Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.08
§ 5537.08. Issuing revenue bonds
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may provide by resolution for the issuance, at one time or from time to time, of revenue bonds of the state for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more turnpike projects or infrastructure projects. The bond service charges shall be payable solely from pledged revenues pledged for such payment pursuant to the applicable bond proceedings. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at a rate or rates or at variable rates, and shall mature or be payable at such time or times, with a final maturity not to exceed forty years from their date or dates, all as determined by the commission in the bond proceedings. The commission shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of bond service charges. (B) The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the commission or by the facsimile signature of that officer, the official seal of the commission or a facsimile thereof shall be affixed thereto or printed thereon and attested by the secretary-treasurer of the commission, which may be by facsimile signature, and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile signature of the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the commission. In case any officer whose signature, or a facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of bonds, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery. (C) Subject to the bond proceedings and provisions for registration, the bonds shall have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under Title XIII of the Revised Code. The bonds may be issued in such form or forms as the commission determines, including without limitation coupon, book entry, and fully registered form, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, and for the exchange of bonds between forms. The commission may sell such bonds by competitive bid on the best bid after advertisement or request for bids or by private sale in the manner, and for the price, it determines to be for the best interest of the state. (D) The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for the payment of the costs of the turnpike project or projects for which such bonds were issued, or for the payment of the costs of the infrastructure project or projects as approved by the commission under section 5537.18 of the Revised Code. The proceeds shall be disbursed in such manner and under such restrictions as the commission provides in the applicable bond proceedings. (E) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the commission may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds or bond anticipation notes, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery. The commission may provide for the replacement of any mutilated, stolen, destroyed, or lost bonds. Bonds may be issued by the commission under this chapter without obtaining the consent of any state agency, and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, or things that are specifically required by this chapter or those proceedings. (F) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to the bonds. (G) The bond proceedings shall provide, subject to the provisions of any other applicable bond proceedings, for the pledge to the payment of bond service charges and of any costs of or relating to credit enhancement facilities of all, or such part as the commission may determine, of the pledged revenues and the applicable special fund or funds, which pledges may be made to secure the bonds on a parity with bonds theretofore or thereafter issued if and to the extent provided in the bond proceedings. Every pledge, and every covenant and agreement with respect thereto, made in the bond proceedings may in the bond proceedings be extended to the benefit of the owners and holders of bonds and to any trustee and any person providing a credit enhancement facility for those bonds, for the further security for the payment of the bond service charges and credit enhancement facility costs. (H) The bond proceedings may contain additional provisions as to: (1) The redemption of bonds prior to maturity at the option of the commission or of the bondholders or upon the occurrence of certain stated conditions, and at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as are provided in the bond proceedings; (2) Other terms of the bonds; (3) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds; (4) The terms of any trust agreement securing the bonds or under which the same may be issued; (5) Any or every provision of the bond proceedings being binding upon the commission and state agencies, or other person as may from time to time have the authority under law to take such actions as may be necessary to perform all or any part of the duty required by such provision; (6) Any provision that may be made in a trust agreement; (7) Any other or additional agreements with the holders of the bonds, or the trustee therefor, relating to the bonds or the security for the bonds, including agreements for credit enhancement facilities. (I) Any holder of bonds or a trustee under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that the holder's or trustee's rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond proceedings. Those rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the commission and state agencies required by this chapter or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any bond service charges on any bonds or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the commission contained in the bond proceedings, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the revenues and the pledged revenues which are pledged to the payment of the bond service charges on such bonds or which are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of, bond service charges on such bonds, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge additional revenues or receipts or other income, funds, or moneys of the commission or state agencies to the payment of such bond service charges and excluding the power to take possession of, mortgage, or cause the sale or otherwise dispose of any turnpike project or other property of the commission. (J) Each duty of the commission and the commission's officers and employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings, is hereby established as a duty of the commission, and of each such officer, member, or employee having authority to perform the duty, specifically enjoined by law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. (K) The commission's officers or employees are not liable in their personal capacities on any bonds issued by the commission or any agreements of or with the commission relating to those bonds. (L) The bonds are lawful investments for banks, savings and loan associations, credit union share guaranty corporations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other funds of the state or its political subdivisions and taxing districts, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant thereto by any state agency with respect to investments by them, and are also acceptable as security for the repayment of the deposit of public moneys. (M) Provision may be made in the applicable bond proceedings for the establishment of separate accounts in the bond service fund and for the application of such accounts only to the specified bond service charges pertinent to such accounts and bond service fund, and for other accounts therein within the general purposes of such fund. (N) The commission may pledge all, or such portion as it determines, of the pledged revenues to the payment of bond service charges, and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves and special funds, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make other provisions therein with respect to pledged revenues, revenues, and net revenues as authorized by this chapter, which provisions are controlling notwithstanding any other provisions of law pertaining thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5540.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5540 / § 5540.03
§ 5540.03. Powers of transportation improvement district
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 497 - 135th General Assembly (A) A transportation improvement district may: (1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2) Adopt an official seal; (3) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, provided any actions against the district shall be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the district is located, or in the court of common pleas of the county in which the cause of action arose, and all summonses, exceptions, and notices of every kind shall be served on the district by leaving a copy thereof at its principal office with the secretary-treasurer; (4) Purchase, fund, finance, construct, maintain, repair, sell, exchange, police, operate, or lease projects; (5) Issue either or both of the following for the purpose of providing funds to pay the costs of any project or part thereof: (a) Transportation improvement district revenue bonds; (b) Bonds pursuant to Section 13 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution. (6) Maintain such funds as it considers necessary; (7) Direct its agents or employees, when properly identified in writing and after at least five days' written notice, to enter upon lands within its jurisdiction to make surveys and examinations preliminary to the location and construction of projects for the district, without liability of the district or its agents or employees except for actual damage done; (8) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its functions and the execution of its powers under this chapter; (9) Employ or retain or contract for the services of consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, and such other engineers, construction and accounting experts, auditors, financial advisers, trustees, marketing, remarketing, and administrative agents, attorneys, and other employees, independent contractors, or agents as are necessary in its judgment and fix their compensation, provided all such expenses shall be payable solely from the proceeds of bonds or from revenues; (10) Receive and accept from the federal or any state or local government, including, but not limited to, any agency, entity, or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, loans and grants for or in aid of the construction, maintenance, or repair of any project, and receive and accept aid or contributions from any source or person of money, property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which such loans, grants, and contributions are made. Nothing in division (A)(10) of this section shall be construed as imposing any liability on this state for any loan received by a transportation improvement district from a third party unless this state has entered into an agreement to accept such liability. (11) Acquire, hold, and dispose of property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this chapter; (12) Establish and collect tolls or user charges for its projects; (13) Subject to section 5540.18 of the Revised Code, enter into an agreement with a contiguous board of county commissioners other than the board of county commissioners that created the transportation improvement district, for the district to exercise all or any portion of its powers with respect to a project that is located wholly or partially within the county that is party to the agreement; (14) Cooperate with any governmental agencies in the planning, design, acquisition, construction, maintenance, funding, and financing of projects, including qualifying projects. In doing so, the district may enter into agreements with other governmental agencies to plan, design, acquire, construct, maintain, fund, and finance the projects or qualifying projects and to use pledged or assigned sales and use tax revenue to pay the debt service on qualifying bonds. (15) Enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners that created the transportation improvement district and with the boards of county commissioners of any contiguous group of counties to exercise all powers of the district with respect to a project that is both of the following: (a) Located partially or wholly within any county that is a party to the agreement; (b) Partially funded with federal money. (16) Do all acts necessary and proper to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter. (B)(1) Chapters 123., 124., 125., and 153., and sections 9.331 to 9.335 and 307.86 of the Revised Code do not apply to contracts or projects of a transportation improvement district. (2) A transportation improvement district is subject to sections 4115.03 to 4115.21 and 4115.99 of the Revised Code, unless the amount of state or local government funds, including, but not limited to, those provided by any agency, entity, or instrumentality of the state or a local government as described in division (A)(10) of this section received for the contract or project, is, in the aggregate, less than the amounts described in or calculated under section 4115.03 of the Revised Code. (C) A transportation improvement district may contract with the prosecuting attorney of a county, as provided in section 309.09 of the Revised Code, to obtain legal services from the prosecuting attorney. Last updated January 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5528.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5528 / § 5528.15
§ 5528.15. Certifying sufficient moneys to meet bond payments for year for highway improvement bond retirement fund
Status: in_force

December 2, 1964 House Bill 9 - 105th General Assembly When the moneys to the credit of the highway improvement bond retirement fund, created by section 5528.12 of the Revised Code, are sufficient to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code, due and payable during the current calendar year, except the principal of notes which the commissioners of the sinking fund certify will be retired by the issuance of bonds or renewal notes, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall certify such fact to the treasurer of state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.02
§ 5555.02. General powers of board of county commissioners relating to public roads
Status: in_force

June 10, 2004 House Bill 299 - 125th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may construct a public road by laying out and building a new road, or by improving, reconstructing, or repairing any existing public road or part of an existing public road by grading, paving, widening, altering, straightening, vacating, changing the direction, draining, dragging, graveling, macadamizing, resurfacing, applying dust preventives, or otherwise improving the same, and, where an established road has been relocated, the board may construct and maintain connecting roads between the old and new locations as will provide reasonable access thereto. The board also may place a county road on nonmaintained status pursuant to section 5541.05 of the Revised Code. The board may purchase or lease, erect, and maintain automatic traffic signals at intersections of public highways outside municipal corporations as necessary for the protection of the public traveling upon those highways. Automatic traffic signals shall not be placed at intersections of public highways on the state highway system unless the board first obtains the approval of the director of transportation. This section does not apply to roads or highways on the state highway system, except such portions as the board constructs under plans and specifications approved by the director and under the director's supervision and inspection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.312 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.312
§ 5501.312. Contracts for use or service of transportation facility
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly (A) The director of transportation may do all of the following: (1) Contract in the manner provided by this section with one or more persons, a transportation improvement district, one or more governmental agencies, or any combination thereof, desiring the use or service of a transportation facility, and fix the terms, conditions, rentals, or other charges for such use or services. Such contract may provide for acquisition by such person or governmental agency of all or any part of the facility for such consideration payable over the period of the contract or otherwise as the director in the director's sole discretion determines to be appropriate. (2) Make loans from any available source, including the federal share of a project, for the planning, acquisition, or construction of transportation facilities upon such terms as the director may determine or authorize, including secured or unsecured loans, and in connection therewith, enter into loan agreements, subordination agreements, and other agreements, accept notes and other forms of obligation to evidence the indebtedness and mortgages, liens, pledges, assignments, or other security interests to secure the indebtedness, which may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with other indebtedness, obligations, mortgages, pledges, assignments, other security interests, or liens or encumbrances, and take such actions as are appropriate to protect the security and safeguard against losses, including foreclosure and the bidding upon and purchase of property upon foreclosure or other sale. Repayments of a federal share loan may be obligated by the director for any transportation purpose, including the reloaning of such repaid funds for other projects. Reloaned funds would be considered state loans, not federal share loans. (3) Sell transportation facilities under such terms as the director may determine, including conditional sale or installment sale, under which title may pass prior to or after completion of the facility, or at any time provided in the agreement pertaining to the sale, including sale under an option to purchase at a price which may be a nominal amount or less than true value at the time of the purchase; (4) Grant a mortgage, lien, or other encumbrance on, or pledge or assignment of, or other security interest with respect to, all or any part of a transportation facility, or on, of, or with respect to any lease, sublease, sale, conditional sale or installment sale agreement, loan agreement, or other agreement pertaining to the lease, sublease, sale, or other disposition of a facility or pertaining to a loan made for a facility, or any guaranty or insurance agreement made with respect thereto, or any interest of the department of transportation therein, or any other interest granted, assigned, or released to secure payments to be made by the department, which mortgage, lien, encumbrance, pledge, assignment, or other security interest may be prior or subordinate to or on a parity with any other mortgage assignment, or other security interest, lien, or encumbrance; (5) Contract for the acquisition or construction of a transportation facility or any part thereof and for the leasing, subleasing, sale, or other disposition of the facility in a manner determined by the director. (B) All money received by the department under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5595.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5595 / § 5595.042
§ 5595.042. Tax increment financing within qualified RTIP
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly A township, municipal corporation, or county may declare improvements made within the development area of a qualified RTIP to be for a public purpose and exempt from taxation pursuant to section 5709.40 , 5709.41 , 5709.73 , or 5709.78 of the Revised Code, as authorized under those sections. Last updated October 4, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.29 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.29
§ 5502.29. Mutual emergency management assistance or aid agreements
Status: in_force

