COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s high court has tossed out part
of a state law regulating tow trucks in a dispute that involved
Cleveland’s home-rule authority and its ability to adopt and enforce
laws on the operators.
The unanimous ruling Tuesday from the Ohio
Supreme Court upheld part of the 2003 law that gives the Public
Utilities Commission of Ohio the power to regulate towing companies. But
the court found unconstitutional a provision that says towing companies
are not subject to local laws or rules.
State Supreme Court
Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger wrote that that part of the law violates
the home-rule authority granted municipalities by the Ohio Constitution.
She said it limits the power of municipalities to make their own laws.
Cleveland challenged Ohio’s tow-truck law in 2009.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s high court has tossed out part
of a state law regulating tow trucks in a dispute that involved
Cleveland’s home-rule authority and its ability to adopt and enforce
laws on the operators.
The unanimous ruling Tuesday from the Ohio
Supreme Court upheld part of the 2003 law that gives the Public
Utilities Commission of Ohio the power to regulate towing companies. But
the court found unconstitutional a provision that says towing companies
are not subject to local laws or rules.
State Supreme Court
Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger wrote that that part of the law violates
the home-rule authority granted municipalities by the Ohio Constitution.
She said it limits the power of municipalities to make their own laws.
Cleveland challenged Ohio’s tow-truck law in 2009.
Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights
reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or
redistributed.