Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4913 | Public Utilities Commission - Enforcement of Underground-Utility-Damage-Prevention Law
Section 4913.151 | Determination of Fine or Penalty Recommendation.

Effective: March 23, 2015
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 378 - 130th General Assembly
In determining a fine or penalty recommendation as required under section 4913.15 or 4913.16 of the Revised Code:
(A) If the compliance failure is the first for the person responsible, the underground technical committee may recommend a penalty of a training requirement, an education requirement, or another nonmonetary penalty, or may recommend a fine not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars, or may recommend a combination of this fine and these penalties.
(B) If the compliance failure is a subsequent compliance failure for the person responsible, the committee may recommend a penalty of a training requirement, an education requirement, or another nonmonetary penalty, or may recommend a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, or may recommend a combination of this fine and these penalties.
(C) Any penalty recommended under this section shall be appropriately related to enforcement of the provisions enumerated in division (A) of section 4905.041 of the Revised Code.

Structure Ohio Revised Code

Ohio Revised Code

Title 49 | Public Utilities

Chapter 4913 | Public Utilities Commission - Enforcement of Underground-Utility-Damage-Prevention Law

Section 4913.01 | Definitions.

Section 4913.03 | Safety Registration.

Section 4913.05 | Request for Imposition of Fine or Penalty.

Section 4913.07 | Response to Request for Inquiry.

Section 4913.09 | Conduct of Inquiry.

Section 4913.13 | Reports of Inquiries.

Section 4913.15 | Review of Reports by Underground Technical Committee.

Section 4913.151 | Determination of Fine or Penalty Recommendation.

Section 4913.152 | Communications With Knowledgeable Persons.

Section 4913.16 | Failure to Achieve Majority or Act.

Section 4913.17 | Finding of Persistent Noncompliance.

Section 4913.171 | Imposition of Fine on Persistent Noncomplier.

Section 4913.19 | Request for Administrative Hearing.

Section 4913.20 | Factors to Be Considered.

Section 4913.21 | Imposition of Recommendations.

Section 4913.22 | Payment of Fine; Compliance With Penalty.

Section 4913.23 | Notice.

Section 4913.25 | Application for Reconsideration.

Section 4913.251 | Reconsideration Order; Appeal.

Section 4913.252 | Hearings.

Section 4913.26 | Confidentiality.

Section 4913.27 | Disposition of Fines.

Section 4913.29 | Underground Facilities Protection Fund.

Section 4913.30 | Underground Facilities Protection Administrative Fund.

Section 4913.31 | Underground Utility Damage Prevention Grant Program.

Section 4913.43 | Annual Report.

Section 4913.45 | Rules to Carry Out Chapter.

Section 4913.47 | Multiple Fines for Same Failure.

Section 4913.50 | Civil Actions.

Section 4913.52 | Permittee for Excavation.