July 3, 2012 Senate Bill 243 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 5502.41 of the Revised Code. (B) Political subdivisions, in collaboration with other public and private agencies within this state, may develop mutual assistance or aid agreements for reciprocal emergency management assistance or aid for purposes of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from an incident, disaster, exercise, training activity, planned event, or emergency, any of which requires additional resources. In time of any incident, disaster, exercise, training activity, planned event, or emergency, any of which requires additional resources, each political subdivision may render assistance in accordance with such mutual assistance or aid agreements. Such mutual assistance or aid agreements shall not in any manner relieve the chief elected official of any political subdivision of the responsibility for providing emergency management. (C) Political subdivisions, in collaboration with political subdivisions in adjacent states, may develop agreements for mutual assistance or aid for purposes of preparing for, responding to, and recovering from an incident, disaster, exercise, training activity, planned event, or emergency, any of which requires additional resources. Each political subdivision may render assistance in accordance with the mutual assistance or aid agreements. A mutual assistance or aid agreement with political subdivisions in adjacent states shall be approved by the chief elected officials of the agreeing political subdivisions or their designees and shall be prepared in accordance with the laws, regulations, ordinances, and resolutions applicable to the agreeing political subdivisions. (D) When engaged in preparation for, response to, or recovery from an incident, disaster, exercise, training activity, planned event, or emergency, any of which requires additional resources, and in accordance with the applicable mutual assistance or aid agreement, personnel from political subdivisions outside this state shall be permitted to provide services within this state in accordance with this section and the terms of the mutual assistance or aid agreement. (E) Personnel of the responding political subdivision shall continue under their local command and control structure, but shall be under the operational control of the appropriate officials within the incident management system of the political subdivision receiving the assistance or aid. (F) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a private company or its employees from participating in the provision of mutual assistance or aid, if the responding political subdivision approves the participation and the contract between the political subdivision and the private company permits the participation. (G) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit personnel of political subdivisions in this state from responding to a request for mutual assistance or aid resulting from an incident, disaster, exercise, training activity, planned event, or emergency, any of which requires additional resources, when the personnel are responding as part of a regional response team that is under the operational control of the incident command structure. (H) Whenever a person from outside this state who is subject to a mutual assistance or aid agreement authorized by this section holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by any state evidencing qualification for professional, mechanical, or other skills, such license, certificate, or other permit shall be recognized by this state as authorizing the person to render assistance or aid in this state involving such skill to meet the request for assistance or aid, so long as the person is acting within the scope of the person's license, certificate, or other permit. (I) Personnel rendering assistance or aid pursuant to a mutual assistance or aid agreement authorized by this section remain employees or agents of their respective political subdivisions, including for purposes of tort liability and immunity from tort liability, and nothing in this section or any mutual assistance or aid agreement entered into pursuant to this section creates an employment relationship between the political subdivision requesting aid and the employees or agents of the political subdivision rendering aid. (J) Responding political subdivisions and the personnel of that political subdivision, while rendering assistance or aid under this section, or while in route to or from rendering assistance or aid under this section, in a political subdivision in an adjacent state under an agreement authorized by this section, shall be deemed to be exercising governmental functions as defined in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code, shall have the defenses to and immunities from civil liability provided in sections 2744.02 and 2744.03 of the Revised Code, and shall be entitled to all applicable limitations on recoverable damages under section 2744.05 of the Revised Code. (K) All pension, disability, death benefits, workers' compensation, and other benefits enjoyed by personnel rendering interstate or intrastate mutual assistance or aid shall extend to the services they perform outside their respective political subdivisions to the same extent as while acting within the boundaries of the political subdivisions, and personnel are entitled to the rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. to the same extent as while performing service within the boundaries of the political subdivisions.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5519.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5519 / § 5519.05
§ 5519.05. Right-of-way to be monumented - preservation of landmarks
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The director of transportation, when he acquires property for highway purposes, either by purchase or appropriation, shall promptly monument the right-of-way line of the property acquired. The director, as soon as practicable in view of the availability of the funds and forces of his department , shall definitely and accurately ascertain and monument the roads and highways on the state highway system. At the discretion of the director, such monuments may be located in the center line of the highway or improvement. The director, in making plans for any road improvement, shall cause such plans to be so prepared as to provide for the preservation of all cornerstones and landmarks set within the limits of the highway to be improved. All such cornerstones and landmarks shall be preserved or reset in their exact locations, and where located within the improved surface of the highway, the plans for the improvement shall be so drawn as to furnish adequate protection to such cornerstones and landmarks and also to furnish, by suitable devices or otherwise, full opportunity for consulting or referring to the same at any time, without destruction of or injury to the surface of the road improvement. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5526.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5526 / § 5526.04
§ 5526.04. Prequalification requirements for firms seeking to provide professional services
Status: in_force

June 29, 2001 House Bill 73 - 124th General Assembly The director of transportation may institute prequalification requirements for firms seeking to provide professional services and may require that each prequalified firm maintain a current statement of qualifications with the department of transportation. The prequalification requirements shall be based on the factors set forth in division (D) of section 5526.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.065 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.065
§ 5505.065. Chief investment officer - supervision duties - monitoring of securities transactions
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The state highway patrol retirement board shall designate a person who is a licensed state retirement system investment officer to be the chief investment officer for the state highway patrol retirement system. The board shall notify the division of securities of the department of commerce in writing of its designation and of any change in its designation within ten calendar days of the designation or change. (B) The chief investment officer shall reasonably supervise the licensed state retirement system investment officers and other persons employed by the state highway patrol retirement system with a view toward preventing violations of Chapter 1707. of the Revised Code, the "Commodity Exchange Act," 42 Stat. 998, 7 U.S.C. and following, the "Securities Act of 1933," 48 Stat. 74, 15 U.S.C. and following, and the "Securities Exchange Act of 1934," 48 Stat. 881, 15 U.S.C. 78a, and following, and the rules and regulations promulgated under those statutes. This duty of reasonable supervision shall include the adoption, implementation, and enforcement of written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent persons employed by the state highway patrol retirement system from misusing material, nonpublic information in violation of those laws, rules, and regulations. For purposes of this division, no chief investment officer shall be considered to have failed to satisfy the officer's duty of reasonable supervision if the officer has done all of the following: (1) Adopted and implemented written procedures, and a system for applying the procedures, that would reasonably be expected to prevent and detect, insofar as practicable, any violation by its licensed investment officers and other persons employed by the state highway patrol retirement system; (2) Reasonably discharged the duties and obligations incumbent on the chief investment officer by reason of the established procedures and the system for applying the procedures when the officer had no reasonable cause to believe that there was a failure to comply with the procedures and systems; (3) Reviewed, at least annually, the adequacy of the policies and procedures established pursuant to this section and the effectiveness of their implementation. (C) The chief investment officer shall establish and maintain a policy to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of securities transactions executed on behalf of the board. No chief investment officer shall be considered to have failed to satisfy the officer's duty under this section if the officer has done both of the following: (1) Implemented the policy adopted by the board under section 5505.068 of the Revised Code that outlines the criteria used to select agents that execute securities transactions on behalf of the state highway patrol retirement system. (2) Reviewed, at least annually, the performance of agents that execute securities transactions on behalf of the state highway patrol retirement system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5511.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5511 / § 5511.07
§ 5511.07. Procedure for vacating highway
Status: in_force

April 5, 2001 Senate Bill 295 - 123rd General Assembly In pursuance of section 5501.31 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation, in vacating any highway or portion thereof on the state highway system that the director finds is no longer necessary for the purposes of a public highway, shall issue such a finding, which shall contain a description of the highway or part thereof to be vacated. Notice of such finding shall be published once a week, for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the highway, or part thereof, to be vacated lies, and a copy of the notice shall be served as in civil cases, or by registered first class mail, return receipt requested, upon each owner of property abutting on the portion of the highway to be vacated, and upon the director of natural resources. Any owner whose place of residence is unknown, or who is a nonresident of the state, shall be specifically named in the notice of publication and shall be directed in the finding to take due notice of the contents thereof. The director shall make any vacation of a highway or portion of a highway to an abutting landowner or current underlying fee owner of record at no cost. The notice shall fix a date, not less than twenty days after the date of the final publication of the notice, and shall contain a determination that on or before that date claims for compensation and damage, or either, by reason of the vacation proceedings, must be filed in writing, in duplicate, with the district deputy director of transportation in whose district lies any portion of the highway to be vacated. Failure to file claims in that manner is a waiver of any claim for damage by reason of the vacation. After considering any claims filed, the director shall make awards as the director considers just and equitable, and if, within ten days, the amount so awarded has not been accepted and waivers therefor signed, that amount shall be deposited in the probate court or court of common pleas of the county in which the vacation lies, wholly or in part, and the procedure to adjudicate such claims shall be that provided under section 5519.01 of the Revised Code. No final determination shall be made by the director in vacating such highway or portion thereof until all awards are accepted, or deposit therefor made, in the probate court or court of common pleas. No public utility shall be required to move or relocate any of its facilities that may be located in or on any highway or portion thereof being vacated. Any deed, transfer, or other instrument or conveyance made by reason of the vacation shall indicate the right of any public utility to continue its use or occupation of the highway or portion of the highway being vacated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.801 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.801
§ 5534.801. Staff Sergeant Paul C. Mardis Jr. Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 Senate Bill 134 - 132nd General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number sixteen, running in a northerly and southerly direction between the municipal corporation of Coshocton and township road number two hundred seventy-nine in Coshocton county, shall be known as the "Staff Sergeant Paul C. Mardis Jr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.86
§ 5533.86. Ohio Army National Guard 216th Engineering Battalion Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 Senate Bill 156 - 125th General Assembly The road known as state route number seven hundred fifty-six, running in an easterly and westerly direction within Brown and Clermont counties only, shall be known as the "Ohio Army National Guard Two Hundred Sixteenth Engineering Battalion Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.241 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.241
§ 5533.241. Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 5, 2004 House Bill 70 - 125th General Assembly (A) In addition to the designation in section 5533.24 of the Revised Code, the road known as interstate route seventy-five, running in a southerly direction from the city of Toledo in Lucas county, through the counties of Wood, Hancock, Allen, Auglaize, Shelby, Miami, Montgomery, Warren, and Butler to the city of Cincinnati in Hamilton county, also shall be known as the "Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway." (B) The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. If the director erects such markers, the markers, to the greatest extent possible, shall be located near Toledo, Lima, Dayton, and Cincinnati. (C) The department of transportation may accept private contributions to pay all or part of the costs of manufacturing, erecting, and maintaining the markers. Any private money received by the department for the purposes of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway operating fund or any other fund of the department as determined by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.761 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.761
§ 5533.761. Lance Corporal Daniel McVicker Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 273 - 127th General Assembly That portion of the road known as United States route sixty-two, commencing at the western boundary of the municipal corporation of Alliance and extending in an easterly direction to the Highland Memorial Park Cemetery in the municipal corporation of Beloit, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Daniel McVicker Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.98 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.98
§ 5533.98. Cpl. Nicholas H. Olivas Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2014 House Bill 23 - 130th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the highway known as state route one hundred twenty-eight, commencing at the intersection of that route and United States route number twenty-seven and proceeding in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of that route and New London road in the municipal corporation of Hamilton, shall be known as the "Cpl. Nicholas H. Olivas Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.02
§ 5531.02. Federal aid for rural post roads
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The general assembly assents to the act of congress, approved July 11, 1916, entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," thirty-ninth United States statutes at large, page 355, and the emergency relief appropriation act of 1935, approved April 8, 1935, and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and other acts providing funds for the same or similar purposes. The department of transportation may enter into all contracts and agreements with the United States, relating to the construction and maintenance of rural post roads under such act, and submit such programs of construction and maintenance as required by the federal government and do all other things necessary to carry out the co-operation contemplated and provided by such acts and amendments. The good faith of the state is pledged to make available funds sufficient for any biennium, to enable the state or its political subdivisions to comply with the requirements of the federal government concerning the sums apportioned to the state by the United States during each of the years for which federal funds are appropriated by such acts, to maintain the roads constructed under such acts, and to make adequate provisions for carrying out such maintenance. All moneys accruing to the highway fund and available for expenditure in the construction and maintenance of highways, and all federal funds apportioned to this state for the highway improvement purposes under such acts of congress, shall be expended upon the highways comprising the state highway system, or upon the extension of such highways into or through municipal corporations, except that where funds are allocated to this state from any appropriations made by congress for such purposes, and which allocation provides that a fixed per cent shall be expended upon secondary roads, including United States post roads, school bus routes, and farm-to-market roads, such percentage allocated by federal legislation shall be expended upon secondary or feeder roads as defined by federal law or ruling by any federal agency pursuant to law. The director of transportation shall not request the federal government to reduce the percentage of the apportionment to this state for expenditure on secondary or feeder roads. Such expenditures shall be equitably expended in the several counties of the state. The director may use department equipment under his jurisdiction and charge the cost and expense incident to such use to the fund from which the other costs of the work are paid to carry out the purposes of sections 5531.02 to 5531.04 of the Revised Code, and to comply with the requirements of the federal government, and any road or street funds that are to the credit of the county, township, or municipal corporation in which the proposed improvement is to be made, may be used in such proportion as is agreed upon between the director and the board of county commissioners, or the board of township trustees, or the legislative authority of a municipal corporation for the purpose of supplementing federal funds. The board of county commissioners or legislative authority of a municipal corporation may assume such proportion of the cost of an improvement under its respective jurisdiction as available funds will permit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.27
§ 5555.27. Hearing for objections by joint board - notice
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly As soon as the county engineer has transmitted to the several boards of county commissioners copies of the engineer's surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for the improvement, the joint board of county commissioners shall, except in cases of reconstruction or repair of roads where no lands or property are taken, fix a time and place for hearing objections to said improvement. The joint board shall thereupon, except in cases of reconstruction or repair of roads where no lands or property are taken, publish in a newspaper of general circulation within each interested county, once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, a notice that such improvement is to be made and that copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications therefor are on file in the office of the board of each interested county for the inspection and examination of all persons interested therein. Such notice shall also state the time and place for hearing objections to said improvement. Proceedings for the appropriation of land needed for such improvement shall be maintained in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.521 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.521
§ 5501.521. Department of transportation expense reports
Status: in_force

