{"data":{"id":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3781.32","jurisdiction":"us-oh","citation":"Ohio Rev. Code § 3781.32","heading":"Connections or tie-ins within right-of-way.","body":"(A) Any connections or tie-ins to existing utility services within a public right-of-way shall comply with permit requirements of the public authority that has jurisdiction over that right-of-way.\n(B) A developer or the designer employed by the developer shall not require, as a condition for entering into a contract for a project that will require excavation, that responsibility for performance of duties imposed under sections 3781.25 to 3781.32 of the Revised Code shall be assumed by a person other than the person on whom those duties are imposed under those sections. This division does not prohibit a utility from entering into any contract for the performance of duties that are imposed on a utility under those sections.\n(C) Nothing in sections 3728.25 to 3728.32 of the Revised Code shall be construed to require a utility to relocate its underground utility facilities located at an excavation site.","path":["Title 37 Health-Safety-Morals","Chapter 3781 Building Standards - General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-3781.32","current_through":"2013-03-27 (House Bill 458 - 129th General Assembly)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:24:35Z","sha256":"4d21dd8d89df29baa37dd61c4792758ae1035e0f591dd20992ebb6852e4223a5","source_id":"us-oh","stale":false,"prev":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3781.31","next":"us-oh/ohio-rev.-code-3781.34"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}