Title 37, Health-Safety-Morals

(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no person shall transport scrap tires anywhere in this state unless the business or governmental entity that employs the person first registers with and obtains a registration certificate from the director of environmental p…

The director of environmental protection may adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing notification requirements for persons who beneficially use scrap tires, including at least rules establishing notification procedures and specifying informati…

(A) On and after the effective date of the rules adopted under sections 3734.70, 3734.71, 3734.72, and 3734.73 of the Revised Code, the director of environmental protection may take action under this section to abate accumulations of scrap tires. If the director determines that a…

Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter and rules adopted under it to the contrary, the owner of any scrap tires that are off-road construction and mining equipment tires and that have a bead width of at least fourteen inches and a rim or wheel diameter of at least twenty-f…

During the years 2002 and 2006, the director of environmental protection shall submit a report to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate concerning the implementation, administration, and enforcement of the scrap tire provisions of this chapte…

As used in sections 3734.90 to 3734.9014 of the Revised Code: (A) "Tire" means any tire with a rim or wheel diameter of thirteen inches or more that is designed and manufactured for use on a motor vehicle as "motor vehicle" is defined in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code. "Tire…

(A)(1) For the purpose of providing revenue to defray the cost of administering and enforcing the scrap tire provisions of this chapter, rules adopted under those provisions, and terms and conditions of orders, variances, and licenses issued under those provisions; to abate accum…

Two per cent of all amounts paid to the treasurer of state pursuant to sections 3734.90 to 3734.9014 of the Revised Code shall be certified directly to the credit of the tire fee administrative fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury, for appropriation to the departme…

(A) No wholesale distributor or other person shall sell tires to a retail dealer within this state, and no retail dealer or other person shall import or otherwise acquire tires for sale at retail within this state from a person who is not a registered wholesale distributor, witho…

Each wholesale distributor required to be registered under division (A) of section 3734.9011 of the Revised Code shall provide its customers with a statement that the distributor is liable for the fee imposed by section 3734.901 of the Revised Code and the distributor's account n…

(A) No person shall fail to file any return or report required to be filed by section 3734.904 of the Revised Code, or file or cause to be filed any incomplete, false, or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or aid or abet another in the filing of any false or fraudulent retu…

The tax commissioner shall maintain a list of the wholesale distributors registered under division (A) of section 3734.9011 of the Revised Code. The list shall contain the name and address of each distributor and the account number assigned to each by the tax commissioner. The li…

(A) The tax commissioner shall administer sections 3734.90 to 3734.9014 of the Revised Code and may adopt such rules as he finds necessary for the administration and enforcement of the fee. (B) The requirements, authorizations, procedures, limitations, and penalties set forth in …

(A) Each wholesale distributor is liable for the fee imposed by section 3734.901 of the Revised Code on all tires sold by him to retail dealers in this state. (B) Each wholesale distributor who uses tires in his own operation in this state is liable for the fee on the tires. (C) …

(A) By the twentieth day of each month, each person required to pay the fee imposed by section 3734.901 of the Revised Code shall file with the tax commissioner a return as prescribed by the tax commissioner and shall make payment of the full amount of the fee due for the precedi…

(A) The treasurer of state shall refund the fee imposed by section 3734.901 of the Revised Code paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment, or any penalty assessed with respect to such a fee. Applications for refund shall be filed with the tax co…

Every person liable for the fee imposed by section 3734.901 of the Revised Code shall keep complete and accurate records of all sales and purchases of tires as required by the tax commissioner. The records shall be available for inspection by the commissioner or his authorized ag…

(A) Any person required to pay the fee imposed by section 3734.901 of the Revised Code is personally liable for the fee. The tax commissioner may make an assessment, based upon any information in the commissioner's possession, against any person who fails to file a return or pay …

If any corporation, limited liability company, or business trust required to file returns pursuant to section 3734.904 of the Revised Code fails to remit to the state any fee due under sections 3734.90 to 3734.9014 of the Revised Code, any of its employees having control or super…

Except for assessments against responsible persons under section 3734.908 of the Revised Code, no assessment of the fee imposed by sections 3734.90 to 3734.9014 of the Revised Code shall be made by the tax commissioner more than four years after the date on which the return for t…

As used in sections 3734.91 to 3734.915 of the Revised Code: (A) "Consumer product" means any device that primarily is intended for personal or household use and typically is sold, distributed, or available to the general population through retail or mail-order distribution. "Con…

(A) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 3734.02 of the Revised Code and any rule adopted under this chapter to the contrary, no person shall commingle a used lead-acid battery with solid waste or dispose of a used lead-acid battery at a solid waste or hazardous waste facility…

(A) A retailer that sells lead-acid batteries in this state shall accept from a purchaser of a lead-acid battery, at the time of purchase, used lead-acid batteries of the same general type and in a quantity that is at least equal to the number sold to the purchaser if the purchas…

A wholesaler that sells lead-acid batteries in this state shall accept from a purchaser of a lead-acid battery used lead-acid batteries of the same general type and in a quantity that is at least equal to the number sold to the purchaser if the purchaser offers the used lead-acid…

(A) A retailer that displays for sale and sells lead-acid batteries in the state shall post a sign that shall be at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size, use lettering that is at least thirty point font in size, display the universal recycling symbol, and cont…

Lead-acid battery cases sold in this state shall not be required to display a society for plastics industry symbol or code, a society for automotive engineers symbol or code, or another resin identification code.

(A) Except as otherwise provided in divisions (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), and (H) of this section, whoever recklessly violates any section of this chapter, except section 3734.025, 3734.18, 3734.57, 3734.572, 3734.573, 3734.574, or 3734.60 of the Revised Code, recklessly violat…