June 30, 2023 House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly (A) The department of transportation shall prepare expense reports related to grants and loans that are issued by the department through its transportation grant and loan programs. The department shall submit each report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives at the earliest of the following periods: (1) The conclusion of the term of loan; (2) The conclusion of the project funded by the grant; (3) The end of the fiscal year for each fiscal year that the loan or the project is still pending. (B) The department shall require the recipient of the loan or grant to assist in preparing the expense reports and itemizing the uses of the loan or grant money issued to that recipient. (C) The department shall include its administrative expenses in managing the loan or grant program in the expense reports submitted in accordance with this section. (D) If any content required for inclusion in an expense report under this section is the same content that the department submits to the Ohio state and local government expenditure database established under sections 113.70 to 113.77 of the Revised Code, the department may send copies of that content to the president of the senate and speaker of the house of representatives in lieu of including it in a report under this section. Last updated May 3, 2023 at 1:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.661 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.661
§ 5534.661. Sgt. Cory M. Endlich Corridor
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number one hundred seventy-two between seventeenth street NW and thirty-second street NW, in Stark county, shall be known as the "Sgt. Cory M. Endlich Corridor." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.23
§ 5555.23. Improvement by joint board without petition
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, acting as a joint board, may, by a resolution passed by unanimous vote, order the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of any road located in said counties, or extending from one of said counties into or through adjoining counties, or along the line between said counties, and the joint board shall thereupon proceed with the improvement as if it were constructed upon a petition filed therefor.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.013 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.013
§ 5534.013. CPL David James Amheiser Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 2, 2026 House Bill 56 - 136th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number four hundred twenty-one between United States route forty-two and Lodi road, in Medina county, shall be known as the "CPL David James Amheiser Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5535.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5535 / § 5535.03
§ 5535.03. Establishment, construction, and vacation of freeways
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The director of transportation, board of county commissioners, and municipal authorities may lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, regulate, vacate, or abandon the use of freeways within this state in the same manner in which they may lay out, establish, acquire, open, construct, improve, maintain, regulate, vacate, or abandon the use of roads, highways, or streets. Such director, board, and municipal authorities shall have all additional authority and power, relative to such freeways, as they possess relative to roads, highways, or streets, including the authority and power to acquire by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, such lands as are required for rights-of-way, and to be provided for from any available funds. Where an existing road, highway, or street, in whole or in part, has been designated as or included within a freeway, existing easements of access may be extinguished by purchase, gift, agreement, or condemnation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.06
§ 5505.06. Investment and fiduciary duties of state highway patrol retirement board
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 Senate Bill 6 - 135th General Assembly (A) The members of the state highway patrol retirement board shall be the trustees of the funds created by section 5505.03 of the Revised Code. The board shall have full power to invest the funds. The board and other fiduciaries shall discharge their duties with respect to the funds solely in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries; for the exclusive purpose of providing benefits to participants and their beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses of administering the system; with care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with these matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims; and by diversifying the investments of the system so as to minimize the risk of large losses, unless under the circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. The board, in accordance with its fiduciary duties described under this section, shall make investment decisions with the sole purpose of maximizing the return on its investments. The board shall not make an investment decision with the primary purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation. To facilitate investment of the funds, the board may establish a partnership, trust, limited liability company, corporation, including a corporation exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C. 1, as amended, or any other legal entity authorized to transact business in this state. (B) In exercising its fiduciary responsibility with respect to the investment of the funds, it shall be the intent of the board to give consideration to investments that enhance the general welfare of the state and its citizens where the investments offer quality, return, and safety comparable to other investments currently available to the board. In fulfilling this intent, equal consideration shall be given to investments otherwise qualifying under this section that involve minority owned and controlled firms and firms owned and controlled by women, either alone or in joint venture with other firms. The board shall adopt, in regular meeting, policies, objectives, or criteria for the operation of the investment program that include asset allocation targets and ranges, risk factors, asset class benchmarks, time horizons, total return objectives, and performance evaluation guidelines. In adopting policies and criteria for the selection of agents with whom the board may contract for the administration of the funds, the board shall comply with sections 5505.068 and 5505.0610 of the Revised Code and shall also give equal consideration to minority owned and controlled firms, firms owned and controlled by women, and joint ventures involving minority owned and controlled firms and firms owned and controlled by women that otherwise meet the policies and criteria established by the board. Amendments and additions to the policies and criteria shall be adopted in regular meeting. The board shall publish its policies, objectives, and criteria under this provision no less often than annually and shall make copies available to interested parties. The board shall not adopt a policy, or take any action to promote a policy, under which the board makes investment decisions with the primary purpose of influencing any social or environmental policy or attempting to influence the governance of any corporation. When reporting on the performance of investments, the board shall comply with the performance presentation standards established by the association for investment management and research. (C) All evidences of title of the investments purchased by the board shall be delivered to the treasurer of state, who is hereby designated as the custodian thereof, or to the treasurer of state's authorized agent. Evidences of title of the investments may be deposited by the treasurer of state for safekeeping with an authorized agent, selected by the treasurer of state, who is a qualified trustee under section 135.18 of the Revised Code. The treasurer of state shall collect the principal, interest, dividends, and distributions that become due and payable and, when collected, shall credit them to the custodial funds. The treasurer of state shall pay for the investments purchased by the board on receipt of written or electronic instructions from the board or the board's designated agent authorizing the purchase and pending receipt of the evidence of title of the investment by the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's authorized agent. The board may sell investments held by the board, and the treasurer of state or the treasurer of state's authorized agent shall accept payment from the purchaser and deliver evidence of title of the investment to the purchaser on receipt of written or electronic instructions from the board or the board's designated agent authorizing the sale, and pending receipt of the moneys for the investments. The amount received shall be placed in the custodial funds. The board and the treasurer of state may enter into agreements to establish procedures for the purchase and sale of investments under this division and the custody of the investments. (D) All of the board's business shall be transacted, all its funds shall be invested, all warrants for money drawn and payments shall be made, and all of its cash, securities, and other property shall be held, in the name of the board or its nominee, provided that nominees are authorized by board resolution for the purpose of facilitating the ownership and transfer of investments. (E) No purchase or sale of any investment shall be made under this section except as authorized by the board. (F) Any statement of financial position distributed by the board shall include the fair value, as of the statement date, of all investments held by the board under this section. Last updated January 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5523.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5523 / § 5523.17
§ 5523.17. Improvement to be kept in repair - responsibility for bridge inspection
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly After the completion of the work of constructing, reconstructing, widening, or realigning a separated crossing by the director of transportation, in accordance with sections 5523.01 to 5523.20 of the Revised Code, the separated crossing and approaches thereto shall be kept in repair as follows: (A) When the public way crosses the tracks of any railroad company by a structure carrying the highway over such tracks the responsibility for inspection and the cost of maintenance shall be borne by the state; (B) When the public way passes under the tracks of any such company: (1) The responsiblity for inspection and cost of maintaining the bridge and its abutments shall be borne by such company; (2) When there is more than one company involved the bridge and abutments shall be maintained by the companies in such proportion as is fixed by agreement between them and responsibility for inspection shall rest upon the company actually performing the greatest share of maintenance work; (3) In the absence of any such agreement the cost shall be borne in such proportion as is found by the court of common pleas of the county within which the crossing is located to be just and equitable and responsibility for inspection shall rest upon the company actually performing the greatest share of maintenance work; (C) All such public ways and their approaches shall be inspected, maintained, and kept in repair by the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.32
§ 5555.32. Joint board may place portion of improvement wholly within one county
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A joint board of county commissioners has jurisdiction to provide for the construction of a portion a road improvement wholly within one county when it is necessary to avoid some place on the county line where the construction thereof would be unusually expensive or difficult. Last updated October 18, 2022 at 3:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5571 / § 5571.08
§ 5571.08. Removal of obstructions
Status: in_force

June 10, 2004 House Bill 299 - 125th General Assembly Except as provided in section 5571.20 of the Revised Code, the board of township trustees shall cause all the township roads within the township to be kept free from obstruction by snow. The cost and expense thereof shall be paid from the road funds of the township or from the funds allocated to the township by section 5735.27 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.812 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.812
§ 5533.812. Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 36 - 130th General Assembly The bridge that will span the Ohio river in Lawrence county and will replace the existing bridge known as the Ironton-Russell bridge, and that has a final completion date during calendar year 2016, shall be known as the "Oakley C. Collins Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.813 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.813
§ 5533.813. Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 440 - 130th General Assembly (A) The following portions of state route number forty-three and state route number one hundred sixty-four within Jefferson county only shall be known as the "Veterans Memorial Highway": (1) For state route forty-three, the portion commencing at the southern boundary of the municipal corporation of Amsterdam and proceeding in a northerly direction within Amsterdam past the location where state route forty-three begins also to carry the designation state route number one hundred sixty-four, and ending at the location where state route forty-three diverges in a northwesterly direction from state route one hundred sixty-four; (2) For state route one hundred sixty-four, the portion commencing within the municipal corporation of Amsterdam at the location where state route one hundred sixty-four begins also to carry the designation state route forty-three, and proceeding in a northerly direction to the southern boundary of the municipal corporation of Bergholz. (B) The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the designated portion of each highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5543.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5543 / § 5543.18
§ 5543.18. Erection of signposts
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly When authorized by the board of county commissioners the county engineer shall erect and maintain at intersecting roads on intercounty and state highways, suitable signposts, the design of which shall be approved by the director of transportation, showing the names and numbers of the roads and the direction and distance to nearby municipal corporations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.27
§ 5591.27. Bridge to replace one destroyed
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In rebuilding a bridge destroyed or injured by flood or fire, the board of county commissioners may select a new site therefor. Before the change is made, or a contract for that purpose is entered into, the board shall give at least twenty days' notice of the time when the question of change will be considered, and at such hearing, all persons interested may present their views and wishes to the board, either by petition, remonstrance, or orally.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.771 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.771
§ 5533.771. Deputy Chad Edwards Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 273 - 127th General Assembly The road known as state route number thirty-seven, commencing at its southernmost point within the city of Lancaster in Fairfield county and extending in a northerly and southerly direction to the boundary of Fairfield and Licking counties, shall be known as the "Deputy Chad Edwards Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5511.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5511 / § 5511.03
§ 5511.03. Highway facilities for state institutions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2013 House Bill 59 - 130th General Assembly The director of transportation shall examine the existing highway facilities serving the several hospitals, educational institutions, and correctional and other similar institutions belonging to the state, and located outside municipal corporations. Where the director finds that any such state institution is not located on a state highway or connected with a highway by a suitable road, affording in its present condition adequate transportation facilities to those having occasion to visit such institution, the director may establish a state highway leading to such institution from a convenient point on an existing highway. Where the director finds that any such institution is not served by adequate highway facilities connecting it with the railroad delivery point from which it principally obtains fuel, provisions, and supplies, the director may establish a highway connecting such institution and railroad delivery point. Limitations imposed on the mileage of state highways shall not apply to highways established under this section. The director may construct at state expense all highways established under authority of this section and pay the entire cost thereof from the state highway operating fund. Such highways shall be maintained by the department of transportation and the cost shall be paid from the highway operating fund of the department. The directors of transportation, mental health and addiction services, developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation and correction may cooperate in the establishment, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of roads within the limits of state institutions. The cost shall be paid from funds appropriated for highway purposes and from the funds appropriated to the department of mental health and addiction services, department of developmental disabilities, or the department of rehabilitation and correction for capital improvements or maintenance in such proportion as may be agreed upon by the directors of transportation, mental health and addiction services, developmental disabilities, and rehabilitation and correction. Last updated October 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.871 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.871
§ 5534.871. SGT Meredith L. Barnett Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number five hundred fifty between the intersection of that route and Barnett ridge road and the intersection of that route and stone quarry road, in Washington county, shall be known as the "SGT Meredith L. Barnett Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5543.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5543 / § 5543.01
§ 5543.01. General powers and duties of county engineer
Status: in_force

June 10, 2004 House Bill 299 - 125th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the county engineer shall have general charge of the following: (1) Construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of all bridges and highways within the engineer's county, under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners, except for those county roads the board places on nonmaintained status pursuant to section 5541.05 of the Revised Code; (2) Construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or improvement of roads by boards of township trustees under sections 5571.01 , 5571.06 , 5571.07 , 5571.15 , 5573.01 to 5573.15 , and 5575.02 to 5575.09 of the Revised Code; (3) Construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or improvement of the roads of a road district under section 5573.21 of the Revised Code. (B) For any particular project, after notifying the county engineer, the board of township trustees of a township that has adopted a limited home rule government under Chapter 504. of the Revised Code may hire an independent professional engineer to be in charge of those activities listed in division (A)(2) of this section. The county engineer shall review all of the independent professional engineer's plans for improvements and provide the board of township trustees with comments on those plans within ten working days after receiving them. The county engineer shall monitor all plans for improvements in order to maintain compliance with existing construction standards and thoroughfare plans, and coordinate construction timelines within the county. (C) The county engineer may not perform any duties in connection with the repair, maintenance, or dragging of roads by boards of township trustees, except that, upon the request of any board of township trustees, the county engineer shall inspect any road designated by it and advise as to the best methods of repairing, maintaining, or dragging that road.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5512.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5512 / § 5512.04
§ 5512.04. Biennial fiscal forecasts
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly At least once every two years, the director of transportation shall prepare a fiscal forecast predicting or indicating the amount of funding expected to be available for construction of new transportation capacity projects during the period of the forecast. The forecast shall be consistent with the biennial budget approved by the general assembly. The transportation review advisory council shall develop and approve a list of projects that will not cause spending to significantly exceed the funding predicted to be available by the fiscal forecast.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5515.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5515 / § 5515.08
§ 5515.08. Sale of commercial advertising space within a roadside rest area
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly (A) The department of transportation may contract to sell commercial advertising space within or on the outside surfaces of any building located within a roadside rest area under its jurisdiction in exchange for cash payment. Money the department receives under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating fund. (B) Advertising placed under this section shall comply with all of the following: (1) It shall not be libelous or obscene and shall not promote any illegal product or service. (2) It shall not promote illegal discrimination on the basis of the race, religion, national origin, disability, age, or ancestry of any person. (3) It shall not support or oppose any candidate for political office or any political cause, issue, or organization. (4) It shall comply with any controlling federal or state regulations or restrictions. (5) To the extent physically and technically practical, it shall state that the advertisement is a paid commercial advertisement and that the state does not endorse the product or service promoted by the advertisement or make any representation about the accuracy of the advertisement or the quality or performance of the product or service promoted by the advertisement. (6) It shall conform to all applicable rules adopted by the director of transportation under division (E) of this section. (C) Contracts entered into under this section shall be awarded only to the qualified bidder who submits the highest responsive bid or according to uniformly applied rate classes. (D) No person, except an advertiser alleging a breach of contract or the improper awarding of a contract, has a cause of action against the state with respect to any contract or advertising authorized by this section. Under no circumstances is the state liable for consequential or noneconomic damages with respect to any contract or advertising authorized under this section. (E) The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to implement this section. The rules shall be consistent with the policy of protecting the safety of the traveling public and consistent with the national policy governing the use and control of such roadside rest areas. The rules shall regulate the awarding of contracts and may regulate the content, display, and other aspects of the commercial advertising authorized by this section. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:09 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.50
§ 5505.50. Deferred retirement option plan
Status: in_force

