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...Every corporation organized under the laws of this state to manufacture and supply artificial gas for light, heat, or power purposes and every corporation organized under the laws of this state to manufacture and supply electricity for light, heat, or power purposes, subject to statutory provisions relating to the granting of franchises by municipal corporations for any such purpose in force at the time of granting t...

...Section 4933.02 of the Revised Code does not confer a right to engage in the business referred to in such section, or to erect or maintain structures in a street, alley, or public place, without the consent of the municipal corporation in which such structures are to be constructed.

...The proper officers of any municipal corporation or the board of township trustees of any township in which a gas, sewage disposal system company, or water company is organized may contract with such company for lighting, disposal of sewage, or supplying with water the streets, lands, lanes, squares, and public places in such municipal corporation or township.

...A gas company in a municipal corporation may extend its pipes used for conveying gas to the various localities and inhabitants of the municipal corporation to any place in the vicinity of such municipal corporation outside the corporate limits; but the right of way must be obtained from the authorities or persons having control of the places to be affected by such extension.

...Except as otherwise provided in arrangements approved under section 4905.31 of the Revised Code, natural gas delivered to customers shall have a heating value of not less than nine hundred British thermal units per cubic foot when measured in the laboratory by direct heat release or by chemical composition, according to the procedures of the American society for testing and materials or other recognized analytical me...

...No gas meter shall be set unless it is tested by a meter-prover, sealed, and stamped as provided in section 4933.11 of the Revised Code. A company authorizing the setting of a meter, or allowing it to be used by a consumer of gas, without being so sealed and stamped, shall forfeit not less than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars, to be recovered upon the complaint of such consumer, in the name of the state...

...Gas meters in use shall be tested on the request of the consumer, in his presence if desired by him, with a tested and sealed meter-prover, by an officer or servant of the gas company. If the meter is found to be correct, and it is deemed correct if the variation is not greater than three per cent, the party requesting the inspection shall pay a fee of twenty-five cents, and the expense of removing it for the purpo...

...If authorized in writing by the president, treasurer, agent, or secretary of a gas company, its officer or servant may enter, at any reasonable time, any premises lighted with gas supplied by such company, to examine or remove the gas meters, and to ascertain the quantity of gas consumed or supplied. If a person prevents or hinders such officer or servant from so entering such premises, or from making such examinatio...

...A company organized for supplying electricity for power purposes, and for lighting the streets and public and private buildings of a municipal corporation, may manufacture, sell, and furnish the electric light and power required in such municipal corporation for such or other purposes. With the consent of the municipal corporation, under such reasonable regulations as such municipal corporation prescribes, such comp...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, division (A) of section 4931.02, and sections 4931.03, 4931.04, and 4933.13 to 4933.16 of the Revised Code apply to a company organized for supplying public and private buildings, manufacturing establishments, streets, alleys, lanes, lands, squares, and public places with electric light and power, and to an automatic package carrier. Except as ot...

...For the purpose of making preliminary examinations and surveys, any company transmitting or distributing electricity in the state for public or private use may enter upon any land held by any individual or corporation, whether acquired by purchase, appropriation proceedings, or otherwise, unless such land is owned by and essential to the purposes of another corporation possessing the power of eminent domain. The comp...

...Any company organized for supplying water for public and private use may enter upon any land held by any individual or private corporation, whether acquired by purchase, appropriation proceedings, or otherwise, for the purpose of making preliminary examination and surveys, unless such land is owned by and essential to the purposes of another corporation possessing the power of eminent domain, and may appropriate so m...

...No person or company shall place, string, construct, or maintain a line, wire, fixture, or appliance of any kind to conduct electricity for lighting, heating, or power purposes through a street, alley, lane, square, place, or land of a municipal corporation without the consent of such municipal corporation. This prohibition extends to all levels above or below the surface of such public ways, grounds, or places, as ...

...No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of furnishing gas, natural gas, water, or electricity to consumers shall demand or require a consumer to deposit cash as security for the payment of any bills for such commodity to be furnished: (A) If the proposed consumer is a freeholder who is financially responsible or a person who is able to give a reasonably safe guaranty in an amount sufficient to secure...

...No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb, cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulating, operating, or measuring device or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, conduits, pipelines, mains, service pipes, house pipes, display pipes, or other pipes of a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas with intent to cause the escape of gas or to ...

...No person shall willfully or maliciously injure, destroy, or intentionally permit to be injured or destroyed, disconnect, displace, cut, break, tap, ground, or make a connection with, or willfully or maliciously interfere with any pole, pier, cable, tower, or wire, legally erected, put, or strung, or electrical apparatus, appliance, or machinery used in the construction or operation of an electrical railway, electric...

