4123-17-02 Basic or manual rate.

 

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

 

The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 13, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., in Room 2, 2nd Floor, 30 West Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, to consider the following:

 

Amendment of the following rule for the purpose as shown below:

 

4123-17-02     Basic or manual rate.

 

The amendments to this rule define successor liability where:

 

·         The purchaser expressly or impliedly agrees to assume such obligations;

·         The succession transaction amounts to a de facto consolidation or merger;

·         The successor is a continuation of the predecessor; or,

·         The transaction is entered into for the purpose of escaping workers' compensation obligations.

 

The full and complete text of the proposed rules is available at the Register of Ohio (http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us) and is on file in the office of the Secretary of State (180 East Broad Street, 15th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the Legislative Service Commission (77 South High Street, 9th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the office of the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (77 South High Street, Concourse Level, Columbus, Ohio), the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Legal Operations (30 West Spring Street, 26th Floor, Columbus, Ohio), the Bureau of Workers' Compensation (30 West Spring Street, Columbus, Ohio, 1st Floor, Hearing Rooms), and all service offices of the Bureau.

 

All interested parties will be given an opportunity to be heard. Any interested party unable to attend the public hearing may submit written comments to the undersigned prior to the public hearing.

 

THE OHIO BUREAU OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION

 

 

Tom Sico

Assistant General Counsel

Bureau of Workers' Compensation 30 West Spring Street, L-26 Columbus, Ohio 43215-2256

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