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... utility employees. (C)(1) The public utilities commission may assess a civil penalty against a person who willfully violates division (B) of this section. If the commission assesses a civil penalty, the commission shall do so as follows: (a) If, within three years of the violation, the commission has not previously assessed a civil penalty against the person under this section, in an amount not less than two hun...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Electric cooperative" has the same meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Service facilities" includes any conduit, cable, wire, tower, pole, or other equipment or appliance of a public utility or electric cooperative. (B) A township shall lose all rights in and to any public road, highway, street, or alley which has been abandoned and not used for a period of twe...

...(A) In assessing taxable property the assessor shall be governed by the rules of assessment prescribed by sections 5711.01 to 5711.36 of the Revised Code. Wherever any taxable property is required to be assessed at its true value in money or at any percentage of true value, the assessor shall be guided by the statements contained in the taxpayer's return and such other rules and evidence as will enable the assessor t...

...Annually, the tax commissioner shall determine, in accordance with section 5727.11 of the Revised Code, the true value in money of all taxable property, except property of a railroad company, required by section 5727.06 of the Revised Code to be assessed by the commissioner. The commissioner also shall determine the total taxable value of such property based on the percentages of true value at which the property is ...

...e. (E) In the case of all other public utilities, the taxable value of the property to be apportioned shall be apportioned to each taxing district in proportion to the entire cost of such property within this state.

...(A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), and (E) of this section, each public utility, except railroad companies, shall be subject to an annual excise tax, as provided by sections 5727.31 to 5727.62 of the Revised Code, for the privilege of owning property in this state or doing business in this state during the twelve-month period next succeeding the period upon which the tax is based. The tax shall be imp...

...All receipts from sales to other public utilities, except railroad and telegraph companies, for resale, provided the other public utility is subject to the tax levied by section 5727.24 or 5727.30 of the Revised Code. (C) In ascertaining and determining the gross receipts of a natural gas company, receipts billed on behalf of other entities are excluded. The tax imposed by section 5727.811 of the Revised Code, alon...

...correct list of all incorporated public utilities engaged in business within this state and required by law to pay an excise or franchise tax or fee. Each month he shall file with the tax commissioner a certified report showing all such new public utilities, the increase or decrease of the capital stock or the dissolution of existing public utilities, and such other information as the commissioner requires. For the p...

...If any public utility fails to make and file the excise or franchise reports or returns required by law, or to pay the penalties provided by law for failure to make and file such reports or returns for a period of ninety days after the time prescribed by law, the attorney general, on the request of the tax commissioner, shall commence an action in quo warranto in the court of appeals of the county in which such publi...

...energy project to electric distribution utilities or electric service companies subject to renewable energy resource requirements under section 4928.64 of the Revised Code that have issued requests for proposal for such power or renewable energy credits. If no electric distribution utility or electric service company issues a request for proposal on or before December 31, 2010, or accepts an offer for power or renewa...

...(A) As used in this section, an "exempted investment" is a direct or indirect investment in the equity of, or the direct or indirect ownership of, a person satisfying divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section for the person's entire fiscal or calendar year ending within or with the corporation's taxable year ending immediately prior to the tax year. (1) The person is a limited liability company not treated as a separ...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Person" means, but is not limited to, individuals, combinations of individuals of any form, receivers, assignees, trustees in bankruptcy, firms, companies, joint-stock companies, business trusts, estates, partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, joint ventures, clubs, societies, for-profit corporations, S corporations, qualified subchapt...

...(A) No person shall begin construction or installation of a public water system, or make a substantial change in a public water system, until plans therefor have been approved by the director of environmental protection under division (A)(1) or (2) of this section. (1) Upon receipt of a proper application, the director shall consider the need for compliance with requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act, and gener...

...The director of environmental protection may enter into an agreement with a political subdivision or investor-owned public utility that owns or operates a disposal system and that intends to extend the sewerage lines of its disposal system or to increase the number of service connections to its sewerage system, which agreement authorizes a qualified official or employee of the political subdivision or investor-owned ...

...The Ohio water development authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any water development project and contract in the manner provided by this section with one or more persons, one or more governmental agencies, or any combination thereof, desiring the use or services thereof, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. Such ren...

...The Ohio water development authority may charge, alter, and collect rentals or other charges for the use or services of any development project and contract in the manner provided by this section with one or more persons, one or more governmental agencies, or any combination thereof, desiring the use or services thereof, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. Such rentals o...

...ectric, water, sewer, and other similar utilities.

...The council shall appoint a clerk, treasurer, and auditor. If the council is created within a village, the council shall also appoint a solicitor. If the council is created within a city, the council shall also appoint a city director of law. Provision may be made by ordinance for the performance of the duties of clerk and treasurer, or clerk and auditor, by the same person. Council may provide that the treasurer or ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Energy conservation measure" means the construction of, installation or modification of an installation in, or remodeling of, a new or existing building or infrastructure, to reduce energy consumption. It includes: (a) Insulation of the building structure and of systems within the building; (b) Storm windows and doors, multiglazed windows and doors, heat-absorbing or heat-...

...When any street, alley, or public highway, or a portion thereof, is vacated or narrowed by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of any section of Chapter 723. 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 railroad or public utility, whether owned privately or by any g...

...ral gas plants, or other similar public utilities, furnish supplies of water, electricity, or gas, and collect all water, electric, and gas rents. The village administrator may make such bylaws and regulations as it deems necessary for the safe, economical, and efficient management and protection of such works, plants, and public utilities. Such bylaws and regulations, when not repugnant to municipal ordinances and ...

... corporation may not request the public utilities commission to review and comment upon the equity and financial implications of the portion of a proposed ordinance that relates to the rates that may be charged for electricity supplied by an electric generation facility either owned or operated by a municipal corporation or owned and operated by an electric light company with whom the municipal corporation has, or is...

...In the absence of agreement between the municipal corporation and a public utility as to rates, fares, or charges, as provided in section 745.06 of the Revised Code, all rates, fares, tolls, and charges for services rendered and commodities furnished by such public utility shall be sufficient to yield a reasonable compensation to the public utility operating under an indeterminate permit, and in the ascertainment of ...

...oner or attorney examiner of the public utilities commission shall represent a public utility, as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code, or act in a representative capacity on behalf of such a utility before any state board, commission, or agency. (3) For twenty-four months after the conclusion of employment or service, no former public official or employee who personally participated as a public official ...

...ndation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained in the structure. "Manufactured home" includes any structure that meets all of the requirements of this paragraph except the size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files a certification required by the United States secretary of housing and u...