...No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a fire hydrant, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulator, operating or measuring device, or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, reservoirs, conduits, pipes, mains, service pipes, house pipes, or other pipes or apparatus of a water company or furnisher of water, with intent to cause the escape of wat...

...No person shall willfully or maliciously injure or destroy, or intentionally permit to be injured or destroyed, cut, break, adjust, or interfere with any pipe, valve, regulator, gauge, gate, stopcock, trap, meter, or other regulating or measuring device or appliance used in the construction or operation of any plant furnishing or distributing hot water or steam for heating purposes. No person shall willfully or malic...

...No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulator, operating or measuring device, or appliance in or attached to the tanks, conduits, pipes, mains, service pipes, house pipes, or other pipes or apparatus of a sewage disposal company, with intent to interfere with the flow of sewage, or to injure or destroy such prop...

...(A) Annually, each electric distribution company, as defined in section 5727.80 of the Revised Code, shall state on each customer bill, or shall distribute to each of its customers, the following statement: "Under state law, the amount you are being billed includes: (1) Kilowatt-hour taxes that have been in effect since 2001 and are currently at $_________ (The current dollar figure of the kilowatt-hour taxes levi...

...As used in sections 4933.41 to 4933.42 of the Revised Code: (A) "Political subdivision" means a township, county, or municipal corporation. (B) "Competitive retail natural gas service," "natural gas company," "distribution service," and "retail natural gas service" have the same meanings as in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Energy dealer" has the same meaning as in section 5117.01 of the Revised Code...

...Section 4933.41 of the Revised Code promotes the public policy of the state to do the following: (A) Increase utilization of the state's indigenous energy resources as provided in section 1551.18 of the Revised Code. (B) Promote the availability of natural gas services and goods as provided in section 4929.02 of the Revised Code. (C) Encourage the utilization of propane.

...Annexation or incorporation by a municipal corporation or other unit of local government does not affect the right of an electric supplier to continue or extend electric service within its certified territory except insofar as that right is affected or modified by Article XVIII or any other article of the Ohio Constitution. Notwithstanding this section or any other provision of law, the right of a municipal corporati...

...Any electric supplier that renders electric service in violation of sections 4933.81 to 4933.90 of the Revised Code is subject to remedies and penalties provided by sections 4905.54, 4905.56, 4905.57, 4905.59, 4905.60, and 4905.61 and division (B) of section 4905.99 of the Revised Code.

...(A) Whoever violates section 4933.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. (B) Whoever violates section 4933.20, 4933.22, 4933.24, or 4933.25 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (C) Whoever violates section 4933.21 or 4933.23 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (D) Whoever violates division (E) of section 4933.28 of the ...

...a for-hire motor carrier by the public utilities commission of Ohio or by the federal motor carrier safety administration of the United States, or to take or disturb other real estate or interests therein, personal property, or any combination thereof belonging to any municipal corporation without the consent of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation, or take or disturb real estate or interest...

...presenting excavators, contractors, or utilities and the service or association provides that training. An excavator, contractor, or utility also may obtain the training from such a service or association without becoming a member.

...As used in this section: (A) "Utility trailer" means any trailer, except a travel trailer or trailer for transporting watercraft, having a gross weight of less than four thousand pounds. (B) "Snowmobile" and "all-purpose vehicle" have the same meanings as in section 4519.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Distributor" means any person authorized by a manufacturer of utility trailers or trailers for transporting mo...

...(A) There is hereby created the public utilities commission of Ohio, by which name the commission may sue and be sued. The commission shall consist of five public utilities commissioners appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. The governor shall designate one of such commissioners to be the chairperson of the commission. The chairperson of the commission shall serve as chairperson a...

...The public utilities commission has general supervision over all public utilities within its jurisdiction as defined in section 4905.05 of the Revised Code, and may examine such public utilities and keep informed as to their general condition, capitalization, and franchises, and as to the manner in which their properties are leased, operated, managed, and conducted with respect to the adequacy or accommodation ...

...e, shall make application to the public utilities commission in writing. The commission shall thereupon cause reasonable notice of the application to be given, stating the time and place fixed by the commission for the hearing of the application. Upon the hearing of the application, the commission shall ascertain the facts and make its findings thereon, and if such facts satisfy the commission that the propose...