June 15, 2006 Senate Bill 206 - 126th General Assembly The state highway patrol retirement board shall establish and administer a deferred retirement option plan. In establishing and administering the plan, the board shall comply with sections 5505.51 to 5505.59 of the Revised Code and may do all things necessary to meet the requirements of section 401(a) of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," (26 U.S.C. 401(a)) as amended, applicable to governmental plans. The board shall adopt rules to implement this section and sections 5505.51 to 5505.59 of the Revised Code. The rules shall specify the date of initial implementation of the plan established under this section. The rules may also specify a period during which an election made under section 5505.51 of the Revised Code may be rescinded.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5563.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5563 / § 5563.10
§ 5563.10. Verdict of jury - court to make finding
Status: in_force

March 17, 1987 House Bill 412 - 116th General Assembly At the conclusion of a trial under section 5563.05 of the Revised Code, the judge shall charge the jury and the jury shall determine in its verdict whether the improvement petitioned for or granted will be conducive to the public convenience and welfare, if an order establishing the proposed improvement or dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of the petition is appealed. The court shall make a finding for or against the improvement, based on the verdict of the jury.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.379 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.379
§ 5533.379. Staff Sergeant Joshua Gire Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number seven hundred seventy-two, commencing at the boundary of Pike county and Ross county and proceeding in a northerly direction to the boundary of Chillicothe in Ross county, shall be known as the "Staff Sergeant Joshua Gire Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.13
§ 5537.13. Contracts - bids - tolls - sinking fund - lien of the pledge
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) Subject to division (C)(1) of this section and section 5537.26 of the Revised Code, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for each turnpike project, and contract in the manner provided by this section with any person desiring the use of any part thereof, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, electric light, or power lines, service facilities, or for any other purpose, and fix the terms, conditions, rents, and rates of charge for such use, provided that no toll, charge, or rental may be made by the commission for placing in, on, along, over, or under the turnpike project, equipment or public utility facilities that are necessary to serve service facilities or to interconnect any public utility facilities. (B) Contracts for the operation of service facilities shall be made in writing. Such contracts, except contracts with state agencies or other governmental agencies, shall be made with the bidder whose bid is determined by the commission to be the best bid received, after advertisement, in accordance with section 7.16 of the Revised Code, for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in and in other publications that the commission determines. The notice shall state the general character of the service facilities operation proposed, the place where plans and specifications may be examined, and the time and place of receiving bids. Bids shall contain the full name of each person interested in them, and shall be in such form as the commission requires. The commission may reject any and all bids. All contracts for service facilities shall be preserved in the principal office of the commission. (C)(1) Except as necessary to comply with covenants in bond proceedings in existence before July 1, 2013, for calendar years 2013 through 2023, the commission shall not increase the toll rates for any class of passenger vehicle as fixed on July 1, 2013, when both of the following apply: (a) The tolls are collected and remitted in accordance with a multi-jurisdiction electronic toll collection agreement; and (b) The distance traveled is thirty miles or less. (2) Subject to division (C)(1) of this section, tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted as to provide funds at least sufficient with other revenues of the Ohio turnpike system, if any, to pay: (a) The cost of maintaining, improving, repairing, constructing, and operating the Ohio turnpike system and its different parts and sections, and to create and maintain any reserves for those purposes; (b) Any unpaid bond service charges on outstanding bonds payable from pledged revenues as such charges become due and payable, and to create and maintain any reserves for that purpose. (D) Tolls are not subject to supervision, approval, or regulation by any state agency other than the turnpike and infrastructure commission. (E) Revenues derived from each turnpike project shall be first applied to pay the cost of maintenance, improvement, repair, and operation and to provide any reserves therefor that are provided for in the bond proceedings authorizing the issuance of those outstanding bonds, and otherwise as provided by the commission. The bond proceedings also shall provide, subject to the provisions of any other applicable bond proceedings, for the pledge of all, or such part as the commission may determine of the pledged revenues and the applicable special fund or funds to the payment of the bond service charges, which pledge may be made to secure the bonds senior or subordinate to or on a parity with bonds theretofore or thereafter issued, if and to the extent provided in the bond proceedings. The pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made; the revenues and the pledged revenues thereafter received by the commission immediately shall be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the commission, whether or not those parties have notice thereof. The bond proceedings by which a pledge is created need not be filed or recorded except in the records of the commission. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of a bond service fund shall be subject to the applicable bond proceedings. (F) The proceeds of bonds issued for the payment of the costs of infrastructure projects, net of the payment of all financing expenses and deposits into debt service reserves or other special funds as may be required in the applicable bond proceedings, shall be deposited to the infrastructure fund or funds and shall be exclusively used to pay the cost of infrastructure projects approved by the commission, except that income earned by the infrastructure fund may be used by the commission towards the payment of bond service charges.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.17
§ 5591.17. Rights and title
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 5591.03 to 5591.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code do not authorize a county in the passage of any resolution, approval of any plans or specifications, execution of any contract, or the acceptance of any dedication on account of the construction, use, or maintenance of any joint bridge, to acquire any other right, title, or interest in or to the lands or rights of any railroad or union depot company other than those which are expressly granted in such contract, and shown upon the dedication plat.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5553.051 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5553 / § 5553.051
§ 5553.051. Fees to cover costs of notice
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may establish a fee to cover the actual costs the county incurs in providing published notice and mailed notice as required by section 5553.05 of the Revised Code. The board may require an initial deposit to be paid at the time a petition for vacation of a road is filed under section 5553.04 of the Revised Code or promptly thereafter. The clerk of the board shall maintain an accurate and detailed accounting of all funds received under this section and expended in providing the required published and mailed notice.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.27
§ 5533.27. Great Seal Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The road known as United States route number twenty-three, running in a north and south direction, commencing at the point of interchange with state route number one hundred fifty-nine in Ross county and extending to the point of interchange with the state route number one hundred four in Ross county, through the municipal corporation of Chillicothe; and the road known as the United States route number thirty-five, running in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction, commencing at the point of the Scioto river bridge northwest of Chillicothe in Ross county and extending to the point of the Scioto river bridge southeast of Chillicothe in Ross county, through the municipal corporation of Chillicothe, shall both be known as the "Great Seal Memorial Highway." The director of transportation shall erect suitable markers upon said highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5525.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5525 / § 5525.09
§ 5525.09. False statement with respect to financial worth
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly No applicant for qualification shall knowingly make a false statement with respect to his financial worth in any application for qualification, financial statement, or other written instrument filed by him with the department of transportation, pursuant to sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code, or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto. Whoever violates this section shall be disqualified from submitting bids on contracts advertised for letting by the department of transportation for the period of two years following the date of his conviction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.411
§ 5534.411. Poland Township Police Officer Charles K. Yates Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 Senate Bill 134 - 132nd General Assembly The eastbound and westbound lanes of United States route number two hundred twenty-four between the intersection of that route and Diana drive and the Pennsylvania border, in Mahoning county, shall be known as the "Poland Township Police Officer Charles K. Yates Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.17
§ 5505.17. Pension and benefits upon retirement
Status: in_force

May 11, 2018 House Bill 362, House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A)(1) Upon retirement as provided in section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, a state highway patrol retirement system retirant shall receive a life pension, without guaranty or refund, equal to the greater of one thousand fifty dollars or the sum of two and one-half per cent of the retirant's final average salary multiplied by the first twenty years of total service credit, plus two and one-quarter per cent of the retirant's final average salary multiplied by the number of years, and fraction of a year, of total service credit in excess of twenty years but not in excess of twenty-five years, plus two per cent of the retirant's final average salary multiplied by the number of years, and fraction of a year, in excess of twenty-five years; provided that in no case shall the pension exceed the lesser of seventy-nine and one-quarter per cent of the retirant's final average salary or the limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended. (2) A member with fifteen or more years of total service credit, who voluntarily resigns or who is discharged from the state highway patrol for any reason except retirement under this chapter, death, dishonesty, cowardice, intemperate habits, or conviction of a felony, shall receive a pension equal to one and one-half per cent of the member's final average salary multiplied by the number of years, and fraction of a year, of total service credit, except that the pension shall not exceed the limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended. The pension shall commence at the end of the calendar month in which the application is filed with the retirement board on or after the attainment of age fifty-five years by the applicant. A member or former member who withdraws any part or all of the accumulated contributions from the employees' savings fund shall thereupon forfeit all rights to a pension provided for in this division. (3)(a) A surviving spouse of a deceased member who died before the effective date of this amendment shall receive a monthly pension, determined as follows, during the spouse's life: (i) If at the time of death the member was not eligible to be granted a pension payable under division (A)(1) of this section or to elect to receive a reduced pension payable under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, nine hundred dollars; (ii) If at the time of death the member was eligible to be granted a pension payable under division (A)(1) of this section or to elect to receive a reduced pension payable under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, the greater of nine hundred dollars or fifty per cent of the computed monthly pension the member would have received had the member been granted a pension under division (A)(1) of this section or elected to receive a reduced pension under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code. (b) The surviving spouse of a retirant who retired before the effective date of this amendment shall receive a monthly pension, determined as follows, during the spouse's life: (i) If the retirant had been granted retirement under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, but at the time of death had not attained the age of eligibility for a pension, nine hundred dollars; (ii) If the retirant had been granted retirement under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code and had attained the age of eligibility for a pension, but at the time of death had not elected to begin receiving the pension, the greater of nine hundred dollars or fifty per cent of the computed monthly pension the retirant was eligible to receive under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code; (iii) If the retirant had been granted retirement and was receiving a pension under division (A)(1) of this section or section 5505.16 or 5505.18 of the Revised Code, or, regardless of whether or not the retirant had actually received any payment, was eligible to receive a pension under division (A)(1) of this section or section 5505.16 or 5505.18 of the Revised Code and had elected to begin receiving it, the greater of nine hundred dollars or fifty per cent of the computed monthly pension awarded the retirant. (c) The surviving spouse of a deceased member who dies on or after the effective date of this amendment or a retirant who retires on or after the effective date of this amendment shall receive a monthly pension during the spouse's life if the spouse was married to the member or retirant while the member or retirant was in the active service of the state highway patrol. The pension shall be determined as follows: (i) During the period beginning on the effective date of this amendment and ending December 31, 2018, nine hundred dollars; (ii) During the period beginning January 1, 2019, and continuing the following twelve months, and the period beginning the first day of January of each year thereafter and continuing the following twelve months, an amount equal to the monthly amount payable during the prior twelve-month period plus an amount determined by multiplying nine hundred dollars by the amount the board determines annually under division (B)(1)(b) of section 5505.174 of the Revised Code. (d) In addition to the pension determined under division (A)(3)(c) of this section, the surviving spouse of a deceased member who dies on or after the effective date of this amendment shall receive a monthly pension during the spouse's life if the spouse was married to the member while the member was in the active service of the state highway patrol and, at the time of death, the member was eligible to be granted a pension payable under division (A)(1) of this section or to elect to receive a reduced pension payable under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code. The pension shall be an amount equal to the amount the surviving spouse would have been entitled to receive had the member retired effective the day following the date of death having selected an option 2 plan under division (A)(2)(b) of section 5505.162 of the Revised Code providing for one-half of the member's lesser pension to be paid to the surviving spouse. (e) If a monthly pension to a surviving spouse was terminated due to a remarriage, the surviving spouse is eligible to receive a monthly pension under division (A)(3) of this section effective the first day of the first month following June 5, 1996. The pension shall be computed under division (A)(3) of this section as of June 5, 1996. The pension payable to a person who is the surviving spouse of more than one state highway patrol retirement system member or retirant shall be computed on the basis of the service of the member or retirant to whom the surviving spouse was most recently married. (4) A pension of one hundred fifty dollars per month shall be paid by the system to or for the benefit of each child of a deceased member or retirant until the child attains the age of eighteen years or marries, whichever event occurs first, or until the child attains twenty-three years of age if the child is a student in and attending an institution of learning or training pursuant to a program designed to complete in each school year the equivalent of at least two-thirds of the full-time curriculum requirements of the institution, as determined by the retirement board. If any surviving child, regardless of age at the time of the member's or retirant's death, because of physical or mental disability, was totally dependent upon the deceased member or retirant for support at the time of death, a pension of one hundred fifty dollars per month shall be paid by the system to or for the benefit of the child during the child's natural life or until the child recovers from the disability. (5)(a) If a retirant died prior to June 6, 1988, and the surviving spouse was not married to the retirant while the retirant was in the active service of the patrol, the surviving spouse shall receive a pension of the greater of four hundred twenty-five dollars per month or fifty per cent of the computed monthly pension the retirant was receiving. (b) If the pension payable to a person receiving a pension under division (A)(5)(a) of this section on June 30, 2000, is less than nine hundred dollars per month, the pension shall be increased to nine hundred dollars per month. (6) If a deceased member or retirant leaves no spouse or surviving children, but leaves two parents depending solely upon the deceased member or retirant for support, each parent shall be paid a monthly pension of one hundred fifty-four dollars. If in such case there is only one parent dependent solely upon the deceased member or retirant for support, such parent shall be paid a monthly pension of one hundred fifty-four dollars. Such pension shall be paid during the life of the surviving parents, or until dependency ceases, or until remarriage, whichever event occurs first. (7) Any amount remaining as accumulated contributions at the time of death of a retirant who leaves no surviving spouse or dependent children or parents shall be paid to the beneficiary or beneficiaries the retirant has nominated by written designation duly executed and filed with the board. A retirant may designate an individual or a trust as a beneficiary. If there is no designated beneficiary surviving the retirant, the retirant's accumulated contributions shall be paid according to the state law of descent and distribution; provided that, if the retirant's accumulated contributions are not claimed by an eligible person or by the estate of the retirant within seven years, they shall be transferred to the income fund of the system and after that shall be paid from that fund to such person or estate upon application to the board. (8) The increase provided for by division (A)(5) of this section shall be included in the calculation of the additional benefit paid under section 5505.174 of the Revised Code. (B) The board shall adopt, and may amend or rescind, the necessary rules for the administration of this section and all decisions of the board shall be final. Any payment of a pension or benefit under this section is subject to the provisions of section 5505.26 of the Revised Code. (C) A member's total service credit may include periods during which the member's employment with the state highway patrol is interrupted by a leave of absence, when requested by the governor, to accept employment with another agency of the state, provided that: (1) The member is reemployed by the state highway patrol within thirty days following termination of such other employment; (2) The member pays into the retirement system, to the credit of the employees' savings fund, an amount equal to the total contributions the member would have paid had the state highway patrol employment not been so interrupted. Such repayment shall begin within ninety days after the member's return to duty with the state highway patrol and be completed within a period equal to that of the leave of absence. (D) Service credits granted under division (C) of this section shall not include any duplications of credits for which a pension is payable by the public employees retirement system. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.10
§ 5501.10. Classification and prioritization of new construction plans and contracts
Status: in_force

