Section 4999.05 | Flagmen on Railroads.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No person or company owning, operating, or controlling a railroad shall employ as a flagman, hostler, or assistant hostler, a person who cannot read, write, and speak the English language. Whoever violates this section shall be fined not less than five hundred […]
Section 4999.06 | Running Passenger Trains With Less Than Full Crew.
Effective: January 1, 1976 Latest Legislation: House Bill 205 – 111th General Assembly No superintendent, trainmaster, or other employee of a railroad shall send or cause to be sent outside of yard limits, a passenger train of not more than five cars, any one of which carries passengers, with a crew consisting of less than […]
Section 4999.10 | Constructing Bridges Over Tracks.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly 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 […]
Section 4999.11 | Mail Cranes – Livestock Chutes.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly 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 […]
Section 4981.29 | Encouraging Private Participation.
Effective: October 20, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 250 – 120th General Assembly (A) In addition to the powers contained in section 4981.14 of the Revised Code, the Ohio rail development commission may do all of the following: (1) Notwithstanding division (A) of section 4981.04 of the Revised Code, adopt a plan for private participation […]
Section 4981.30 | Applying for and Award of Franchises.
Effective: October 20, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 250 – 120th General Assembly (A) The Ohio rail development commission, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, and may amend and rescind, rules governing the process whereby a private corporation or organization may apply to the commission for a franchise for all […]
Section 4981.31 | Franchise for Rail System.
Effective: October 20, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 250 – 120th General Assembly (A) The award by the Ohio rail development commission of a franchise for all or part of a rail system shall be the sole license required for a franchisee to exercise all specified franchise powers and enjoy all specified franchise rights. The […]
Section 4981.32 | Authority Granted by Franchise Agreement.
Effective: October 26, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 19 – 123rd General Assembly (A) A franchise agreement shall authorize the franchisee to do all of the following: (1) Acquire and dispose of real and personal property and request the Ohio rail development commission to appropriate real property for sale to the franchisee in accordance with […]
Section 4981.33 | Review and Monitoring of Franchisee.
Effective: October 20, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 250 – 120th General Assembly (A) The Ohio rail development commission shall review all plans and specifications of a franchisee for its portion of a rail system to ensure that the plans and specifications conform to commission standards, and shall inspect and approve the construction of all […]
Section 4981.34 | Issuing Bonds.
Effective: June 30, 1997 Latest Legislation: House Bill 210 – 122nd General Assembly (A) On behalf of a franchisee and pursuant to section 4981.15 of the Revised Code, the Ohio rail development commission may issue bonds for loans to finance development and construction of a franchisee’s portion of a rail system. Any bonds issued pursuant […]