...deemed an equity security by the public utilities commission. (4) "Offeror" means a person that makes, or in any way participates or aids in making, a control bid. "Offeror" includes persons acting jointly or in concert in exercising, or that intend to exercise jointly or in concert, any voting rights attached to the securities for which the control bid is made, but excludes a subject natural gas company in this sta...

...(A) The public utilities commission, for the purpose of ascertaining the reasonableness and justice of rates and charges for the service rendered by public utilities or railroads, or for any other purpose authorized by law, may investigate and ascertain the value of the property of any public utility or railroad in this state used or useful for the service and convenience of the public, using the same criteria that a...

...evised Code shall show, when the public utilities commission deems it necessary, the amounts, dates, and rates of interest of all bonds outstanding against each public utility or railroad, the property upon which such bonds are a lien, the amounts paid for them, and, the original capital stock and the moneys received by any such public utility or railroad by reason of any issue of stock, bonds, or other securities. S...

...ng municipally owned or operated public utilities, the public utilities commission may cause a hearing to be held at such time and place as the commission designates. Before any hearing is had, the commission shall give the public utility or railroad affected thereby, and if a substantial portion of said public utility or railroad is situated in any municipal corporation, then to the mayor of such municipal corporati...

...(A)(1) The public utilities commission has jurisdiction under section 4905.26 of the Revised Code, upon complaint of any person or upon complaint or initiative of the commission on or after the starting date of competitive retail electric service, regarding the provision by an electric utility, electric services company, electric cooperative, or governmental aggregator subject to certification under section 4928.08 o...

...(A)(1) If an electric distribution utility subject to a final financing order defaults on any required payment of phase-in-recovery revenues, a court, upon application by an interested party and without limiting any other remedies available to the applicant, shall order the sequestration and payment of the revenues for the benefit of bondholders, any assignee, and any financing parties. The court order shall re...

...n that date shall file with the public utilities commission a plan for the utility's provision of retail electric service in this state during the market development period. This transition plan shall be in such form as the commission shall prescribe by rule adopted under division (A) of section 4928.06 of the Revised Code and shall include all of the following: (1) A rate unbundling plan that specifies, cons...

...later than October 31, 2000, the public utilities commission shall issue a final order approving the transition plan as filed under section 4928.31 of the Revised Code or an order modifying and approving that plan. The order is subject to section 4903.15 of the Revised Code and is subject to review and appeal under chapter 4903. of the Revised Code. (B) If the commission fails to issue, by October 31, 2000, a final ...

...later than January 1, 2015, the public utilities commission shall adopt rules governing the disclosure of the costs to customers of the renewable energy resource, energy efficiency savings, and peak demand reduction requirements of sections 4928.64 and 4928.66 of the Revised Code. The rules shall include both of the following requirements: (1) That every electric distribution utility list, on all customer bil...

...xpressed in megawatts. (C) The public utilities commission shall hold at least two stakeholder meetings annually to receive input on map design, data accuracy, and usability. In addition, the commission shall establish uniform reporting standards to ensure consistency across all electric distribution utilities. The commission may also require utilities to include additional data points as necessary to improve trans...

...When any street, highway, or road, or a portion of any street, highway, or road, is vacated pursuant to any section of this chapter or Chapter 5571. of the Revised Code, and the relocation of any conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, sewer lines, steam lines, pipelines, gas and water lines, tracks, or other equipment or appliances of any electric cooperative, railroad, or public utility, whether owned privately or ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the true value of all taxable property, except property of a railroad company, required by section 5727.06 of the Revised Code to be assessed by the tax commissioner shall be determined by a method of valuation using cost as capitalized on the public utility's books and records less composite annual allowances as prescribed by the commissioner. If the commissioner fin...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "International airport" means any airport that is: (a) Designated as an international airport or a landing rights airport by the United States secretary of the treasury; (b) Owned and operated by a municipal corporation; (c) An unincorporated area not contiguous to the municipal corporation that owns it. (2) "Commercial," "industrial," "residential," and "retail," in relation to ...

...he Revised Code, approved by the public utilities commission. (F) The legislative authority shall submit a quarterly report to the electric distribution utility that includes, but is not limited to, both of the following: (1) The number and a description of each new and ongoing project utilizing alternative energy technologies or energy efficiency technologies, products, or activities located in the utility's...

...ain subject to regulation by the public utilities commission. No such capitalization or indebtedness shall be given effect as a basis for purchase price to or rate regulation by the municipal corporation contrary to the agreement of the municipal corporation and public utility as expressed in the ordinance granting the permit. Such sections do not confer upon any municipal corporation, or upon any officer, departmen...

