Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 1510 · 14 active provisions
As used in this chapter:(A) "First purchaser" means:(1) With regard to crude oil and condensate, the person to whom title first is transferred beyond the gathering tank or tanks, beyond the facility from which the crude oil was first produced, or both;(2) With regard to natural gas, the person to whom title first is tr…
(A) In accordance with this chapter, the technical advisory council shall do all of the following: (1) Establish procedures by which producers in this state may propose, develop, and operate a marketing program to do all of the following: (a) Demonstrate to the general public the importance and economic significance of…
A marketing program that is established under this chapter may include authority to do at least all of the following:(A) Carry out the purposes of the program identified in section 1510.02 of the Revised Code;(B) Enter into contracts with qualified organizations, agencies, or individuals, or any combination thereof, to…
(A) (1) Producers in this state may present the technical advisory council with a petition signed by the lesser of one hundred or ten per cent of all such producers requesting that the council hold a referendum in accordance with section 1510.05 of the Revised Code to establish a marketing program for oil and natural g…
(A) Not later than ninety days after the technical advisory council has approved a marketing program proposed under section 1510.04 of the Revised Code, or an amendment to such a program, the council shall determine by a referendum whether the eligible producers, as determined under division (A)(3) of section 1510.02 o…
(A) When the producers who vote in a referendum held under section 1510.05 of the Revised Code favor a proposed marketing program, the technical advisory council shall order the program established. The council shall appoint an operating committee consisting of thirteen members. Six of the members shall be independent…
The technical advisory council shall monitor the actions of an operating committee to ensure all of the following:(A) A marketing program is self-supporting;(B) The committee keeps all records that are required for agencies of the state;(C) All program operations are in accord with both of the following:(1) The provisi…
(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) of this section, an operating committee may levy assessments on the production of crude oil, condensate, and natural gas in this state for the purposes of a marketing program established under this chapter.(2) The operating committee shall not levy an assessment that was not…
(A) There is hereby established a fund for any marketing program that is established by the technical advisory council under this chapter. The fund shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state, but shall not be part of the state treasury. Except as authorized in division (B) of this section, all money collected pu…
(A) The technical advisory council temporarily may suspend the operation of a marketing program, or any part of a program, for any reason upon recommendation by the operating committee of the program for a period of not more than twelve consecutive months.(B) At least once in each five years of operation, or at any tim…
(A) When producers favor termination of a marketing program established under this chapter, the operating committee of the program and the technical advisory council shall terminate all operations of the program.(B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section, upon termination of a program, the council sha…
The technical advisory council may institute an action at law or in equity that appears necessary to enforce compliance with this chapter, a procedure established under it, or a marketing program established under it.
(A) No person shall knowingly fail or refuse to withhold or remit any assessment levied under section 1510.08 of the Revised Code.(B) Before criminal proceedings are instituted pursuant to this section, the technical advisory council shall give the alleged violator an opportunity to present the alleged violator's views…
Whoever violates section 1510.13 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.