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H. B. No. 568 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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A BILL
To enact sections 4781.401, 4934.01, 4934.02,
4934.03, 4934.04, 5311.082, and 5321.061 of the
Revised Code to require the Public Utilities
Commission to set the maximum fees that a
manufactured home park operator, condominium unit
owners association, and landlord may charge for
electric, gas, water, or related services, or for
sewage disposal service provided to a resident,
unit owner, or tenant when a submeter is used to
measure public utility service to the premises.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 4781.401, 4934.01, 4934.02, 4934.03,
4934.04, 5311.082, and 5321.061 of the Revised Code be enacted to
read as follows:
Sec. 4781.401. A park operator shall comply with Chapter
4934. of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4934.01. As used in this chapter:
(A) "Competitive retail electric service" has the same
meaning as in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) "Competitive retail natural gas service" has the same
meaning as in section 4929.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Cooperative" means an entity that is owned and operated
exclusively by and solely for its customers to provide electric,
gas, water, or sewage disposal service and includes an electric
cooperative as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code.
(D) "Dwelling unit," "landlord," and "tenant" have the same
meanings as in section 5321.01 of the Revised Code.
(E) "Electric light company," "gas company," "heating or
cooling company," "natural gas company," "sewage disposal system
company," and "water-works company" have the same meanings as in
section 4905.03 of the Revised Code.
(F) "Manufactured home" has the same meaning as in division
(C)(4) of section 3781.06 of the Revised Code.
(G) "Mobile home" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01
of the Revised Code.
(H) "Park operator" and "resident" have the same meanings as
in section 4781.01 of the Revised Code.
(I) "Premises" means a dwelling unit, manufactured home,
mobile home, or unit.
(J) "Public utility" means any retail supplier of electric,
gas, water, or related services or of sewage disposal service,
including, but not limited to, an electric light company, gas
company, natural gas company, water-works company, heating or
cooling company, sewage disposal system company, municipal
corporation, cooperative, provider of competitive retail electric
service, or provider of competitive retail natural gas service.
(K) "Submeter" means a device that measures only the amount
of electric, gas, water, or related services or of sewage disposal
service provided to the premises of a resident, unit owner, or
tenant, but does not include a meter of a resident, unit owner, or
tenant who is a customer of the public utility providing the
service.
(L) "Unit," "unit owner," and "unit owners association" have
the same meanings as in section 5311.01 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4934.02. A park operator, unit owners association, or
landlord may install a submeter to measure public utility service
provided to the premises of a resident, unit owner, or tenant.
Sec. 4934.03. If a park operator, unit owners association,
or landlord provides for the measurement of public utility service
to a premises through a submeter, the park operator, unit owners
association, or landlord shall charge a resident, unit owner, or
tenant not more than the actual charge by the public utility for
providing the utility service to that premises, plus an
administrative fee not exceeding the amount allowed by section
4934.04 of the Revised Code.
Sec. 4934.04. The public utilities commission shall adopt
rules that specify the maximum administrative fee that a park
operator, unit owners association, or landlord may charge a
resident, unit owner, or tenant for public utility service
provided to the premises of the resident, unit owner, or tenant
when the resident, unit owner, or tenant is not a customer of the
public utility providing the service.
Sec. 5311.082. A unit owners association shall comply with
Chapter 4934. of the Revised Code.
Sec. 5321.061. A landlord shall comply with Chapter 4934. of
the Revised Code.
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