...a for-hire motor carrier by the public utilities commission of Ohio or by the federal motor carrier safety administration, or to take or disturb other property or facilities belonging to any political subdivision, public corporation, public utility, or common carrier, which property or facility is necessary and convenient in the operation of such political subdivision, public corporation, public utility, or co...

...e personal property value of all public utilities for the preceding tax year, by school district and by county of location. (C) If on the basis of the information certified under division (A) of this section, the department determines that any district fails in any year to meet the qualification requirement specified in division (A) of section 3317.01 of the Revised Code, the department shall immediately request t...

...(A) By ordinance or resolution, a local authority may authorize the operation of under-speed or utility vehicles or mini-trucks on a public street or highway under its jurisdiction. A local authority that authorizes the operation of under-speed or utility vehicles or mini-trucks shall do all of the following: (1) Limit the operation of those vehicles to streets and highways having an established speed limit n...

...ot subject to inspection by the public utilities commission shall be inspected and tested to determine whether it is unsafe or not equipped as required by law, or that its equipment is not in proper adjustment or repair, or in violation of the equipment provisions of Chapter 4513. of the Revised Code. Such inspection shall be made with respect to the brakes, lights, turn signals, steering, horns and warning de...

...No person, railroad company, private corporation, county, municipal corporation, or township shall violate any law relating to the height of bridges, viaducts, overhead roadways, footbridges, wires, or other structures constructed over the tracks of a railroad. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Each day such structure or wire is permitted to so ...

...No person or company owning, operating, or controlling a railroad shall erect or permit to be erected, place, or maintain along said railroad, a mail crane or livestock chute, any portion of which approaches nearer than eighteen inches to the nearest point of contact with the cab of the widest locomotive used on such railroad. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more than one t...

...No railroad company shall contract to employ a person in a position which requires such person to distinguish form or color signals, unless within two years preceding such date he has been examined for color blindness, in the distinct colors in actual use by such company by a competent person employed and paid by such company, and has received a certificate that he is not disqualified for such position by color blin...

...No railroad company, or its superintendent, or manager, employing any special agent, detective, or person commonly known as "spotter" for the purpose of investigating, obtaining, and reporting to the employer, its agent, superintendent, or manager, information concerning its employees, shall discipline or discharge any employee in its service, where such act of discipline or the discharge is based upon a report by su...

...No officer, agent, or other person acting for or in behalf of a railroad company operating ten or more miles of its railroad for the carrying or transporting of passengers or freight over its railroad within this state which fails to erect and maintain telegraph or telephone wires in complete working order for use and operation along its railroad, with an office and proper means of communication by such wires at each...

...No agent of a railroad company shall knowingly divert or permit freight under his control to be diverted from the railroads over which it is ordered to be conveyed by the shipper of such freight. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

...(A) A person that is engaged in some other primary business to which the supplying of electricity to others is incidental shall file a report under section 5727.08 of the Revised Code as an electric company but shall only report therein as taxable property the amounts required in divisions (B) and (C) of this section. All time limits and other procedural requirements of this chapter for the reporting and assessment o...

...Sections 5727.01 to 5727.61 of the Revised Code do not apply to either of the following: (A) Nonprofit corporations as defined in division (C) of section 1702.01 of the Revised Code that are engaged exclusively in the treatment, distribution, and sale of water to consumers; (B) Municipal corporations within this state.

...As used in this chapter, "property used in railroad operations" means property used in or determined by the tax commissioner to be held by a railroad for use in railroad operations. In determining the true value of all real and personal property owned or leased by each railroad company and used in railroad operations, the commissioner shall use the unitary method and value all of the property of the company's railroa...

...For the purpose of providing revenue to meet the needs of the state, on and after May 1, 2000, an excise tax is hereby levied on the gross receipts of a natural gas company and on the gross receipts of a combined company from operating as a natural gas company. The tax shall be computed by multiplying the taxable gross receipts as determined under section 5727.33 of the Revised Code by four and three-fourths per cent...

...As used in this section, "taxpayer" means any person subject to the tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code. 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 taxpayer under section 5727.24 of the Revised Code. The credit shall be claimed on a return due under section...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, within forty-five days after the last day of March, June, September, and December, each natural gas company or combined company subject to the excise tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code shall file a return with the tax commissioner, in such form as the commissioner prescribes, and pay the full amount of the tax due on its taxable gross receipts fo...

...Every natural gas company or combined company liable for the tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code shall keep complete and accurate records as prescribed by the tax commissioner. The records shall be preserved for four years after the return for the tax to which the records pertain is due or filed, whichever is later. The natural gas company or combined company shall make the records available for inspe...