June 30, 1995 House Bill 107 - 121st General Assembly Within three months of the effective date of this act, the department of transportation shall establish a written policy for the classification and prioritization of all new construction plans and contracts. The policy shall consider all aspects of new construction planning in a manner allowing the comparison of competing projects. The director of transportation shall utilize the policy in regard to all new construction plans and contracts. Last updated April 21, 2022 at 3:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5559.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5559 / § 5559.16
§ 5559.16. Certain powers supplementary
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The powers conferred by sections 5559.02 to 5559.15 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be supplementary to those conferred by law upon boards of county commissioners, with respect to the improvement of public highways, and the authority of the board in such respect, under existing laws, shall be in no way altered or abridged by such sections. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.59 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.59
§ 5533.59. Bill Mazeroski Highway
Status: in_force

March 24, 2003 House Bill 206 - 124th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number seven running in a north and south direction, commencing at the intersection of state route number seven and Rush Run road in Jefferson county and extending southward to the boundary of Jefferson and Belmont counties, shall be known as "Bill Mazeroski Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5521.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5521 / § 5521.10
§ 5521.10. Commissioners may sell bonds
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners, in anticipation of the collection of the taxes provided for by section 5521.09 of the Revised Code, and in anticipation of the assessments which it is authorized to levy, may, whenever in its judgment it is deemed necessary, sell the bonds of said county in any amount not greater than the aggregate sum necessary to pay the share of the estimated compensation, damages, cost, and expense payable by the county, and by the owners of the lands assessed or to be assessed for such improvement. The aggregate amount of such bonds issued and outstanding at any one time, and to be redeemed by a tax levy upon the grand duplicate of the county, shall not be in excess of one per cent of the tax duplicate of such county. In computing such one per cent, bonds to be redeemed by special assessments shall not be taken into account. Bonds issued under this section shall state for what purpose issued and bear interest at such rate as is fixed by the board, payable semiannually, and in such amounts as to mature in not more than ten years after their issue, as the board determines. Prior to the issuance of such bonds the board shall provide for the levying of a tax upon all the taxable property of the county to cover any deficiency in the levy, payment, or collection of any special assessments anticipated by such bonds. The proceeds of such bonds shall be used exclusively for the payment of the cost and expense of the work for which the bonds are issued.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5525.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5525 / § 5525.10
§ 5525.10. Contracts not to be awarded for more than cost plus five per cent
Status: in_force

June 29, 2005 House Bill 68 - 126th General Assembly Except as provided in section 5525.15 of the Revised Code, no contract for any road improvement shall be awarded for a greater sum than the estimated cost thereof plus five per cent. The bids received for an improvement shall be opened at the time and place stated in the notice and the bids shall conform to such other requirements as the director of transportation prescribes. If no acceptable bid is made the director may readvertise the work at the original estimate or amend the estimate and again proceed to advertise for bids. The director may contract for the construction or improvement of bridges and culverts or the grading required in connection with an improvement and may defer making contracts for the remainder of said improvement until such grade has become stable and solid.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5593.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5593 / § 5593.12
§ 5593.12. Trust indenture
Status: in_force

September 4, 1982 House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly In the discretion of the bridge commission of any county or city, any bonds issued under sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the commission and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign the fees and other revenue to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage the bridge involved or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the commission in relation to the acquisition of property, and the construction, improvement, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the bridge in connection with which such bonds are authorized, the rates of fees to be charged, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of such bridge. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenue may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are required by the commission. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing bonds or debentures of corporations. Such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the commission determines reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of such bridge. Any such trust agreement may provide the method whereby general administrative overhead expense of the commission shall be allocated among the several bridges constructed or acquired by it as a factor of the operation expense of each such bridge.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.06
§ 5591.06. Appropriation of property - approaches - damages - vacation of highways
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may in the making of a contract for the construction, use, and maintenance of a joint bridge, provide for approaches to such bridge for general highway traffic, over or from any other public highway adjacent to such joint bridge, and may acquire lands or property for such bridge and approaches by dedication, purchase, or appropriation in the manner provided for the dedication, purchase, or appropriation of private property for public use, and may pay the cost of construction, maintenance, and use of the bridge or of the establishment, change of location, widening, altering, narrowing, straightening, or vacation of a part or all of any public highway made necessary on account of the construction, use, and maintenance of such bridge, or to enjoy a more complete use of the same, and any damage resulting therefrom to persons or property, together with the cost of constructing said highway at its established, dedicated, changed, altered, or widened location, together with any other cost or expense necessary or incident to the carrying out of the terms of the contract.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.46 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.46
§ 5502.46. Revocation due to fraud - taxes and penalties
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly Whenever a civil defense certificate is revoked because it was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, all taxes that would have been payable had no certificate been issued shall be assessed with maximum penalties prescribed by the law applicable thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.94
§ 5555.94. Repair of damaged roads
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall repair all substantial damage caused to county or township roads by the transportation of materials or equipment over such roads for use in constructing or repairing any road by such board. Such repairs shall be made immediately upon the completion of the work for which such materials and equipment were transported, or as soon thereafter as weather conditions will permit. The work may be done either by contract let in the manner provided by law or by the employment of labor and purchase of materials, as in the ordinary repair of county roads. The cost of such repair shall be paid, so far as funds are available, from any balance remaining in any special fund created for the construction of the improvement for which such materials and equipment were transported. If there is no balance in such fund, payment shall be made from any fund in the county treasury created by general taxation for county road purposes and against which no contractual obligations exist. Immediately upon the completion of any road work carried forward by the county, an inspection of the county and township roads over which material and equipment for use thereon were transported shall be made by the board, or it may require the county engineer to make such inspection and report to it in writing as to any substantial damage caused to such roads by such use thereof. The board shall then make the repairs and make payment therefor as provided in this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.642 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.642
§ 5533.642. Robert E. Netzley Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2003 House Bill 409 - 124th General Assembly The road known as state route number five hundred seventy-one, running in an easterly and westerly direction, through Miami county only, shall be known as the "Robert E. Netzley Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name only if the department of transportation receives private contributions sufficient to pay all costs of manufacturing, erecting, and maintaining the markers. Any private money received by the department for the purposes of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway operating fund or any other fund of the department as determined by the director. No public money shall be used to pay the costs associated with highway markers erected under this section. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5551.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5551 / § 5551.07
§ 5551.07. Appropriation of right of way
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may appropriate such lands and property or any estate, easement, or right therein as are proposed to be conveyed to a street or interurban railway company in exchange for the right of way or other lands to be acquired from it, in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. If any part or all of the lands proposed to be conveyed to such company lies within the bounds of any public road outside a municipal corporation, other than roads on the state highway system, the board may so appropriate the title, estate, interest, and right of abutting owners or others therein, to acquire and perfect their title thereto in fee simple. After such appropriation the board may, in pursuance and performance of the agreement between it and the company, execute and deliver to such company a conveyance of the lands appropriated, in fee simple or such lesser estate or interest therein as has been appropriated by them, in exchange in whole or part for the right of way or other lands to be conveyed to the board by such company, and receive a conveyance from the company of its right of way and other lands so to be acquired, in fee simple or such lesser estate or interest as the company may have. If any part of the right of way or other lands so acquired are owned by the company as an estate less than fee simple, the board, as provided in this section, may proceed to perfect its title thereto in fee simple.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.667 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.667
§ 5534.667. Army PFC Herbert S. Bechtel Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of United States route number sixty-eight between the intersections of township road number two hundred nineteen east and county road number thirty-seven, in Logan county, shall be known as the "Army PFC Herbert S. Bechtel Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.042 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.042
§ 5577.042. Weight provisions for farm, log and coal trucks and farm machinery
Status: in_force

July 27, 2011 Senate Bill 187 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Farm machinery" has the same meaning as in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Farm commodities" includes livestock, bulk milk, corn, soybeans, tobacco, and wheat. (3) "Farm truck" means a truck used in the transportation from a farm of farm commodities when the truck is operated in accordance with this section. (4) "Log truck" means a truck used in the transportation of timber from the site of its cutting when the truck is operated in accordance with this section. (5) "Coal truck" means a truck transporting coal from the site where it is mined when the truck is operated in accordance with this section. (6) "Solid waste" has the same meaning as in section 3734.01 of the Revised Code. (7) "Solid waste haul vehicle" means a vehicle hauling solid waste for which a bill of lading has not been issued. (B)(1) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, the following vehicles under the described conditions may exceed by no more than seven and one-half per cent the weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code and no penalty prescribed in section 5577.99 of the Revised Code shall be imposed: (a) A coal truck transporting coal, from the place of production to the first point of delivery where title to the coal is transferred; (b) A farm truck or farm machinery transporting farm commodities, from the place of production to the first point of delivery where the commodities are weighed and title to the commodities is transferred; (c) A log truck transporting timber, from the site of its cutting to the first point of delivery where the timber is transferred; (d) A solid waste haul vehicle hauling solid waste, from the place of production to the first point of delivery where the solid waste is disposed of or title to the solid waste is transferred. (2) In addition, if any of the vehicles listed in division (B)(1) of this section and operated under the conditions described in that division does not exceed by more than seven and one-half per cent the gross vehicle weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code and does not exceed the wheel or axle-load limits of those sections by more than seven and one-half per cent, no penalty prescribed in section 5577.99 of the Revised Code for a wheel or axle overload shall be imposed. (C) If any of the vehicles listed in division (B)(1) of this section and operated under the conditions described in that division exceeds the weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code by more than the percentage allowance of either division (B)(1) or (2) of this section, both of the following apply without regard to the allowance provided by division (B)(1) or (2) of this section: (1) The applicable penalty prescribed in section 5577.99 of the Revised Code; (2) The civil liability imposed by section 5577.12 of the Revised Code. (D)(1) Division (B) of this section does not apply to the operation of a farm truck, log truck, or farm machinery transporting farm commodities during the months of February and March. (2) Regardless of when the operation occurs, division (B) of this section does not apply to the operation of a vehicle on either of the following: (a) A highway that is part of the interstate system; (b) A highway, road, or bridge that is subject to reduced maximum weights under section 4513.33 , 5577.07 , 5577.071 , 5577.08 , 5577.09 , or 5591.42 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.19
§ 5505.19. Cessation of membership - disposition of accumulations
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly Subject to section 5505.26 of the Revised Code, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system who ceases to be an employee of the state highway patrol for any cause except death, disability, or retirement, upon application filed in writing with the state highway patrol retirement board, shall be paid the accumulated contributions, less interest, standing to the credit of the member's individual account in the employees' savings fund. A member described in this section who is married at the time of application for payment and would be eligible for a pension payable under division (A)(1) or (2) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code but for a forfeiture ordered under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code shall submit with the application a written statement by the member's spouse attesting that the spouse consents to the payment of the member's accumulated contributions. Consent shall be valid only if it is signed and witnessed by a notary public. The board may waive the requirement of consent if the spouse is incapacitated or cannot be located, or for any other reason specified by the board. Consent or waiver is effective only with regard to the spouse who is the subject of the consent or waiver.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.24
§ 5591.24. Construction of approaches to county bridges
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall construct, without unnecessary delay, good and sufficient approaches or ways to bridges erected by it. The board shall contract for such construction in the same manner as for contracting for the construction of such bridges.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.902 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.902
§ 5533.902. Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the highway known as interstate route number two hundred seventy, commencing at the intersection of that route and state route one hundred sixty-one and extending in an easterly direction to its easternmost point within the municipal corporation of Dublin in Franklin county, shall be known as the "Master Sergeant Jeffrey J. Rieck Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.178 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.178
§ 5505.178. Pensions paid in equal monthly installments
Status: in_force

