Effective: September 13, 2010
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 162 - 128th General Assembly
No railroad company owning or operating a railroad wholly or partly within this state shall, directly or indirectly, issue or give a free ticket, free pass, or free transportation for passengers, except to:
(A) Its employees and their families, its officers, agents, surgeons, physicians, and attorneys at law;
(B) Ministers of religion, traveling secretaries of railroad young men's or young women's Christian associations, inmates of hospitals and charitable institutions, and persons exclusively engaged in charitable work;
(C) Indigent, destitute, and homeless persons, and to such persons when transported by charitable societies or hospitals, and the necessary agents employed in such transportation;
(D) Residents of the national homes or state homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, and residents of veterans' homes, including those about to enter and those returning home after discharge, and boards of managers of such homes;
(E) Necessary caretakers of livestock, poultry, and fruit;
(F) Employees on sleeping cars or express cars;
(G) Line workers of telephone companies;
(H) Railway mail service employees, post-office inspectors, custom inspectors, and immigration inspectors;
(I) News carriers on trains, baggage agents, witnesses attending any legal investigation in which the railroad is interested, persons injured in wrecks, and physicians and nurses attending such persons.
As used in this section, "employee" includes furloughed, pensioned, and superannuated employees, persons who have become disabled or infirm in the service of any such common carrier, the remains of a person killed in the employment of a carrier, and ex-employees traveling for the purpose of entering the service of any such common carrier, and "families" includes the families of such persons and also the surviving spouses and dependent children of employees who died while in the service of any common carrier.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4907 | Public Utilities Commission - Railroad Powers
Section 4907.01 | Definitions.
Section 4907.02 | Railroad Defined.
Section 4907.03 | Regulation of Service.
Section 4907.05 | Power to Confer With Commissioners of Other States.
Section 4907.06 | Commission May Inquire Into Management of Railroads.
Section 4907.07 | Investigation Into Violations of the Interstate Commerce Law.
Section 4907.08 | Commission to Inquire Into Neglect or Violations of Laws.
Section 4907.09 | Power of Commission to Regulate in Cases Not Designated.
Section 4907.10 | Commission May Make Examinations.
Section 4907.11 | Commission May Require Production of Books and Papers.
Section 4907.12 | Forfeiture for Refusal to Comply With Subpoena.
Section 4907.13 | Annual Statement Under Oath to Commission.
Section 4907.14 | List of Officers and Directors.
Section 4907.15 | Map and Profile of New Railroad.
Section 4907.16 | Commission Shall Be Furnished Copies of Certain Leases, Contracts, and Agreements.
Section 4907.17 | Report of Free Transportation.
Section 4907.18 | Commission May Demand Copies of Transportation Contracts.
Section 4907.19 | Commission Shall Prepare Blank Forms for Railroad.
Section 4907.20 | Forms - Completion and Verification.
Section 4907.21 | Refusal to Fill Blank Forms.
Section 4907.22 | Prohibition Against Directing Violation.
Section 4907.23 | Duty of Railroad to Report Certain Accidents.
Section 4907.24 | Adequate Service and Facilities.
Section 4907.25 | Railroad Shall File Schedules.
Section 4907.26 | Schedules of Joint Rates.
Section 4907.27 | Changes in Schedules.
Section 4907.28 | Charges Shall Conform to Schedule.
Section 4907.29 | Commission Shall Prescribe Forms.
Section 4907.30 | Free Transportation Prohibited - Exceptions.
Section 4907.31 | Passes May Be Interchanged.
Section 4907.32 | Prohibition.
Section 4907.33 | Uniform Classification of Freight.
Section 4907.34 | Exceptions as to Freight Rates.
Section 4907.35 | Unjust Discrimination - Forfeiture.
Section 4907.36 | Illegal Concessions.
Section 4907.37 | Unlawful Preference.
Section 4907.38 | Rebate or Concessions Prohibited.
Section 4907.39 | Depots, Switches, and Sidetracks.
Section 4907.40 | Control Over Private Tracks.
Section 4907.41 | Supply of Cars.
Section 4907.42 | Interchange of Traffic.
Section 4907.43 | Railroad Track Connection.
Section 4907.44 | Duty of Commission as to Dangerous Structures.
Section 4907.45 | Repair of Defective Track.
Section 4907.46 | Forfeiture in Case of Noncompliance.
Section 4907.47 | Installing Crossing Signals.
Section 4907.471 | Surveys Determining Probability of Accident at Crossing.
Section 4907.472 | Grade Crossing Protection Fund.
Section 4907.473 | Removing or Defacing Protective Device Prohibited.
Section 4907.474 | Closing Crossings to Vehicular Traffic.
Section 4907.475 | Closing Rural Crossings.
Section 4907.476 | Use of Federal Funds.
Section 4907.48 | Regulation of Crossing Signals.
Section 4907.49 | Dangerous Crossings.
Section 4907.50 | Engines or Trains May Pass Crossings Without Stopping.
Section 4907.51 | Unsafe Interlocking Works or Fixtures.
Section 4907.52 | Safety Devices at Grade Crossings.
Section 4907.53 | Hearing as to Necessity of Safety Device.
Section 4907.54 | Compulsory Interlocking.
Section 4907.55 | Crossing Without Stopping.
Section 4907.56 | Forfeiture for Noncompliance With Order.
Section 4907.57 | Damage Claims.
Section 4907.58 | Immediate Trial.
Section 4907.59 | Counsel for Commission.
Section 4907.60 | Forfeiture for Violation.
Section 4907.61 | Venue of Forfeiture Action by Attorney General.