...(A) The tax commissioner shall refund to a natural gas company or combined company subject to the tax imposed by section 5727.24 of the Revised Code amounts paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment. Applications for a refund shall be filed with the tax commissioner, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, within four years of the illegal or erroneous payment. On the filing of ...

...(A) Natural gas companies and combined companies shall be entitled to a refundable credit equal to the following: (1) For natural gas companies, the sum of the three payments of the excise tax on gross receipts made pursuant to section 5727.31 of the Revised Code on or before October 15, 1999, and on or before the first day of March and June 2000; (2) For combined companies, the sum of the three estimated payments ...

...(A) The tax commissioner shall collect the excise tax imposed by section 5727.30 of the Revised Code and the taxpayer shall pay all taxes and any penalties thereon. Payments of the tax may be made by mail, in person, electronically if required to do so by section 5727.311 of the Revised Code, or by any other means authorized by the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt rules concerning the methods and timeliness o...

...One hundred per cent of all excise taxes and penalties collected under sections 5727.01 to 5727.62 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the general revenue fund.

...No person shall exercise or attempt to exercise any powers, privileges, or franchises under articles of incorporation or certificate of authority after the same is canceled, as provided by section 5727.54 of the Revised Code, for failure to make a report or return or to pay any tax or fee.

...If a person fails to file a report within the time prescribed by section 5727.08 or 5727.31 of the Revised Code, including any extensions of time granted by the tax commissioner, a penalty of fifty dollars per month, not to exceed five hundred dollars, may be imposed for each month or fraction of a month elapsing between the due date of the report, including any extensions, and the date the report was filed. The pena...

...A person who appears before the department of taxation, on its order, as to the appraisal of property in any taxing district, shall be allowed and paid out of the treasury of the proper county, if an officer of any such taxing district, the person's actual and necessary traveling expenses, which shall be itemized and sworn to by the person who incurred the expense, and if other than any such officer, the person...

...No president, secretary, receiver, accounting or tax officer, servant, or agent of a railroad company shall refuse to attend before a lawful board of appraisers and assessors when required to do so, or refuse to submit to the inspection of such board any books or papers of such company in his possession, custody, or control, or refuse to answer any question put to him by the board or upon its order concerning the b...

...No officer, employee, or agent of a person subject to this chapter shall refuse to attend before the department of taxation when required to do so, or refuse to bring with the officer, employee, or agent and submit for inspection any books or papers of such person in the officer's, employee's, or agent's possession, custody, or control, or refuse to answer any questions put to the officer, employee, or agent concerni...

...(A) As used in this section, "qualifying property" means tangible personal property that is dedicated to transporting or transmitting electricity or natural gas and that is placed into service in a priority investment area designated under section 122.161 of the Revised Code during a time when that designation is in effect. (B) Qualifying property shall be exempt from taxation for the tax year following the year in...

...(A) For the purpose of raising revenue to fund the needs of this state and its local governments, an excise tax is hereby levied on every natural gas distribution company for all natural gas volumes billed by, or on behalf of, the company. Except as provided in divisions (C) or (D) of this section, the tax shall be levied at the following rates per MCF of natural gas distributed by the company through a meter of an e...

...(A) A natural gas distribution company, an electric distribution company, or a self-assessing purchaser shall remit each tax payment electronically as prescribed by divisions (B) and (C) of this section. The tax commissioner shall notify each natural gas distribution company, electric distribution company, and self-assessing purchaser of the obligation to remit taxes electronically by using the Ohio business gatew...

...A municipal corporation appropriating property pursuant to sections 743.39 to 743.42, inclusive, of the Revised Code, may transport, store, insure, and ship natural gas, petroleum, or water, and transport and store water for the purpose of furnishing it to engineers employed in developing for, or in the production and transportation of, petroleum, and for that purpose may lay down, construct, and maintain the necessa...

...A municipal corporation authorized by law to purchase or lease lands, purchase, lease or sink natural gas wells, procure rights of way, and purchase and lay pipes for the purpose of supplying such municipal corporation or the citizens thereof with natural gas may exercise any such powers outside of its limits, and in addition thereto shall have all the rights and powers conferred upon municipal corporations by sectio...

...(A) A municipal corporation that has established and implemented a watershed management program with regard to a reservoir for drinking water shall allow an owner of property that is contiguous to property that constitutes a buffer around a body of water that is part of such a reservoir to maintain property that constitutes a buffer if the maintenance is for any of the following: (1) Creation of an access path that ...

...(A) Whoever violates section 743.25 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five nor more than five hundred dollars.