March 24, 2003 House Bill 373 - 124th General Assembly Except as provided in division (A)(3) of section 5505.162 of the Revised Code, all pensions shall be paid in equal monthly installments.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.03
§ 5589.03. Refusal or neglect of officials to perform duty
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No county engineer, township trustee, or township highway superintendent shall willfully neglect, fail, or refuse to perform the duties of his office. Conviction for such neglect, failure, or refusal shall operate as a removal from office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.01
§ 5505.01. Highway patrol retirement system definitions
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Employee" means any qualified employee in the uniform division of the state highway patrol, any qualified employee in the radio division hired prior to November 2, 1989, and any state highway patrol cadet attending training school pursuant to section 5503.05 of the Revised Code whose attendance at the school begins on or after June 30, 1991. "Employee" includes the superintendent of the state highway patrol. In all cases of doubt, the state highway patrol retirement board shall determine whether any person is an employee as defined in this division, and the decision of the board is final. (B) "Prior service" means all service rendered as an employee of the state highway patrol prior to September 5, 1941, to the extent credited by the board, provided that in no case shall prior service include service rendered prior to November 15, 1933. (C) "Total service" means all service rendered by an employee to the extent credited by the board. Total service includes all of the following: (1) Contributing service rendered by the employee since last becoming a member of the state highway patrol retirement system; (2) All prior service credit; (3) Restored service credit as provided in this chapter; (4) Military service credit purchased under division (D) of section 5505.16 or section 5505.25 of the Revised Code; (5) Credit granted under division (C) of section 5505.17 or section 5505.201 , 5505.40 , or 5505.402 of the Revised Code; (6) Credit for any period, not to exceed three years, during which the member was out of service and receiving benefits under Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code. (D) "Regular interest" means interest compounded at rates designated from time to time by the retirement board. (E) "Plan" means the provisions of this chapter. (F) "Retirement system" or "system" means the state highway patrol retirement system created and established in the plan. (G) "Contributing service" means all service rendered by a member since September 4, 1941, for which deductions were made from the member's salary under the plan. (H) "Retirement board" or "board" means the state highway patrol retirement board provided for in the plan. (I) Except as provided in sections 5505.16 , 5505.162 , and 5505.18 of the Revised Code, "member" means any employee included in the membership of the retirement system, whether or not rendering contributing service. (J) "Retirant" means any member who has retired under section 5505.16 or 5505.18 of the Revised Code. (K) "Accumulated contributions" means the sum of the following credited to a member's individual account in the employees' savings fund: (1) All amounts deducted from the salary of the member; (2) All amounts paid by the member to purchase state highway patrol retirement system service credit pursuant to this chapter or other state law. (L)(1) Except as provided in division (L)(2) of this section, "final average salary" means the average of the highest salary paid a member during any five consecutive or nonconsecutive years. If a member has less than five years of contributing service, the member's final average salary shall be the average of the annual rates of salary paid to the member during the member's total years of contributing service. (2) If a member is credited with service under division (C)(6) of this section or division (D) of section 5505.16 of the Revised Code, the member's final average salary shall be the average of the highest salary that was paid to the member or would have been paid to the member, had the member been rendering contributing service, during any five consecutive or nonconsecutive years. If that member has less than five years of total service, the member's final average salary shall be the average of the annual rates of salary that were paid to the member or would have been paid to the member during the member's years of total service. (M) "Pension" means an annual amount payable by the retirement system throughout the life of a person or as otherwise provided in the plan. (N) "Pension reserve" means the present value of any pension, or benefit in lieu of any pension, computed upon the basis of mortality and other tables of experience and interest the board shall from time to time adopt. (O) "Deferred pension" means a pension for which an eligible member of the system has made application and which is payable as provided in division (A) or (B) of section 5505.16 of the Revised Code. (P) "Retirement" means retirement as provided in sections 5505.16 and 5505.18 of the Revised Code. (Q) "Fiduciary" means any of the following: (1) A person who exercises any discretionary authority or control with respect to the management of the system, or with respect to the management or disposition of its assets; (2) A person who renders investment advice for a fee, direct or indirect, with respect to money or property of the system; (3) A person who has any discretionary authority or responsibility in the administration of the system. (R)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this division, "salary" means all compensation, wages, and other earnings paid to a member by reason of employment but without regard to whether any of the compensation, wages, or other earnings are treated as deferred income for federal income tax purposes. Salary includes all of the following: (a) Payments for shift differential, hazard duty, professional achievement, and longevity; (b) Payments for occupational injury leave, personal leave, sick leave, bereavement leave, administrative leave, and vacation leave used by the member; (c) Payments made under a disability leave program sponsored by the state for which the state is required by section 5505.151 of the Revised Code to make periodic employer and employee contributions to the retirement system. (2) "Salary" does not include any of the following: (a) Payments resulting from the conversion of accrued but unused sick leave, personal leave, compensatory time, and vacation leave; (b) Payments made by the state to provide life insurance, sickness, accident, endowment, health, medical, hospital, dental, or surgical coverage, or other insurance for the member or the member's family, or amounts paid by the state to the member in lieu of providing that insurance; (c) Payments for overtime work; (d) Incidental benefits, including lodging, food, laundry, parking, or services furnished by the state, use of property or equipment of the state, and reimbursement for job-related expenses authorized by the state including moving and travel expenses and expenses related to professional development; (e) Payments made to or on behalf of a member that are in excess of the annual compensation that may be taken into account by the retirement system under division (a)(17) of section 401 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 401 (a)(17), as amended; (f) Payments made under division (B), (C), or (E) of section 5923.05 of the Revised Code, Section 4 of Substitute Senate Bill No. 3 of the 119th general assembly, Section 3 of Amended Substitute Senate Bill No. 164 of the 124th general assembly, or Amended Substitute House Bill No. 405 of the 124th general assembly. (3) The retirement board shall determine by rule whether any compensation, wages, or earnings not enumerated in this division are salary, and its decision shall be final. (S) "Actuary" means an individual who satisfies all of the following requirements: (1) Is a member of the American academy of actuaries; (2) Is an associate or fellow of the society of actuaries; (3) Has a minimum of five years' experience in providing actuarial services to public retirement plans.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.415 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.415
§ 5534.415. Officer Kaia L. Grant Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of interstate route number two hundred seventy-five between the intersection of that route and Winton road and the intersection of that route and interstate route number seventy-five, in Hamilton county, shall be known as the "Officer Kaia L. Grant Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 12:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5553.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5553 / § 5553.26
§ 5553.26. Petitioner shall pay cost of changing road - bond
Status: in_force

August 1, 1955 House Bill 109 - 101st General Assembly Upon receiving satisfactory evidence that the road has been changed as authorized by it under section 5553.25 of the Revised Code, and opened to the legal width and improved as required by it, the board of county commissioners shall declare such new road a public highway and cause a record thereof to be made and at the same time vacate so much of the old road as is rendered unnecessary by the new road. The person petitioning for such change shall in all cases pay all costs and expenses in connection with the proceedings, as found and determined by the board, and the expense of making such change including the cost of relocation of any conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles or other equipment or appliances of any public utility, located on, over or under such road. The petitioner shall, on the filing of the petition for such change, give bond to the satisfaction of the board in such amount as it determines to secure payment of the costs of the proceeding and to cover the expense of making the change called for by the proposed improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.833 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.833
§ 5534.833. Cpl. Andrew D. Brownfield Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number two hundred sixty-one, between the intersection of that route and home avenue and the intersection of that route where it joins north main street, in the municipal corporation of Akron in Summit county, shall be known as the "Cpl. Andrew D. Brownfield Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.053 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.053
§ 5533.053. Captain Everett "Butch" Keaton Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 440 - 130th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the highway known as United States route twenty-three, running in a northerly and southerly direction, within Pike county only, shall be known as the "Captain Everett "Butch" Keaton Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.78 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.78
§ 5534.78. Army Specialist Danny Raymond King Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 Senate Bill 134 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number thirty-two between the intersection of that route and state route number one hundred thirty-four and the intersection of state route number thirty-two and Corboy road, in Brown and Highland counties, shall be known as the "Army Specialist Danny Raymond King Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.03
§ 5531.03. Acceptance of federal funds for elimination of grade crossings
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly The director of transportation may accept any allotment of funds by the United States or any department or agency thereof, as appropriated under the "emergency relief appropriation act of 1935," 49 Stat. 115, or by the act of congress approved July 11, 1916, entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads and for other purposes," known as the "federal road aid act of 1916," as amended by the act of congress approved June 16, 1936, and any subsequent legislation either supplementing or amending either of such acts, or otherwise providing funds for the same or similar purposes, in accordance with the rules and regulations issued thereunder, for or in connection with the separation of grades of a public highway and a railroad by the construction of a bridge, underpass, or highway, or railroad relocation, or for the alteration, relocation, reconstruction, change, or repair of any bridge or underpass carrying a public highway over or under a railroad, or for the protection of grade crossings. If any allotment of funds is made by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the purposes stated, the division of any expense, in connection with such improvement, between the state or any political subdivision thereof and the railroad involved, unless otherwise agreed upon, shall be in accordance with existing laws applying to municipal, county, or state highway grade separation projects, but the division of expense shall be limited to only that part of the expense of the improvement as remains after the application thereto of any funds accepted from the United States or any department or agency thereof. To accomplish the improvements contemplated under the "emergency relief appropriation act of 1935," or the "federal road act of 1916," as amended, and any subsequent legislation supplementing or amending either of such acts, or under any other act of congress, the director, in all instances where it is necessary and expedient and the appropriate federal agency is in accord, may proceed with the separation of grades of any public highway or street and a railroad, or the alteration, relocation, reconstruction, change, or repair of any crossing of a public highway or street and railroad at which the grades are already separated. The procedure governing such improvements shall be in accordance with sections 5523.01 and 5523.19 and related sections of the Revised Code, as applicable to railroad crossings on the state highway system, except as provided in this section. On receipt of waiver of the notice of hearing provided for in section 5523.03 of the Revised Code from the affected railroad company, the director may dispense with a hearing under that section and issue an order declaring the grade separation improvement necessary and expedient. As a condition precedent to such a declaration in connection with a grade separation within a municipal corporation or on a county road not on the state highway system, the director must receive from the municipal corporation or county an ordinance or resolution, duly enacted by a majority of votes of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation or the board of county commissioners in which the improvement is located, consenting to the improvement and agreeing to assume the maintenance obligation imposed on that political subdivision in the case of a grade separation improvement constructed in co-operation with a railroad company under existing statutes. The director may provide protection at grade crossings with federal funds, providing the appropriate federal agency is in accord, and upon application of a railroad company specifying the type of protection requested, accompanied by its agreement to maintain the protection at the grade crossing. The legislative authority of a political subdivision, when approved by the director and when co-operating with the department of transportation, may follow the procedure available to the director in grade elimination projects as provided in Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code, as further modified by this section, but no contracts shall be awarded for the construction of such an improvement until the director is satisfied that all needed property is available. For the purpose of expediting such improvements as are undertaken under this section, work may begin on such improvement immediately after the completion of the publication of notice of the intention to proceed with the improvement required in section 5523.11 of the Revised Code, except that the notice need not name any owners not of record or whose place of residence is unknown and cannot, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, be ascertained, or who are nonresidents of the state. Service of notice upon the owners of all property to be taken, and on owners of land abutting on any portion of the highway to be physically changed, or that will be vacated in the construction of the improvement, shall be completed in accordance with section 5523.11 of the Revised Code within one hundred twenty days after the publication of the notice. Any owners whose place of residence is unknown and cannot, by the exercise of reasonable diligence, be ascertained, or who are nonresidents of the state shall be notified by a further publication of a time for the presentation of their claims, which shall be not less than twenty days after the completion of publication. Such further publication shall be in a newspaper and for such time as is provided in section 5523.11 of the Revised Code. The requirements of the holding of an open meeting to explain the plans, as provided in section 5523.11 of the Revised Code, shall be optional with the director in connection with such an improvement. The board or legislative authority of any municipal corporation may co-operate with the director in any of the improvements described in this section, adopting the appropriate procedure set forth in sections 5521.02 , 5521.07 , and 5523.15 and related sections of the Revised Code. The portion of the cost to be borne by the board or legislative authority of a municipal corporation may be paid from any available county or municipal funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5561.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5561 / § 5561.13
§ 5561.13. Townships and municipal corporations - bond issues - tax levies
Status: in_force

May 13, 1981 House Bill 95 - 114th General Assembly The board of township trustees and the legislative authority of any municipal corporation in which a proposed grade crossing improvement is to be made may assume and agree to pay to the county, on behalf of the municipal corporation such portion of the costs of the improvement assumed by the county as the board of township trustees or legislative authority deem reasonable. For the purpose of raising the money to pay the proportion of the cost of such improvement payable by the county, township, or municipal corporation, the bonds of such county, township, or municipal corporation may be issued to the necessary amount. They shall be of such denomination and payable at such place and times as the board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or legislative authority respectively determine, and shall bear interest not exceeding the rate provided in section 9.95 of the Revised Code, but shall not be sold for less than their par value. After completion of the improvement, a tax may be levied by the county to pay the costs of maintaining and keeping in repair that part of the work required to be maintained and kept in repair by the county. The bond issues and tax levies authorized by this section shall be subject to the limitation prescribed for bond issues and tax levies for the purpose of paying the county's, township's, and municipal corporation's share of the cost of a road improvement carried forward by the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.762 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.762
§ 5533.762. Sgt. Robert M. Carr Memorial Interchange
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 273 - 127th General Assembly The interchange of state route number forty-five and state route number eighty-two located in Champion township in Trumbull county shall be known as the "Sgt. Robert M. Carr Memorial Interchange." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers at the interchange indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5512.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5512 / § 5512.10
§ 5512.10. Review of request for interchange
Status: in_force

