Ohio Code 4913.151 – Determination of fine or penalty recommendation
In determining a fine or penalty recommendation as required under section 4913.15 or 4913.16 of the Revised Code:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4913.151
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Compliance failure: means a failure to comply with any provision of sections 153. See Ohio Code 4913.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
(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.