Ohio Code 4923.04 – Rules applicable to transportation of persons, property, or hazardous materials; authority of commission to obtain warrant or subpoena
(A) The public utilities commission shall adopt rules applicable to all of the following:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4923.04
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Subpoena duces tecum: A command to a witness to produce documents.
- United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
(1) The transportation of persons or property by motor carriers operating in interstate and intrastate commerce;
(2) The highway transportation and offering for transportation of hazardous materials by motor carriers, and persons engaging in the highway transportation and offering for transportation of hazardous materials, operating in interstate or intrastate commerce;
(3) The use and interchange of intermodal equipment, as those terms are defined in section 4923.041 of the Revised Code.
(B) The rules adopted under division (A) of this section shall not be incompatible with the requirements of the United States department of transportation.
(C) To achieve the purposes of this chapter and to assist the commission in the performance of any of its powers or duties, the commission, either through the public utilities commissioners or employees authorized by it, may do either or both of the following:
(1) Apply for, and any judge of a court of record of competent jurisdiction may issue, an appropriate search warrant;
(2) Examine under oath, at the offices of the commission, any officer, agent, or employee of any person subject to this chapter. The commission, by subpoena, also may compel the attendance of a witness for the purpose of the examination and, by subpoena duces tecum, may compel the production of all books, contracts, records, and documents that relate to compliance with this chapter or compliance with rules adopted under this chapter.