Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) “Railroad” has the same meaning as in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code. (B) “Motor carrier” has the same meaning as in section 4923.01 of the Revised Code. (C) “Motor vehicle” and “public highway” have the […]
Effective: September 29, 2017 Latest Legislation: House Bill 49 – 132nd General Assembly (A) As used in this chapter, “public utility” includes every corporation, company, copartnership, person, or association, the lessees, trustees, or receivers of the foregoing, defined in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, including any public utility that operates its utility not for […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 315 (GA 129), House Bill 487 (GA 129) As used in this chapter, any person, firm, copartnership, voluntary association, joint-stock association, company, or corporation, wherever organized or incorporated, is: (A) A telephone company, when engaged in the business of transmitting telephonic messages to, from, through, or in […]
Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly The public utilities commission is hereby vested with the power and jurisdiction to supervise and regulate public utilities and railroads, to require all public utilities to furnish their products and render all services exacted by the commission or by law, and to […]
Effective: March 23, 2015 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 378 – 130th General Assembly (A) The public utilities commission has exclusive jurisdiction to enforce, in accordance with Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code, section 153.64, divisions (A) and (B) of section 3781.26, sections 3781.27 and 3781.28 to 3781.32, and Chapter 4913. of the Revised Code. (B) […]
Effective: November 4, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 218 – 126th General Assembly Regarding advanced services or internet protocol-enabled service as defined by federal law, including federal regulations, the public utilities commission shall not exercise any jurisdiction over those services that is prohibited by, or is inconsistent with its jurisdiction under, federal law, including federal […]
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly The jurisdiction, supervision, powers, and duties of the public utilities commission extend to every public utility and railroad, the plant or property of which lies wholly within this state and when the property of a public utility or railroad lies partly within […]
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly 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 […]
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 facts and information in the possession of the public utilities commission shall be public, and all reports, records, […]
Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly A substantial compliance by the public utilities commission with the requirements of Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised Code is sufficient to give effect to all its rules and orders. Those rules and orders shall […]
Effective: June 30, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 66 – 126th General Assembly (A) For the sole purpose of maintaining and administering the public utilities commission and exercising its supervision and jurisdiction over the railroads and public utilities of this state, an amount equivalent to the appropriation from the public utilities fund created under division […]
Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly A railroad company that violates section 4905.10, 4907.13, or 4907.15 of the Revised Code shall forfeit to the state one thousand dollars, and twenty-five dollars for each day the company fails to comply with a requirement of any such section. The forfeiture […]
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly The public utilities commission may establish a system of accounts to be kept by public utilities or railroads, including municipally owned or operated public utilities, or may classify said public utilities or railroads and establish a system of accounts for each class, […]
Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly (A)(1) Every public utility shall file an annual report with the public utilities commission. The report shall be filed at the time and in the form prescribed by the commission, shall be duly verified, and shall cover the yearly period fixed by […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly Each public utility shall furnish to the public utilities commission, in such form and at such times as the commission requires, such accounts, reports, and information as shall show completely and in detail the entire operation of the public utility in furnishing […]
Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly When and as required by the public utilities commission, every public utility shall file with it a copy of any contract, agreement, or arrangement, in writing, with any other public utility relating in any way to the construction, maintenance, or use of […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The public utilities commission shall keep informed of all new construction, extensions, and additions to the property of public utilities, and may prescribe the necessary forms, regulations, and instructions to the officers and employees of such public utilities for the keeping of […]
Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly Every public utility shall carry a proper and adequate depreciation or deferred maintenance account, whenever the public utilities commission, after investigation, determines that a depreciation account can be reasonably required. The commission shall ascertain, determine, and prescribe what are proper and adequate […]
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The moneys for depreciation charges provided for by section 4905.18 of the Revised Code shall be set aside out of the earnings and carried as a depreciation fund. The moneys in such fund may be expended in new construction, extensions, or additions […]
Effective: September 13, 2010 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 – 128th General Assembly No railroad as defined in section 4907.02 of the Revised Code, operating any railroad in this state, and no public utility as defined in section 4905.02 of the Revised Code furnishing service or facilities within this state, shall abandon or be required […]
