Section 4901.24 | Acceptance of Gifts Prohibited.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No public utilities commissioner, attorney to the public utilities commission, secretary to the commission, or person employed or appointed to office by the commission or by its attorney shall accept any gift, gratuity, emolument, or employment from any public utility or railroad […]
Section 4901.04 | Persons Eligible to Become Commissioner.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any person, corporation, or utility, which person, corporation, or utility is subject, in whole or in part, to regulation by the public utilities commission, and no person holding stocks or […]
Section 4901.05 | Qualifications.
Effective: September 15, 2014 Latest Legislation: House Bill 483 – 130th General Assembly Each public utilities commissioner shall be a bona fide resident of this state and shall not, during the commissioner’s term of office, hold any other office of trust or profit. No commissioner shall engage in any occupation or business inconsistent with the […]
Section 4901.06 | Oath – Bond.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Before entering upon the duties of his office each public utilities commissioner shall take and subscribe to an oath of office, in writing, which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state, and shall give a bond of five […]
Section 4901.07 | Removal of Public Utilities Commissioner.
Effective: January 11, 1983 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 378 – 114th General Assembly The governor may remove any public utilities commissioner for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or a failure to abide by sections 4901.04 or 4903.081 of the Revised Code, malfeasance in office, giving to such commissioner a copy of the charges against him and […]
Section 4901.08 | Quorum.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly A majority of the public utilities commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty, or for the exercise of any power of the public utilities commission. No vacancy in the commission shall impair the […]
Section 4901.09 | Payment of Expenses.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly All expenses incurred by the public utilities commission pursuant to Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code, including the actual and necessary traveling and other expenses and disbursements of the commission, its officers and employees, […]
Section 4901.10 | Location of Office – Sessions.
Effective: September 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 – 134th General Assembly The office of the public utilities commission shall be at the seat of government in Columbus, in suitable quarters provided by the state, and shall be open throughout the year, Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays excepted. The commission shall hold its sessions […]
Section 4901.11 | Equipment and Supplies.
Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly The public utilities commission may procure all necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, instruments, office furniture, apparatus, and appliances, including telephone service, and may purchase from the interstate commerce commission blank forms for the use of railroads and other utilities in making their […]
Section 4901.12 | All Proceedings Public Records.
Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 476 – 121st General Assembly Except as provided in section 149.43 of the Revised Code and as consistent with the purposes of Title XLIX of the Revised Code, all proceedings of the public utilities commission and all documents and records in its possession are public records.