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ENERGY LAW Article 1. Short title; definitions (§§ 1-101 to 1-103). 3. State energy policy (§§ 3-101 to 3-103). 5. State energy office; organization and powers, functions and duties (§§ 5-108 to 5-127). 6. Energy planning (§§ 6-102 to 6-108). 7. Transfer of functions (§§ 7-101 to 7-103). 8. State lighting efficiency st…
GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW Laws 1909, Chap. 29. AN ACT relating to municipal corporations, constituting chapter twenty-four of the consolidated laws. Became a law February 17, 1909, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly,…
PUBLIC SERVICE LAW LAWS 1910, CHAPTER 480 An act relating to the public service of utility companies, constituting chapter forty-eight of the consolidated laws. Became a law June 14, 1910, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate a…
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE LAW Laws 1942, Chapter 566 AN ACT relating to rural electric cooperative, non-profit, membership corporations, constituting chapter seventy-seven-a of the consolidated laws Became a law April 29, 1942, with the approval of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present The People of the Sta…
(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Florida Interlocal Cooperation Act of 1969.”(2) It is the purpose of this section to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with other localities on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to p…
The Governor of the state is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name of the state, to join with other states in the interstate compact to conserve oil and gas, which was heretofore executed in the City of Dallas, Texas, on February 16, 1935, and is now deposited with the Department of State of the United St…
Subject to the conditions herein contained, and except as otherwise authorized by law, guardians holding funds received from, or currently in receipt of funds from, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, to the extent of those funds alone, may invest such funds only in the following:(1) UNITED STATES GOVERNM…
As used in this chapter:(1) “Liquefied petroleum gas” means any material which is composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons, or mixtures of the same: propane, propylene, butanes (normal butane or isobutane), and butylenes.(2) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, asso…
(1) IMPLIED GRANT OF WAY OF NECESSITY.—The common-law rule of an implied grant of a way of necessity is hereby recognized, specifically adopted, and clarified. Such an implied grant exists where a person has heretofore granted or hereafter grants lands to which there is no accessible right-of-way except over her or his…
The following terms shall be defined as follows for the purpose of this chapter:(1) “Ancillary plant” is comprised of the building, site, and site improvements necessary to provide such facilities as vehicle maintenance, warehouses, maintenance, or administrative buildings necessary to provide support services to an ed…
As used in sections 156.01 to 156.05 of the Revised Code:(A) "Avoided capital costs" means a measured reduction in the cost of future equipment or other capital purchases that results from implementation of one or more energy or water conservation measures, when compared to an established baseline for previous such cos…
As used in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code: (A) "Public agency" means any governmental corporation, unit, organization, instrumentality, or officer authorized by law to appropriate property in the courts of this state.(B) "Private agency" means any corporation, firm, partnership, voluntary association, jo…
As used in this chapter: (A) "Allowable costs" means all or part of the costs of project facilities, eligible projects, eligible innovation projects, eligible research and development projects, eligible advanced energy projects, or eligible logistics and distribution projects, including costs of acquiring, constructing…
As used in this chapter: (A) "New community" means a community or development of property in relation to an existing community planned so that the resulting community includes facilities for the conduct of industrial, commercial, residential, cultural, educational, and recreational activities, and designed in accordanc…
Each municipal corporation may do any of the following:(A) Acquire by purchase or condemnation real estate with or without buildings on it, and easements or interests in real estate;(B) Extend, enlarge, reconstruct, repair, equip, furnish, or improve a building or improvement that it is authorized to acquire or constru…
Any municipal corporation may appropriate, enter upon, and hold real estate within its corporate limits:(A) For opening, widening, straightening, changing the grade of, and extending streets, and all other public places, and for this purpose, the municipal corporation may appropriate the right of way across railway tra…
As used in this chapter:(A) "Agricultural animal" means any animal generally used for food or in the production of food, including cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, and swine; horses; alpacas; llamas; and any other animal included by the director of agriculture by rule. "Agricultural animal" does not include fish…
As used in sections 1311.01 to 1311.22 of the Revised Code:(A) "Owner," "part owner," or "lessee" includes all the interests either legal or equitable, which such person may have in the real estate upon which the improvements are made, including the interests held by any person under contracts of purchase, whether in w…
As used in this chapter: (A) "Well" means any borehole, whether drilled or bored, within the state for production, extraction, or injection of any gas or liquid mineral, excluding potable water to be used as such, but including natural or artificial brines and oil field waters. "Well" includes a stratigraphic well. (B)…
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…
The "great lakes-st. Lawrence river basin water resources compact," which has been negotiated by representatives of this state and the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Wisconsin and the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into by this state as a…
As used in this chapter: (A) "Governmental agency" means the United States government or any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof; any department, agency, or instrumentality of a state government; any municipal corporation, county, township, board of education, or other political subdivision or any other body…
As used in this chapter and Chapters 1563., 1565., and 1567. of the Revised Code, and in other sections of the Revised Code relating to the mining law, unless other meaning is clearly apparent in the language and context:(A) "Mine" means an underground or surface excavation or development with or without shafts, slopes…
As used in this chapter, unless other meaning is clearly indicated in the context: (A) "Gas storage reservoir" or "storage reservoir" or "reservoir" means a continuous area of a subterranean porous sand or rock stratum or strata, any part of which or of the protective area of which, is within a coal bearing township, i…
As used in this chapter: (A) "Special improvement district" means a special improvement district organized under this chapter. (B) "Church" means a fellowship of believers, congregation, society, corporation, convention, or association that is formed primarily or exclusively for religious purposes and that is not forme…