages, or data originating in this state regardless of actual call routing. "Public telecommunications service" excludes a system, including its construction, ma...

...involving natural gas service or public telecommunications service to a consumer in this state, shall request or submit, or cause to be requested or submitted, a change in the consumer's provider of natural gas service or public telecommunications service, without first obtaining, or causing to be obtained, the verified consent of the consumer. For the purpose of this division and with respect to public telecommunica...

...ted to, cable television service, other telecommunications service, telecommunications devices, information service, computers, data, computer software, financial instruments associated with computers, other documents associated with computers, or copies of the documents, whether in machine or human readable form, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, patents, and property protected by a trademark, copyright, or pat...

...ssion, or distribution of gas; (vi) A telecommunications central switching office or remote switching facility or an equivalent network facility that serves a similar purpose; (vii) Wireline or wireless telecommunications infrastructure, including telecommunications towers and telephone poles and lines, including fiber optic lines; (viii) A port, trucking terminal, or other freight transportation facility; (i...

...tion 128.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Telecommunications device" and "telecommunications service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (B) No person by means of a telecommunications device or telecommunications service shall report or cause to be reported false or misleading information to a law enforcement agency, emergency service provider, or public safety answering point, knowing ...

... in the state treasury the governmental telecommunications operating fund. The fund shall consist of money received from contract services of the Ohio government telecommunications service and shall be used for operations or equipment breakdowns related to the service. Only the Ohio government telecommunications service may authorize the spending of money in the fund. All investment earnings of the fund shall be cre...

...ternet protocol-enabled service or any telecommunications service that is not commercially available on September 13, 2010, and that employs technology that became available for commercial use only after September 13, 2010, unless the commission, upon a finding that the exercise of the commission's authority is necessary for the protection, welfare, and safety of the public, adopts rules specifying the necessar...

...or the purpose of providing electric or telecommunications service. The board, as a condition to the granting of the permit, may do any of the following: (A) Require the applicant to submit plans indicating the location, size, type, and duration of the culvert or excavation contemplated; (B) Specify methods of excavation, refilling, and resurfacing to be followed; (C) Require the use of warning devices it consider...

...ed to a public utility or interexchange telecommunications company as defined in section 5727.01 of the Revised Code and used directly in the rendition of a public utility service as defined in division (P) of section 5739.01 of the Revised Code shall be listed and assessed at the same percentage of true value in money that such property is required to be assessed by section 5727.111 of the Revised Code if owne...

...(Q) "Customer premises equipment" means telecommunications equipment, including telephone instruments, on the premises of a public safety answering point that is used in answering and responding to 9-1-1 system calls. (R) "Municipal corporation in the county" includes any municipal corporation that is wholly contained in the county and each municipal corporation located in more than one county that has a greater p...

..., computer program, computer system, or telecommunications device, may constitute a "pattern of conduct." (2) "Mental distress" means any of the following: (a) Any mental illness or condition that involves some temporary substantial incapacity; (b) Any mental illness or condition that would normally require psychiatric treatment, psychological treatment, or other mental health services, whether or not any person r...

...son shall solicit another by means of a telecommunications device, as defined in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code, to engage in sexual activity with the offender when the offender is eighteen years of age or older and either of the following applies: (1) The other person is less than thirteen years of age, and the offender knows that the other person is less than thirteen years of age or is reckless in that rega...

...computer system," "computer services," "telecommunications service," and "information service" have the same meanings as in section 2913.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "County correctional facility" means a county jail, county workhouse, minimum security jail, joint city and county workhouse, municipal-county correctional center, multicounty-municipal correctional center, municipal-county jail or workhouse, or multico...

...The "Cosmetology Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: COSMETOLOGY LICENSURE COMPACT ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Cosmetology with the goal of improving public access to, and the saf...

...The Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined the compact as follows: DENTIST AND DENTAL HYGIENIST COMPACT SECTION 1. TITLE AND PURPOSE This statute shall be known and cited as the Dentist and Dental Hygienist Compact. The purposes of this Compact are to facilitate the in...

...The "Interstate Massage Compact (IMpact)" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: INTERSTATE MASSAGE COMPACT ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to reduce the burdens on State governments and to facilitate the interstate practice and regulation of Massage Therapy wi...

...The "Social Work Licensure Compact" is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined in the compact as follows: SOCIAL WORK LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1: PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate practice of Regulated Social Workers by improving public access to competent Social Work Services. ...

...The dietitian licensure compact is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by the state of Ohio as a party to the compact with any other state that has legally joined the compact as follows: DIETITIAN LICENSURE COMPACT SECTION 1. PURPOSE The purpose of this Compact is to facilitate interstate Practice of Dietetics with the goal of improving public access to dietetics services. This Compact preserves...

... "Provider" means a broadband provider, telecommunications service provider, video service provider, or wireless service provider. "Telecommunications service provider" means a provider of "telecommunications service" as defined in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. "Video service provider" has the same meaning as in section 1332.21 of the Revised Code. "Wireless service provider" has the same meaning as in s...

...e, a telephone company may withdraw any telecommunications service if it gives at least thirty days' prior notice to the public utilities commission and to its affected customers. (B) Except as provided under the notice requirements of section 4927.10 of the Revised Code, a telephone company may abandon entirely telecommunications service in this state if it gives at least thirty days' prior notice to the commission...