Section 4907.61 | Venue of Forfeiture Action by Attorney General.
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly Except as otherwise specifically provided in sections 4905.96 and 4923.99 of the Revised Code, when the attorney general prosecutes an action for the recovery of a forfeiture provided for in Chapter 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., or 4959. of the […]
Section 4907.62 | Punitive Damages.
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly If a railroad does, causes, or permits anything prohibited by Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code to be done, or omits doing anything required to be done by such chapters, such railroad is liable to the person, […]
Section 4907.63 | Violation.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No officer, agent, or employee in an official capacity of a public utility or railroad shall knowingly violate section 4907.43 of the Revised Code, or willfully fail to comply with any lawful order or direction of the public utilities commission made with […]
Section 4907.99 | Penalty.
Effective: July 1, 1996 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 2 – 121st General Assembly (A) Whoever violates section 4907.21 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. (B) Whoever violates section 4907.22 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than five hundred nor more […]
Section 4907.59 | Counsel for Commission.
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly Upon request of the public utilities commission, the attorney general or the prosecuting attorney of the proper county shall aid in an investigation, prosecution, hearing, or trial had under Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., and 4909. of the Revised Code, and shall […]
Section 4907.60 | Forfeiture for Violation.
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly If a railroad fails to perform a duty enjoined upon it by Chapter 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., or 4959. of the Revised Code, or does any act prohibited by any of those chapters, for which failure or act no penalty or […]
Section 4907.49 | Dangerous Crossings.
Effective: June 11, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly When two or more railroads cross a public highway or street at a dangerous crossing, the expenses incurred in the erection and maintenance of gates, bells, or other devices, and of necessary gatekeepers or flaggers, and apportioned by the public utilities commission […]
Section 4907.50 | Engines or Trains May Pass Crossings Without Stopping.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When two or more railroads, or a railroad and an electric railway, erect a system of interlocking works or fixtures at the place where such railroads, or railroad and railway, cross each other at a common grade, or when a railroad erects […]
Section 4907.51 | Unsafe Interlocking Works or Fixtures.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly If in the opinion of the public utilities commission any system of interlocking works or fixtures referred to in section 4907.50 of the Revised Code proves to be unsafe or impracticable, the commission may order than no engines or trains shall pass […]
Section 4907.52 | Safety Devices at Grade Crossings.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly When two railroads, a railroad and an interurban railroad or electric or street railway, two interurban railroads, or a railroad or electric railway and a street or highway cross at grade, if, in the opinion of the public utilities commission, public safety […]