Ohio § 1509.37

§ 1509.37.

Any party adversely affected by an order of the oil and gas commission may appeal

to the court of common pleas of Franklin county.  Any party desiring to so appeal shall file with the commission a notice of appeal

designating the order appealed from and stating whether the appeal is taken on questions

of law or questions of law and fact.  A copy of the notice also shall be filed by appellant with the court and shall be

mailed or otherwise delivered to appellee.  Such notices shall be filed and mailed or otherwise delivered within thirty days

after the date upon which appellant received notice from the commission by certified

mail of the making of the order appealed from.  No appeal bond shall be required to make either an appeal on questions of law or

an appeal on questions of law and fact effective. The filing of a notice of appeal shall not automatically operate as a suspension of

the order of the commission.  If it appears to the court that an unjust hardship to the appellant will result

from the execution of the commission's order pending determination of the appeal,

the court may grant a suspension of the order and fix its terms. Within fifteen days after receipt of the notice of appeal the commission shall prepare

and file in the court the complete record of proceedings out of which the appeal arises,

including a transcript of the testimony and other evidence that has been submitted

before the commission.  The expense of preparing and transcribing the record shall be taxed as a part of

the costs of the appeal.  Appellant shall provide security for costs satisfactory to the court.  Upon demand by a party the commission shall furnish at the cost of the party requesting

the same a copy of the record.  If the complete record is not filed in the court within the time provided for in

this section either party may apply to the court to have the case docketed, and the

court shall order such record filed. In the hearing of the appeal the court is confined to the record as certified to it

by the commission.  The court may grant a request for the admission of additional evidence when satisfied

that the additional evidence is newly discovered and could not with reasonable diligence

have been ascertained prior to the hearing before the commission.  The court shall conduct a hearing on the appeal and shall give preference to the

hearing over all other civil cases irrespective of the position of the proceedings

on the calendar of the court.  The hearing in the court shall proceed as in the trial of a civil action and the

court shall determine the rights of the parties in accordance with the laws applicable

to such an action.  At the hearing counsel may be heard on oral argument, briefs may be submitted, and

evidence introduced if the court has granted a request for the presentation of additional

evidence. If the court finds that the order of the commission appealed from was lawful and reasonable,

it shall affirm the order.  If the court finds that the order was unreasonable or unlawful, it shall vacate

the order and make the order that it finds the commission should have made.  The judgment of the court is final unless reversed, vacated, or modified on appeal.