...e obligation is imposed upon the public utilities commission to ascertain the value of any public utility or railroad, such valuation shall be made in accordance with sections 4901.01 to 4901.14, 4901.17 to 4901.24, 4903.10, 4903.12 to 4903.19, and 4909.04 to 4909.15 of the Revised Code.

...The public utilities commission shall make and file its findings of fact in writing upon all matters, concerning which evidence has been introduced before it, which in its judgment have bearing on the value of the property of the public utility or railroad affected. Such findings shall be subject to review by the supreme court in the same manner and within the same time as other orders and decisions of the commission...

...The findings of the public utilities commission made and filed under section 4909.11 of the Revised Code, when properly certified under the seal of the commission, are admissible in evidence in any action, proceeding, or hearing before the commission or any court, in which the commission, the state or any officer, department, or institution thereof, or any county, municipal corporation, or other body politic, and the...

...The public utilities commission may cause further hearings and investigations to be had for the purpose of making revaluations or ascertaining the value of any betterments, improvements, additions, or extensions made by any public utility or railroad subsequent to any prior hearing or investigation, and may examine into all matters which may change, modify, or affect any finding of fact previously made, and may at su...

...hall become effective until the public utilities commission, by order, determines it to be just and reasonable, except as provided in this section and sections 4909.18, 4909.19, and 4909.191 of the Revised Code. Such sections do not apply to any rate, joint rate, toll, classification, charge, or rental, or any regulation or practice affecting the same, of railroads, street and electric railways, for-hire motor ...

...may submit an application to the public utilities commission for an increase or decrease in any rate or charge for, respectively, water or sewage treatment, if both of the following conditions are met: (1) The water or sewage treatment is provided to the company by either of the following: (a) A municipal corporation or other local governmental unit of this state whose rates are not subject to regulation by the c...

...(A) As used in this section and section 4909.174 of the Revised Code: (1) "Customer-owned water service line" means the water service line connected to the water-works company's water service line at the curb of a customer's property. (2) "Water-works company" means an entity defined under division (G) of section 4905.03 of the Revised Code that is a public utility under section 4905.02 of the Revised Code. (...

...(A) As used in this section, "electric distribution utility" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (B) Not later than December 31, 2029, and at least every three years thereafter, each electric distribution utility shall file a rate case application regarding distribution service under section 4909.18 of the Revised Code.

...4909.18 of the Revised Code, the public utilities commission may approve the following: (A) Nondiscriminatory programs available for all energy-intensive customers to implement economic development, job growth, job retention, or interruptible rates that enhance distribution and transmission grid reliability and promote economic development. (B) Nondiscriminatory programs available for all mercantile customers, as...

...pal corporation may petition the public utilities commission to fix the just and reasonable rates for the furnishing of such services, and the commission may thereupon proceed to fix the just and reasonable rates, tolls, and charges for such services which may be charged for two years from the date of the filing of such petition and thereafter until changed, altered, or modified by the legislative authority of such m...

...A complaint or appeal to the public utilities commission under division (A) of section 4909.34 or section 4909.35 of the Revised Code, shall meet the requirements of and shall be governed in all respects by sections 4909.17 to 4909.19 and 4909.42 of the Revised Code. Upon notification by a public utility pursuant to division (B) of section 4909.34 of the Revised Code that it does not accept an ordinance or ordinance...

...shall be in the same form as the public utilities commission by rule may require.

...The public utilities commission shall supply the consumers' counsel, without cost to the counsel, with all books, maps, charts, and such other items as may be necessary for carrying out the purposes of Chapters 4909. and 4911. of the Revised Code.

... papers in the possession of the public utilities commission at any time.

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Aggrieved person" means a person with duties and obligations under sections 153.64, 3781.27, and 3781.28 to 3781.32 of the Revised Code and divisions (A) and (B) of section 3781.26 of the Revised Code and who is directly involved with or impacted by the alleged compliance failure, as identified in the request for inquiry, of another person with duties and obligations under sections 153....

...n system shall register with the public utilities commission and pay a safety registration not to exceed fifty dollars annually, which the commission may lower if the commission determines lowering the registration to be necessary. The commission shall administer and oversee the registration process. Failure to register shall result in a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars. (B) The commission sha...

...(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...

...(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...

...Proceedings of the public utilities commission for the assessment of forfeitures for violations of Chapters 4921. and 4923. of the Revised Code are subject to and governed by section 4923.99 of the Revised Code. In all other respects in which the commission has power and authority under Chapters 4921. and 4923. of the Revised Code, applications and complaints may be made and filed with the commission, processes...

