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 4999.13 | Couplers and Brakes on Railroads.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No superintendent, conductor, or other officer or employee of a railroad company, shall refuse or neglect, upon receiving notice from the inspector appointed by the public utilities commission, of a defective coupler or brake, to have it repaired forthwith or, on receiving […]
Section 4999.16 | Examination of Employee for Color Blindness.
Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly No railroad company shall contract to employ a person in a position which requires such person to distinguish form or color signals, unless within two years preceding such date he has been examined for color blindness, in the distinct colors in actual […]
Section 4981.35 | Interstate High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Network Compact – Interstate Rail Passenger Advisory Council.
Effective: June 24, 1986 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 289 – 116th General Assembly The “Interstate High Speed Intercity Rail Passenger Network Compact” is hereby ratified, enacted into law and entered into by the state of Ohio with all other states legally joining therein the form substantially as follows: “INTERSTATE HIGH SPEED INTERCITY RAIL PASSENGERNETWORK COMPACT […]
Section 4981.40 | Including All Federally Designated High-Speed Rail Corridors in Ohio and All Passenger Rail Corridors in Ohio Hub Study.
Effective: July 1, 2009 Latest Legislation: House Bill 2 – 128th General Assembly In any overall programmatic environmental impact study or other comprehensive high-speed rail project development study, the department of transportation and the rail development commission shall include all federally designated high-speed rail corridors in Ohio and all passenger rail corridors in the Ohio […]
Section 4981.26 | Waiver of Other Laws.
Effective: October 20, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 250 – 120th General Assembly (A) A project of the Ohio rail development commission shall not be subject to the requirements relating to public buildings, structures, grounds, works, or improvements imposed by section 125.81, 713.02, or 713.25 of the Revised Code or any other similar requirements that […]
Section 4981.28 | Development of Rail Service by Private Corporations.
Effective: October 20, 1994 Latest Legislation: House Bill 250 – 120th General Assembly (A) The general assembly hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest for private corporations or organizations to participate in the providing of rail service through the financing, design, construction, reconstruction, operation, and maintenance by private persons of all […]
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 […]