June 30, 1999 House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly This section applies if a political subdivision outside the jurisdiction of a metropolitan planning organization submits a request to the department of transportation for an interchange to be constructed on an interstate highway or a multi-lane, fully controlled-access highway under the jurisdiction of the department. When reviewing such a request, the department or the transportation review advisory council shall consider whether the proposal promotes farmland preservation and efforts to control urban sprawl.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.68
§ 5534.68. U.S. Army Specialist Jason N. Cox Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 455 - 131st General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of United States route number twenty between the intersection of that route and Grafton road and the intersection of that route and state route number five hundred eleven near the municipal corporation of Oberlin, in Lorain county, shall be known as the "U.S. Army Specialist Jason N. Cox Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.818 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.818
§ 5534.818. PFC George Dennis McClelland Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the road known as state route number one hundred fifty-two, running in a northerly and southerly direction between the intersection of that route with county road fifty-six and the intersection of that route with township road two hundred forty-nine, in Jefferson county only, shall be known as the "PFC George Dennis McClelland Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.18
§ 5537.18. Applications for infrastructure project funding
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission shall adopt rules establishing the procedures and criteria under which the commission may approve an application received from the director of transportation for infrastructure project funding under division (B) of this section. The rules shall require an infrastructure project to have an anticipated benefit to the system of public highways in the state of Ohio and transportation-related nexus with and relationship to the Ohio turnpike system and the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure system. The criteria included in the rules for determining if an infrastructure project has the required nexus and relationship to the Ohio turnpike system and the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure system and the criteria for approving an application for infrastructure project funding submitted by the director of transportation shall include the following: (1) A physical proximity of the infrastructure project to and a direct or indirect physical connection between the infrastructure project and the Ohio turnpike system; (2) The impact of the infrastructure project on traffic density, flow through, or capacity on the Ohio turnpike system; (3) The impact of the infrastructure project on the Ohio turnpike system toll revenue or other revenues; (4) The impact of the infrastructure project on the movement of goods and services on or in the area of the Ohio turnpike system; and (5) The enhancement or improvement by and through the infrastructure project of access to, use of, and egress from the Ohio turnpike system and access to and from connected areas of population, commerce, and industry. (B) The director of transportation may submit an application to the commission for infrastructure project funding. An application to the commission for infrastructure project funding, as submitted by the director, shall include only infrastructure projects that previously have been reviewed and recommended by the transportation review advisory council pursuant to the selection process followed by the council under Chapter 5512. of the Revised Code. In selecting infrastructure projects for which applications will be made to the commission for infrastructure project funding, the director shall consider the physical proximity of the project to the Ohio turnpike system. Not less than ninety per cent of the total cost of the infrastructure project funding requests submitted by the director of transportation to the commission shall be for infrastructure projects that are at least partially located within seventy-five miles of the Ohio turnpike system. By rule, the director may establish guidelines under which an application may be made for infrastructure project funding that combines separate projects if the combination of projects is necessary to satisfy any funding threshold required for approval by the transportation review advisory council and the individual projects have a nexus to the Ohio turnpike system and also address a critical public safety concern or have a significant economic impact. (C) The commission shall evaluate each application for infrastructure project funding submitted under division (B) of this section in accordance with the procedures and criteria established in rules adopted under division (A) of this section. A determination or approval made under this section is conclusive and incontestable. (D) Nothing in this section shall interfere with the authority of the director of transportation under Chapter 5512. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.817 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.817
§ 5534.817. Marine LCpl Jacob Spann Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of interstate route number seventy-one between the intersections of that route with interstate route number two hundred seventy and United States route number thirty-six, in Franklin and Delaware counties, shall be known as the "Marine LCpl Jacob Spann Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5549.021 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5549 / § 5549.021
§ 5549.021. Issuing general obligation bonds
Status: in_force

October 21, 2003 House Bill 97 - 125th General Assembly (A) A board of township trustees may purchase machinery, tools, trucks, and other equipment for use in constructing, maintaining, and repairing roads and, subject to Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, may issue for that purpose general obligation bonds of the township for which the full faith and credit of the township shall be pledged. (B) A board of township trustees may enter into a lease for machinery, tools, trucks, and other equipment for use in constructing, maintaining, and repairing roads, including a lease with an option to purchase. Any lease with an option to purchase shall require the board to pay a cash down payment of at least three-twentieths of the total cost. If the board sells used equipment as part of a lease with option to purchase, the cash down payment may be reduced by the amount of the selling price of the used equipment. A lease with an option to purchase may be entered into only with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder of the equipment after advertising for bids in the manner provided in section 5575.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.22
§ 5589.22. Damages
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly A corporation or person shall be liable for all damages arising to a person from an obstruction or injury to a road or highway as provided by section 5589.21 of the Revised Code, which damage shall be recovered by an action at the suit of the board of township trustees of the township in which the offense is committed, or of any person suing therefor before a judge of a county court or judge of a municipal court having jurisdiction where the offense is committed, or by indictment in the court of common pleas in the proper county. Each twenty-four hours the person or corporation, after being notified, permits such obstruction to remain, shall be an additional offense against such section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5503.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5503 / § 5503.31
§ 5503.31. Arrest authority on turnpike projects
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly The state highway patrol shall have the same authority as is conferred upon it by section 5503.02 of the Revised Code with respect to the enforcement of state laws on other roads and highways and on other state properties, to enforce on all turnpike projects the laws of the state and the bylaws, rules, and regulations of the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission. The patrol, the superintendent of the patrol, and all state highway patrol troopers shall have the same authority to make arrests on all turnpike projects for violations of state laws and of bylaws, rules, and regulations of the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission as is conferred upon them by section 5503.02 of the Revised Code to make arrests on, and in connection with offenses committed on, other roads and highways and on other state properties.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.609 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.609
§ 5533.609. Sgt. Louis Torres Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2014 Senate Bill 209 - 130th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number fifty-eight, commencing at the intersection of that state route and state route number five hundred eleven and proceeding in a northerly direction to the intersection of state route fifty-eight and the road known as Cleveland avenue to the west of that state route and as north ridge road east to the east of that state route, within Lorain county only, shall be known as the "Sgt. Louis Torres Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.175 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.175
§ 5505.175. Increase in benefit or allowance when IRC 415 limits increased
Status: in_force

July 24, 1990 Senate Bill 240 - 118th General Assembly henever the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, are raised, the state highway patrol retirement board shall increase the amount of the pension, benefit, or allowance of any person whose pension, benefit, or allowance payable under section 5505.17 , 5505.174 , or 5505.18 of the Revised Code was limited by the application of section 415. The amount of the increased pension, benefit, or allowance shall not exceed the lesser of the amount the person would have received if the limits established by section 415 had not been applied or the amount the person is eligible to receive subject to the new limits established by section 415.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.376 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.376
§ 5533.376. Army Corporal Keith Nepsa Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 3, 2014 House Bill 19 - 130th General Assembly In addition to the designation in section 5533.37 of the Revised Code, that portion of the road known as interstate route number seventy-seven, commencing in Tuscarawas county at mile marker number seventy-nine and proceeding in a northerly direction to mile marker number eighty-one, shall be known as the "Army Corporal Keith Nepsa Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.917 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.917
§ 5534.917. Officer Wayne A. Leon Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 578 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of Lorain avenue between the intersection of that avenue and west sixty-fifth street and the intersection of that avenue and west thirtieth street, located in the municipal corporation of Cleveland, shall be known as the "Officer Wayne A. Leon Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 12:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.28 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.28
§ 5534.28. Sergeant Adam L. Knox Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 Senate Bill 182 - 131st General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the road known as interstate route number seventy, commencing at the interchange of that interstate route and North Wilson road and proceeding in a westerly direction to the interchange of that interstate route and Hilliard Rome road, within Franklin county only, shall be known as the "Sergeant Adam L. Knox Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5527.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5527 / § 5527.03
§ 5527.03. Use of funds for lighting and safety purposes
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly Funds derived from the state's share of the motor vehicle fuel taxes and the highway use tax may be used areas, and elsewhere on state highways where in the discretion by the director of transportation for the purpose of lighting limited access interchanges, roadway parks and rest of the director lighting is needed for informational purposes or to alert the traveling public of unusual roadway hazards. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.15
§ 5533.15. Governor Robert Lucas Highway
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The road known as state route number one hundred twenty-four running in an east and west direction across the state through the counties of Meigs, Vinton, Jackson, Pike, Highland, and Clinton and through the municipal corporations of Pomeroy, Jackson, Piketon, and Hillsboro shall be known as the "Governor Robert Lucas highway." The director of transportation shall erect suitable markers upon said highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:25 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.132 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.132
§ 5502.132. Ohio investigative unit fund
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio investigative unit fund. The fund shall consist of any nonfederal money received by the investigative unit of the department of public safety that is not otherwise required to be deposited into another fund under any provision of the Revised Code. The director of public safety shall use the money in the fund to pay the expenses of administering the law relative to the powers and duties of the investigative unit. All investment earnings shall be retained by the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.112 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.112
§ 5505.112. Actions against highway patrol retirement system, the board, its officers, employees, or board members; venue
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 42 - 130th General Assembly Any action brought against the state highway patrol retirement system or the state highway patrol retirement board or its officers, employees, or board members in their official capacities shall be brought in the appropriate court in Franklin county, Ohio.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.416 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.416
§ 5534.416. Deputy Sheriff Emil Kleinwaechter Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the road known as United States route number fifty, running in a westerly and easterly direction, commencing at the intersection of that route and Newtown road and extending to the intersection of that route and Elm road, in Hamilton county only, shall be known as the "Deputy Sheriff Emil Kleinwaechter Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.423 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.423
§ 5534.423. Patrolman James R. Wert Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

October 24, 2024 House Bill 251 - 135th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route number eighty-eight between Loomis parkway and state route number fourteen, in Portage county, shall be known as the "Patrolman James R. Wert Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated September 13, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.44
§ 5502.44. Distribution of certificate
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly A civil defense certificate, when issued, shall be sent by registered mail to the applicant and notice of such issuance, in the form of certified copies thereof, shall be sent by registered mail by the certifying authority to the tax commissioner and to the county auditor of the county in which any property to which the same relates is located. Notice of the order of the certifying authority denying, revoking, or modifying a civil defense certificate, in the form of certified copies thereof, shall be sent by registered mail to the applicant or the holder thereof and to the tax commissioner and such county auditor. The applicant or holder and the tax commissioner and such county auditor are parties for the purpose of the review afforded by section 5502.45 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.171 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.171
§ 5533.171. Sergeant Dennis E. Kancler Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the road known as state route number eighty-two, commencing at the intersection of that route with interstate route seventy-seven and proceeding in an easterly direction to the boundary of the municipal corporation of Brecksville in Cuyahoga county, shall be known as the "Sergeant Dennis E. Kancler Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5545.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5545 / § 5545.07
§ 5545.07. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Full and accurate records of all proceedings of the commission provided for in section 5545.01 of the Revised Code shall be kept by the county auditor upon the journal of the board of county commissioners. He shall carefully preserve in his office all plans, drawings, profiles, bills of materials, specifications of work, and estimates of costs, in detail and in the aggregate, pertaining to such improvement or construction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.14
§ 5531.14. Establishment and collection of tolls
Status: in_force

September 11, 2014 House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly (A) To the extent permitted by federal law, the director of transportation may fix, revise, charge, and collect user fees for each toll project, and contract with any person or governmental agency desiring the use of any part thereof, including the right-of-way adjoining the paved portion, for placing thereon telephone, electric light, or power lines, service facilities, or for any other purpose, and fix the terms, conditions, rents, and rates of charge for such use; provided, that no user fee, charge, or rental may be made for placing in, on, along, over, or under the toll project, equipment or public utility facilities that are necessary to serve service facilities or to interconnect any public utility facilities. A toll project operator shall display signs that identify the applicable user fees, including fees for motor vehicles that do not have an active, functioning electronic toll collection device registered for and in use in the vehicle. The toll project operator shall erect or otherwise display signs in advance of the toll project at locations that are of distances that are sufficient to notify motor vehicle operators of the opportunity to exit the street or highway on which they are traveling before the street or highway becomes, becomes part of, or otherwise leads to the toll project and for the use of which user fees apply. (B) In accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director shall establish a plan, schedule, or system of user fees or charges and shall declare the purpose, amount, and duration of the user fees or charges. Any proposal to implement a user fee or other charge under this section may include a plan, schedule, or system of tolls or charges that is subject to adjustment by the director within and in accordance with that plan, schedule, or system. As part of the plan, schedule, or system, the director shall develop a written process for setting user fee rates. In developing the process, the director shall seek and consider public comment. In doing so, the director shall hold at least one public hearing within fifty miles of the location of the toll project for which the written process is developed. The director, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, also may adopt such additional rules as the director determines necessary for the establishment, collection, and enforcement of user fees and administrative fees, including the purpose, amount, and duration of the fees. (C) One or more user fees, or a portion of any user fees, may be pledged to the repayment of obligations issued for the purpose of financing the toll project and shall be a pledged receipt for those obligations to the extent pledged in the proceedings authorizing such obligations. One or more user fees, or a portion of any user fees, also may be pledged to the repayment of obligations under any public-private agreement or related financing as provided in sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code. (D) User fees shall be so fixed and adjusted by the director as to provide funds at least sufficient with other revenues of the Ohio transportation system, if any, to pay all of the following: (1) Any debt service charges on obligations issued to pay costs of one or more toll projects as such charges become due and payable, taking into account any other amounts available for such purposes; (2) Any obligations under any public-private agreement entered into in connection with a toll project as such amounts become due and payable; (3) The cost of maintaining, improving, repairing, constructing, financing and operating toll projects within the interstate system or the state highway system and its different parts and sections, and to create and maintain any reserves for those purposes. (E) Except as provided in division (F) of this section, money received from user fees, other than those received pursuant to a public-private agreement, which shall be deposited in accordance with such agreement and shall be used for the exclusive benefit of such toll project, shall be deposited to the credit of the Ohio toll fund, which is hereby created in the state treasury. The treasurer of state may establish separate subaccounts within the Ohio toll fund as determined to be necessary or convenient to pay costs of constructing, improving, repairing, maintaining, administering, and operating toll projects within the state highway system. Any remaining money deposited into the Ohio toll fund shall be used at the discretion of the director to support construction, improvement, repair, maintenance, administration, and operation costs for approved toll projects and highway projects within one mile of a toll project. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. (F) The issuing authority of obligations issued for the purpose of financing the toll project, by the fifteenth day of July of each fiscal year, shall certify or cause to be certified to the department of transportation and the office of budget and management the total amount of money required during the current fiscal year to meet in full all debt service charges and otherwise comply with the requirements of any applicable bond proceedings and all obligations under any public-private agreement relating to a toll project as provided in sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code. The issuing authority shall make or cause to be made supplemental certifications to the department and the office of budget and management for each bond service payment date and at such other times during each fiscal year as may be provided in the applicable bond proceeding or public-private agreement or required by that department or office. Bond service charges, costs of credit enhancement facilities, other financing costs, and any other amounts required under the applicable bond proceedings and all amounts required under any applicable public-private agreement shall be set forth separately in each certification. Money received from user fees and other pledged receipts shall be deposited to the credit of the bond service fund at such times and in such amounts as are necessary to satisfy all those payment requirements of the applicable bond proceedings or to the credit of any fund established for such purpose under any public-private agreement. At such time that bond service charges on all outstanding bonds issued in connection with any toll project and the interest on the bonds have been paid or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest on the bonds to the maturity of the bonds has been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, as provided in the applicable bond proceedings, and at such time as all amounts due and to become due pursuant to a public-private agreement, which are payable from user fees, have been paid, the project shall be operated, improved, and maintained by the department of transportation as a part of the state highway system and shall be free of user fees.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.12
§ 5534.12. U.S.M.C. Lance Corporal Dustin R. Fitzgerald "Dusty" Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 440 - 130th General Assembly That portion of state route two hundred one, running in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction from the intersection of that route with Chambersburg road and the intersection of that route with Taylorsville road in the municipal corporation of Huber Heights, shall be known as the "U.S.M.C. Lance Corporal Dustin R. Fitzgerald "Dusty" Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name."
Ohio Rev. Code § 5521.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5521 / § 5521.05
§ 5521.05. Resolution requesting director to proceed with the work
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly If the board of county commissioners or municipal authority, after adopting the maps, plans, profiles, specifications, and estimates, are still of the opinion that the work should be constructed, and that they should co-operate upon the basis set forth in the proposal, such board or municipal authority shall adopt a resolution requesting the director of transportation to proceed with the work, and shall enter into a contract with the state providing for the payment by such county or municipal corporation of the agreed proportion of the cost and expense. The form of such contract shall be prescribed by the attorney general, and all such contracts shall be submitted to the attorney general and approved by him before the director may advertise for bids. All improvements upon which any county or municipal corporation may co-operate shall be constructed under the sole supervision of the director. The proportion of the cost and expense payable by the county or municipal corporation, shall be paid by the county treasurer or the treasurer of the municipal corporation upon the warrant of the county or municipal auditor, issued upon the requisition of the director. Upon completion of the improvement the director shall ascertain the exact cost and expense thereof and notify the board or municipal authority. Any balance, in the fund provided by such board or municipal authority, shall be returned to the county or municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.354 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.354
§ 5533.354. LCPL Danny Scherry Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 243 - 127th General Assembly In addition to the designations in sections 5533.35 , 5533.351 , 5533.352 , and 5533.353 of the Revised Code, the road known as interstate highway number ninety, located within the municipal corporation of Rocky River in Cuyahoga county only, shall be known as the "LCPL Danny Scherry Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.67
§ 5502.67. Justice program service fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 2015 House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the justice program services fund. The fund shall consist of the court costs designated for the fund pursuant to section 2949.094 of the Revised Code and all money collected by the division of criminal justice services for nonfederal purposes, including subscription fees for participating in the Ohio incident-based reporting system under division (C) of section 5502.62 of the Revised Code, unless otherwise designated by law. The justice program services fund shall be used to pay costs of administering the operations of the division of criminal justice services.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5543.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5543 / § 5543.22
§ 5543.22. Design-build contracts
Status: in_force