... each day of each violation. The public utilities commission, after providing reasonable notice and the opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the procedural rules adopted under section 4901.13 of the Revised Code, shall assess, by order, a forfeiture upon a person whom the commission determines, by a preponderance of the evidence, committed the violation. In determining the amount of the forfeiture for a viola...

...changed with the approval of the public utilities commission; (b) Consists of all of the following services: (i) Local dial tone service; (ii) For residential end users, flat-rate telephone exchange service; (iii) Touch tone dialing service; (iv) Access to and usage of 9-1-1 services, where such services are available; (v) Access to operator services and directory assistance; (vi) Provision of a ...

...btaining a certificate from the public utilities commission, and no wireless service provider shall operate in this state without first being registered with the commission. A telephone company not holding such a certificate on the effective date of this section, or a wireless service provider not so registered on that date, shall file, respectively, a certification application or registration with the commis...

... exclusions or limitations. The public utilities commission may prescribe, by rule, a commission review process to determine when disclosing such information is not practicable, and therefore nondisclosure does not result in an unfair or deceptive act or practice. (2) Any written service solicitation, marketing material, offer, contract, or agreement, as well as any written response from the company to a serv...

...not subject to regulation by the public utilities commission. (2) No agency, commission, or political subdivision of this state shall enact, adopt, or enforce, either directly or indirectly, any law, rule, regulation, ordinance, standard, order or other provision having the force or effect of law that regulates, or has the effect of regulating, the rates, terms, or conditions of any broadband internet access servic...

...on and distribution systems of electric utilities in order to promote both effective customer choice of retail electric service and the development of performance standards and targets for service quality for all consumers, including annual achievement reports written in plain language; (F) Ensure that an electric utility's transmission and distribution systems are available to a customer-generator or owner of dist...

...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...

...A consolidated railroad company created by or existing under the laws of this state, or of this state and any other state, may take, hold, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, under such terms and agreements as the board of directors of such company prescribes, the stock and bonds of any other company acquired upon any consolidation or merger or received by virtue of any purchase, lease, or operating contract. Such compa...

...When a consolidated railroad company described in section 4967.13 of the Revised Code is in possession of or operating in connection with or extension of its own railroad, any other railroad in this state or any other state, under purchase, conveyance, lease, contract, or agreement, such company may take a surrender or transfer of the whole or a part of the capital stock of the company conveying, leasing, or owning s...

...When the whole of the capital stock referred to in section 4967.14 of the Revised Code is surrendered or transferred, and a certificate thereof filed in the office of the secretary of state, under the common seal of the consolidated railroad company to which such surrender or transfer was made, the estate, property, rights, privileges, and franchises of the company whose stock was so surrendered or transferred vests ...

...Sections 4967.14 and 4967.15 of the Revised Code do not relieve a consolidated railroad company from paying the fee provided by section 111.16 of the Revised Code in case a corporation files a certificate for an increase of its capital stock. The rights of a stockholder not surrendering or transferring his stock are not affected, nor are existing liabilities or the rights of creditors of the company whose stock has b...

...As soon as convenient after a consolidation of railroad companies resulting in the formation of a new company, the new company shall establish a principal office at some point in this state on the line of its railroad, but may change it at pleasure. Public notice of such establishment or change shall be given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the state, and by filing a written notice thereof wit...

...That part of the railroad of a consolidated or surviving railroad company located in this state, and all its real and personal property in this state, shall be listed for taxation and taxed in the same manner as the railroad and property of other railroad companies in this state. To ascertain the proportion of the rolling machinery subject to taxation here, the officer listing it shall ascertain the value of all the ...

...Suits may be brought and maintained against the new company formed by a consolidation of railroad companies, or against the surviving company in the case of a merger, in the courts of this state for all causes of action, in the same manner as against other companies.

...In any suit brought to charge a consolidated or surviving railroad company with a liability of any company party to the consolidation or merger, it is not necessary to produce or prove: (A) The charters of such companies; (B) The laws of the several states under and by virtue of which such consolidation or merger was effected; (C) The original articles of consolidation or merger.

...When two or more railroad companies are owners in common of the whole or a part of a railroad located within this state, and by reason of inequality in the amount of business done on such railroad by each company require a different degree and extent of improvement and development, such companies may enter into any arrangement they agree upon for enlarging, improving, developing, or increasing the facilities of such ...

...The cost of the additions or improvements referred to in section 4967.22 of the Revised Code, unless otherwise agreed between the joint owners, shall be paid by them in proportion to their ownership in the joint property, irrespective of the amount of traffic which each owner may then have passing over such railroad. If either owner fails or refuses to pay the share of cost due from it on the basis fixed in this sect...

