Ohio Revised Code Chapter 4901 - Public Utilities Commission - Organization

• Section 4901.01 - Definitions.
  As used in sections 4901.01 to 4901.24 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public utility" has the same meaning as in section 4905.02 of the...
• Section 4901.02 - Public Utilities Commission Of Ohio.
  (A) There is hereby created the public utilities commission of Ohio, by which name the commission may sue and be sued. The commission shall...
• Section 4901.021 - Public Utilities Commission Nominating Council.
  (A) There is hereby created a public utilities commission nominating council consisting of the following: (1) The chairperson of the consumers' counsel governing board;...
• Section 4901.03 - Official Seal.
  The public utilities commission shall have a seal bearing the following inscription: "The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio." The seal shall be affixed to...
• Section 4901.04 - Persons Eligible To Become Commissioner.
  No person in the employ of or holding any official relation to any person, corporation, or utility, which person, corporation, or utility is subject,...
• Section 4901.05 - Qualifications.
  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...
• Section 4901.06 - Oath - Bond.
  Before entering upon the duties of his office each public utilities commissioner shall take and subscribe to an oath of office, in writing, which...
• Section 4901.07 - Removal Of Public Utilities Commissioner.
  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...
• Section 4901.08 - Quorum.
  A majority of the public utilities commissioners constitutes a quorum for the transaction of any business, for the performance of any duty, or for...
• Section 4901.09 - Payment Of Expenses.
  All expenses incurred by the public utilities commission pursuant to Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4925. of the Revised Code,...
• Section 4901.10 - Location Of Office - Sessions.
  The office of the public utilities commission shall be at the seat of government in Columbus, in suitable quarters provided by the state, and...
• Section 4901.11 - Equipment And Supplies.
  The public utilities commission may procure all necessary books, maps, charts, stationery, instruments, office furniture, apparatus, and appliances, including telephone service, and may purchase...
• Section 4901.12 - All Proceedings Public Records.
  Except as provided in section 149.43 of the Revised Code and as consistent with the purposes of Title XLIX [49] of the Revised Code,...
• Section 4901.13 - Publication Of Rules Governing Proceedings.
  The public utilities commission may adopt and publish rules to govern its proceedings and to regulate the mode and manner of all valuations, tests,...
• Section 4901.14 - Qualifications For Practice In Determination Of Transportation Matters.
  Any person who is a citizen of the United States who is a regular salaried employee of the person, firm, or corporation directly concerned,...
• Section 4901.15 - Information Furnished By Commission.
  The public utilities commission shall, whenever called upon by any officer, board, or commission of this state or any political subdivision of this state,...
• Section 4901.16 - Penalty For Divulging Information.
  Except in his report to the public utilities commission or when called on to testify in any court or proceeding of the public utilities...
• Section 4901.17 - Legal Adviser And Attorney.
  The attorney general shall be the legal adviser of the public utilities commission, but he shall designate, subject to the approval of the governor,...
• Section 4901.18 - Examiners.
  The public utilities commission shall appoint one or more examiners for the purpose of making any investigation or holding any inquiry or hearing which...
• Section 4901.19 - Employees Of Commission - Duties Of Secretary Or Other Officer.
  The public utilities commission may appoint a secretary, attorney examiners, experts, engineers, accountants, and such other officers as it considers necessary, who shall be...
• Section 4901.20 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-11-1983
• Section 4901.21 - Employment Of Ohio State University Engineers And Experts.
  In the employment of engineers, experts, or other assistants the public utilities commission may make use of engineers and experts employed in the Ohio...
• Section 4901.22 - Power Of Commissioners To Administer Oaths.
  Each of the public utilities commissioners, for the purposes mentioned in Chapters 4901., 4903., 4905., 4907., 4909., 4921., 4923., and 4927. of the Revised...
• Section 4901.23 - Right Of Commissioners And Employees To Pass On Vehicles Of Common Carrier.
  The public utilities commissioners and the attorney, secretary, other officers, and employees of the public utilities commission may, when in the performance of their...
• Section 4901.24 - Acceptance Of Gifts Prohibited.
  No public utilities commissioner, attorney to the public utilities commission, secretary to the commission, or person employed or appointed to office by the commission...
• Section 4901.99 - Penalty.
  (A) Whoever violates section 4901.16 of the Revised Code shall be fined not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. Effective Date:

Last modified: October 10, 2016