Effective: September 28, 1979
Latest Legislation: House Bill 156 - 113th General Assembly
(A) Where the legislative authority of a municipal corporation fixes the price at which a company shall furnish electricity or either natural or artificial gas to the citizens or to public buildings, or for the purpose of lighting the streets, alleys, avenues, wharves, landing places, public grounds, or other places, or for other purposes, for a period not exceeding ten years, and the company or person to furnish such utility assents thereto, by written acceptance, filed in the office of the auditor or clerk of the municipal corporation, the legislative authority may, for the purpose of exercising the rights of the municipal corporation under division (B) of this section, at any time during such period negotiate with the company a new contract establishing the one-price schedule provided for under division (B) of this section, provided said new contract will not take effect until the expiration of the existing contract and such new contract will remain in effect for the balance of the existing term of the new one-price schedule.
(B) Two or more municipal corporations may agree to negotiate one price schedule under which a gas, natural gas, or electric light company shall furnish its service to the residents of the municipal corporations so agreeing. Such a schedule shall apply uniformly in such municipal corporations for a period no longer than ten years. Upon written receipt of a joint notification by the mayors of a group of municipal corporations that they have each, by ordinance, expressed their intent to negotiate jointly, a gas, natural gas, or electric light company shall, within ninety days, commence joint negotiation of a price schedule with such municipal corporations. Where such negotiation does not, within ninety days after its commencement, result in an agreement between the group of municipal corporations and the company, the group may exercise the rights of a municipal corporation under section 743.26 of the Revised Code on the same basis as if it were a single municipal corporation.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 7 | Municipal Corporations
Chapter 743 | Utilities - Electric; Gas; Water
Section 743.01 | General Powers of Legislative Authority.
Section 743.02 | Bylaws and Regulations.
Section 743.03 | Duties of Director of Public Service.
Section 743.04 | Assessment and Collection of Water Rents.
Section 743.05 | Disposition of Surplus Funds.
Section 743.06 | Proceeds From Water Works to Be a Separate Fund.
Section 743.07 | Director May Make Certain Contracts.
Section 743.08 | Investigation by Legislative Authority.
Section 743.09 | Water Supply Free for Certain Purposes.
Section 743.10 | Protection to Attachments.
Section 743.11 | Bond of Contractor - Emergency.
Section 743.12 | Extension of Public Utility Service Beyond Municipal Corporation Limits.
Section 743.13 | Expense of Service Outside Municipal Corporation.
Section 743.14 | Supervision of Territory Having Water Service Outside Municipal Corporation.
Section 743.15 | Disposition of Aqueducts and Water Pipes in Case of Annexation.
Section 743.16 | Regulation and Protection of Aqueducts and Water Pipes.
Section 743.17 | Water Works in Contiguous Municipal Corporation.
Section 743.18 | Authority to Supply Other Municipal Corporations.
Section 743.19 | Construction of Water Works by Two or More Municipal Corporations.
Section 743.20 | Ownership of Water Works When Municipal Corporations Are Annexed.
Section 743.21 | Termination of Contract Upon Annexation.
Section 743.22 | Tax for Payment of Interest, Lien on Property.
Section 743.23 | Laying Pipes in Highway.
Section 743.25 | Jurisdiction of Municipal Corporations to Prevent Water Pollution.
Section 743.26 | Regulation of Price of Electric Light, Gas, Sewage Disposal, and Water.
Section 743.27 | Free Use of Municipally Owned Public Utilities.
Section 743.28 | Negotiation of One-Price Schedule Contract.
Section 743.29 | Surveys for Construction and Repair of Public Works of Municipal Corporations.
Section 743.30 | Occupation of Streets by Legislative Authority for Gas Purposes.
Section 743.31 | Forfeiture of Charter for Neglect to Furnish Gas - Exception.
Section 743.32 | Provision by Legislative Authority for Electric Current and Gas Inspection.
Section 743.33 | Exclusive Monopoly Shall Not Be Allowed to Gas Companies.
Section 743.34 | Legislative Authority May Erect or Purchase Gas or Electric Works.
Section 743.35 | Sale of Natural Gas to Village.
Section 743.37 | Laying of Gas Pipes - Assessment of Costs.
Section 743.38 | Contracts to Supply Municipal Corporation With Electric Light or Gas.
Section 743.39 | Right of Eminent Domain in Municipal Corporations for Public Service Enterprises.
Section 743.40 | Manner of Appropriation - Restrictions Thereon.
Section 743.41 | Property Not to Be Appropriated Without Consent of Municipal Corporation.
Section 743.42 | Construction Restrictions.
Section 743.43 | Further Powers of Municipal Corporation.
Section 743.44 | Power of Municipal Corporation Outside Corporate Limits to Provide Natural Gas.
Section 743.50 | Maintenance of Buffer Property Near Municipal Water Source.