Effective: August 18, 1978
Latest Legislation: House Bill 605 - 112th General Assembly
No person shall maliciously open, close, adjust, or interfere with a valve, regulator, gauge, gate, disc, curb, cock, stopcock, meter, or other regulating, operating, or measuring device or appliance in or attached to the wells, tanks, conduits, pipelines, mains, service pipes, house pipes, display pipes, or other pipes of a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas with intent to cause the escape of gas or to injure or destroy such property. No person shall maliciously enlarge or alter a mixer furnished or approved by a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas to or for a consumer of gas, or maliciously remove from its connection a mixer so furnished or approved. No person shall without express permission, consume for fuel the gas of a gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas without the use of a mixer so furnished or approved by such gas company or manufacturer or furnisher of gas, or tap, sever, or open a main or pipe used or intended for the transmission of gas, or connect with such main or pipe any other main or pipe. This section does not apply to an agent or employee, for that purpose, of the owner, manufacturer, or operator of the devices or appliances referred to in this section.
As used in this section, "gas" includes natural and artificial gas used for heating and illuminating purposes.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4933 | Companies - Gas; Electric; Water; Others
Section 4933.02 | Gas or Electric Companies May Manufacture and Supply Both Electricity and Gas.
Section 4933.03 | Consent of Municipal Corporation.
Section 4933.04 | Contracts With Municipal Corporation for Light, Sewage Disposal, and Water.
Section 4933.05 | Gas Company May Extend Mains Beyond City.
Section 4933.06 | Minimum Heating Value of Natural Gas.
Section 4933.08 | Gas Meter Must Be Sealed and Stamped.
Section 4933.09 | Testing of Gas Meters.
Section 4933.10 | Inspection of Gas Meters.
Section 4933.11 | Meter-Prover and Photometer.
Section 4933.12 | Company May Shut Off Gas - Exceptions.
Section 4933.121 | Company May Shut Off Electricity - Exception.
Section 4933.122 | Procedure for Terminating Residential Service.
Section 4933.123 | Annual Report of Service Disconnections for Nonpayment.
Section 4933.13 | Powers of Electric Light and Power Companies.
Section 4933.14 | Electric Light, Power, and Automatic Package Carrier Companies.
Section 4933.15 | Right of Entry - Appropriation of Property.
Section 4933.151 | Appropriation of Property by Water Works Companies.
Section 4933.16 | Municipal Control of Electricity.
Section 4933.17 | Cash Deposit - Interest.
Section 4933.18 | Tampering With Utility Equipment.
Section 4933.19 | Notice to Customers Concerning Theft Offenses.
Section 4933.20 | Tampering With Gas Pipes and Apparatus.
Section 4933.21 | Interfering With Electric Wires.
Section 4933.22 | Tampering With Hydrant, Pipe, or Meter.
Section 4933.23 | Interfering With Pipes and Meters.
Section 4933.25 | Issuing Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity.
Section 4933.28 | Correcting Residential Utility Billings.
Section 4933.32 | Application of Schedules and Orders for Curtailment of Residential Service.
Section 4933.33 | Annual Statement.
Section 4933.40 | Definitions for r.c. 4933.41 and 4933.42.
Section 4933.41 | Access to Natural Gas Service, Propane; Political Subdivision Restriction.
Section 4933.42 | State Policy of r.c. 4933.41.
Section 4933.81 | Certified Territories for Electric Suppliers Definitions.
Section 4933.82 | Boundaries of Certified Territory of Electric Suppliers.
Section 4933.83 | Exclusive Right to Furnish Electric Service to Electric Load Centers.
Section 4933.85 | Assigning or Transferring Rights.
Section 4933.88 | Assessing Expenses of Administration.
Section 4933.89 | Public Utilities Territorial Administration Fund.
Section 4933.90 | Review of Public Utilities Commission Actions.