...Sections 4967.21 to 4967.23, inclusive, of the Revised Code, do not imply or confer a right or power of compulsory partition of the joint property against the will of either of the joint owners, but it may be sold upon execution as provided in such sections.

...If, pursuant to the agreement or to the proceedings provided for in sections 4967.21 to 4967.24, inclusive, of the Revised Code, either railroad company sells or conveys, or suffers to be sold or conveyed, its interest in the railroad or part thereof so owned in common, such company may acquire by purchase or condemnation such land as it needs to construct, maintain, and operate a railroad along and adjacent to such ...

...Sections 4967.21 to 4967.25, inclusive, of the Revised Code, apply in case one or more railroad companies or owners in common has leased its interest in the portion of railroad owned in common, and the lessee of such interest may unite with the lessor in the agreement provided for in section 4967.21 of the Revised Code, or with such lessor and owner, be compelled to make or pay for the addition and improvements conte...

...A company, owning in whole or in part a roadbed and right of way for a railroad within this state, including those acquired by purchase at judicial sale, which, from lack of means or other cause, is unable to complete the construction of the proposed railroad theron, may sell, assign, and transfer it, or a part thereof, to any other company incorporated under the laws of this state, with authority to construct and op...

...Before a transfer as provided by section 4969.01 of the Revised Code may be made, the president of the company shall call a meeting of its stockholders, at some convenient point on, or at a terminus of, the railroad, of which meeting he shall cause at least thirty days' notice to be published in a newspaper published in or in general circulation in each county in which such roadbed and right of way are situated. By a...

...No transfer shall be made under section 4969.01 of the Revised Code against the dissent of any stockholder, expressly declared and filed in writing at the meeting provided by section 4969.02 of the Revised Code, without the guaranty of the grantee company that it will issue to him, certificated of its capital stock, equal in amount to his pro rata interest as a stockholder of the grantor, in the amount for which the ...

...The title to the property transferred, with the right to use, occupy, and enjoy it for all purposes proper in the construction, maintenance, and operation of a railroad thereon, shall pass to and vest in the grantee company, by the execution of the deed referred to by section 4969.01 of the Revised Code, to the same extent as the granting company might or could use, occupy, and enjoy it.

...No contract for the sale of railroad equipment, rolling stock, or other personal property to be used in or about the operation of a railroad, by the terms of which the purchase money, in whole or part, is to be paid in the future, and in which it is stipulated or conditioned that the title to the property sold shall not vest in the vendee, but shall remain in the vendor until the purchase money has been fully paid, i...

...Any written contract for the renting, leasing, or hiring of railroad equipment, rolling stock, or other personal property to be used in or about the operation of a railroad, may stipulate or provide for a conditional sale of the property at the termination of such renting, leasing, or hiring, and may stipulate or provide that the rental reserved as paid, or when paid in full, shall be applied and treated as purchase ...

...Sections 4969.05 and 4969.06 of the Revised Code apply, not only to contracts made with a railroad company as vendee or lessee, but also apply to all contracts which may be made with any interurban railroad or street railway company, or other company, corporation, or person as vendee or lessee, by which any such interurban railroad or street railway company, or other corporation, company, or person undertakes to purc...

...When a railroad, the whole or part of which lies within this state, has been placed by order of a court in the hands of a receiver who has taken charge of and is operating it for the purpose of carrying passengers, freight, and doing such other things as ordinarily belong to the running and management of railroads, in his official capacity, such receiver may sue or be sued in the courts of this state without leave pr...

...The earnings of a railroad in the hands of a receiver, and all other money which comes into his hands as receiver, shall be applied first to pay: (A) Costs and expenses of the suit in which he was appointed; (B) The expenses of operating and managing the railroad, including materials and supplies procured by him for it; (C) The liabilities incurred by him in such operation and management. Judgments recovered agai...

...When a railroad operated by a receiver is wholly within this state, all money which comes into his hands, whether from operating the railroad or otherwise, shall be kept and deposited in such place within this state as the court directs, until properly disbursed. If a part of the railroad lies in another state, the receiver shall deposit in this state at least such share of the funds in his hands as is proportioned t...

...Actions may be brought against the receiver of a railroad, street railway, or an interurban railroad, in any county through or into which such railroad, street railway, or interurban railroad is constructed. Service of summons may be made on the receiver or superintendent of the railroad, street railway, or interurban railroad, or a ticket or freight agent in the employment of or acting for the receiver. No service m...