July 1, 2015 House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly Notwithstanding sections 153.65 to 153.71 of the Revised Code, a county engineer may combine the design and construction elements of a bridge, highway, or safety project into a single contract, but only if the cost of the project as bid does not exceed five million dollars. When required to use competitive bidding, the county engineer shall award a design-build contract in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. In lieu of the requirement for plans, the county engineer shall prepare and distribute a scope of work document upon which bidders shall base their bids. A county engineer may request the director of transportation to review and comment on the scope of work document or the construction plans for conformance with state and federal requirements. If so requested, the director shall review and comment on the document or plans. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5511.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5511 / § 5511.09
§ 5511.09. Procedure for naming of highway
Status: in_force

August 22, 2008 Senate Bill 44 - 127th General Assembly Within a county, any highway or bridge that is part of the state highway system may be officially assigned a distinctive name, commemorative of an historical event or personage or a commonly accepted and appropriate name, by which the highway or bridge is known. Upon agreement of the governing bodies of the county and each township and municipal corporation within the county through which the highway extends or in which the bridge is located, a request for approval of the highway or bridge name may be submitted to the director of transportation. The agreement shall be indicated by a resolution from each governing body in support of the proposed highway or bridge name. The resolution may not be withdrawn, amended, or repealed for thirty days following receipt of the resolution by the requesting authority, or during the time the request is pending before the director. Within thirty days after receipt of such a request, the director shall inform the requesting authority of the director's decision. If the director approves the request, the requesting authority, at its own expense, may erect markers indicating the name of the highway or bridge within the county, provided that any marker so erected shall conform to the law of this state and to federal law and shall be in accordance with the directives for the signing of named memorial highways included in the manual adopted by the department of transportation under section 4511.09 of the Revised Code. Only one name per county shall be assigned to a highway or a bridge under this section, and the name shall apply to the entire extension of the highway or the entire portion of the bridge within the county. A name assigned to a state highway or part thereof or a bridge under this section may be altered or abolished, pursuant to approval of the director, in the same manner as provided for assignment of the original name. This section shall not in any way modify, limit, or restrict the authority of a municipal corporation to designate within the municipal corporation, the name of a highway or a bridge that is part of the state highway system. If a municipal corporation has acted pursuant to its authority and designated the name of a highway or bridge within the municipal corporation, no other name may be assigned to that highway or bridge under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.36
§ 5591.36. Guardrails for bridge or steep embankment
Status: in_force

April 9, 2003 Senate Bill 106 - 124th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall erect and maintain on county roads, where not already done, one or more guardrails on each end of a county bridge, viaduct, or culvert more than five feet high. The board also shall protect, by guardrails, all embankments with a rise of more than eight feet in height and with a downward slope of greater than seventy degrees, where the embankments have an immediate connection with a county road. The expense for a guardrail required under this section shall be paid out of the county bridge fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.37
§ 5591.37. Noncompliance
Status: in_force

April 9, 2003 Senate Bill 106 - 124th General Assembly Negligent failure to comply with section 5591.36 of the Revised Code shall render the county liable for all accidents or damages resulting from that failure.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.32
§ 5534.32. Sgt. Donald Russell Long, Medal of Honor Recipient, Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 Senate Bill 182 - 131st General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number ninety-three, commencing at the intersection of that route and cedar street in Jackson county and proceeding in a southerly direction to the boundary of Jackson county and Lawrence county, shall be known as the "Sgt. Donald Russell Long, Medal of Honor Recipient, Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5516.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5516 / § 5516.09
§ 5516.09. Use of right-of-way
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly Unless otherwise provided by law, both of the following are prohibited: (A) The use of the right-of-way of a limited access highway for construction, maintenance, or copy change of a lawful advertising device; (B) The use of the right-of-way of any highway other than a limited access highway to construct, maintain, or service a lawful advertising device without the written permission of the appropriate district office of the department of transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.639 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.639
§ 5533.639. Lt. Lloyd Thomas Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly The bridge spanning the Hocking River near the community of The Plains in Athens county and being part of the highway known as United States route number thirty-three, shall be known as the "Lt. Lloyd Thomas Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5515.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5515 / § 5515.06
§ 5515.06. Procedure to remove buildings or other obstructions near railroad crossings
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly If the director of transportation or board of county commissioners deems it necessary, at or near railroad crossings, to remove buildings or other obstructions near such crossings, they shall, by resolution, declare it necessary to appropriate such buildings or other obstructions and the ground upon which they are located, if deemed advisable, and cause notice of the passage of such resolution to be served upon owners of the property sought to be appropriated. If such owners are nonresidents, the director or board shall cause notice of such resolution to be given by one publication in some newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the property sought to be appropriated is located, and, if the address of such owners is known to the county auditor, he shall cause a copy of such notice to be mailed to them. Within ten days after service of the resolution or publication of notice, such owners shall file with the director or board their claims for compensation and damages. The director or board shall make allowances of compensation and damages to owners who have filed claims therefor, and, without the filing of such claims, shall make allowances of compensation and damages to such owners as are under disability. If such owners are not satisfied with the allowances made, they may appeal to the probate court as provided in sections 5563.01 to 5563.19 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.11
§ 5501.11. Department of transportation with respect to highways
Status: in_force

June 29, 2005 House Bill 68 - 126th General Assembly (A) The functions of the department of transportation with respect to highways shall be to do all of the following: (1) Establish state highways on existing roads, streets, and new locations and construct, reconstruct, widen, resurface, maintain, and repair the state system of highways and the bridges and culverts thereon; (2) Cooperate with the federal government in the establishment, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of post roads and other roads designated by the federal authorities; (3) Conduct research and cooperate with organizations conducting research in matters pertaining to highway design, construction, maintenance, material, safety, and traffic; (4) Cooperate with the counties, municipal corporations, townships, and other subdivisions of the state in the establishment, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and improvement of the public roads and bridges. (B) To fulfill its functions under division (A) of this section, the department shall develop and maintain a pavement management system. The system shall inventory and evaluate basic road and bridge conditions throughout the state highway system and develop strategies to improve those conditions, minimize annual maintenance of the state highway system, and ensure that a disproportionate percentage of the roads and bridges on the state highway system are not due for replacement or major repair at the same time. The department shall identify and promote longer pavement life spans to lessen user delays and the disruption to traffic on the state highway system.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.77
§ 5533.77. Staff Sgt. Kendall H. Ivy II Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 273 - 127th General Assembly That portion of the road known as United States route number thirty, running in an easterly and westerly direction between state route number six hundred two and state route number five hundred ninety-eight, shall be known as the "Staff Sgt. Kendall H. Ivy II Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.92
§ 5534.92. James F. Dicke, Sr. Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 House Bill 455 - 131st General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route two hundred seventy-four, running in an easterly and westerly direction from the intersection of that route and state route three hundred sixty-four to the intersection of that route and county road seventy-one within Auglaize county, shall be known as the "James F. Dicke, Sr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers on the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.54
§ 5502.54. Escaped convict alert program
Status: in_force

March 2, 2026 House Bill 23 - 136th General Assembly (A) "Law enforcement agency" means an organization or unit made up of law enforcement officers as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The escaped convict alert program is created to aid in the identification and location of any person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony offense or was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of a felony offense who has escaped from a jail, workhouse, or correctional institution while incarcerated for or awaiting adjudication of that felony offense. For purposes of this section, a jail, workhouse, or correctional institution does not include a community-based correctional facility or halfway house. (2) A law enforcement agency that receives a notice pursuant to section 341.011 , 753.19 , or 5120.14 of the Revised Code regarding a person who was convicted of or pleaded guilty to a felony offense or was indicted or otherwise charged with the commission of a felony offense may activate the escaped convict alert program for the surrounding area or region of the jail, workhouse, or correctional institution from which the person has escaped. (C) Nothing in division (B) of this section prevents the activation of a local or regional alert program that may impose different criteria for the activation of a local or regional alert. (D) Any radio broadcast station, television broadcast station, or cable system participating in the escaped convict alert program or in any local or regional alert program, and any director, officer, employee, or agent of any station or system participating in either type of alert program, shall not be liable to any person for damages for any loss allegedly caused by or resulting from the station's or system's broadcast or cablecast of, or failure to broadcast or cablecast, any information pursuant to the escaped convict alert program or the local or regional alert program. (E) Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the use of the federal emergency alert system unless otherwise authorized by federal law. Last updated January 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.54
§ 5505.54. Accrual of plan member's pension and contributions
Status: in_force

January 7, 2013 Senate Bill 345 - 129th General Assembly (A) During the period beginning on the effective date of an election to participate in the deferred retirement option plan and ending on the date participation ceases, a member's monthly pension amount determined under section 5505.53 of the Revised Code shall accrue to the member's benefit. To this amount shall be added any benefit increases the member would be eligible for under section 5505.174 of the Revised Code had the member, on the effective date of the member's election, retired under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The amounts contributed under division (A) of section 5505.15 of the Revised Code by a member participating in the deferred retirement option plan shall be credited as follows: (a) Ten per cent of the member's annual salary shall accrue to the member's benefit. (b) Any amount of the member's annual salary that is in excess of ten per cent shall be credited to the employer's accumulation fund. (2) The state highway patrol retirement system shall credit to the employer's accumulation fund the amounts contributed by the state under section 5505.15 of the Revised Code on behalf of a member participating in the deferred retirement option plan. (C) During the period beginning on the election's effective date and ending on the date the member ceases participation in the plan, the amounts described in divisions (A) and (B)(1)(a) of this section shall earn interest at an annual rate established by the state highway patrol retirement board and compounded annually using a method established by rule adopted under section 5505.50 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.471 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.471
§ 5533.471. Elder High School Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 4, 2014 Senate Bill 245 - 130th General Assembly (A) That portion of state route number two hundred sixty-four located within the city of Cincinnati and also known as Glenway avenue, commencing at the intersection of that route and Gilsey avenue and extending in an easterly direction to the intersection of that route with Beech avenue, shall be known as the "Elder High School Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway." (B) The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. (C) Subject to approval by the director in relation to the marker size, color, format, and method of placement, elder high school may erect auxiliary markers in conjunction with the markers erected by the director under division (B) of this section, bearing one of the following names: (1) "Navy Commander Leonard Frederick Vogt, Jr."; (2) "Air Force Captain Albert Francis Sayer, Jr."; (3) "Marine Corps Sergeant Thomas Patrick Kindt"; (4) "Army Specialist Five Robert James Oates"; (5) "Army Corporal Donald Lawrence Schnee"; (6) "Marine Corps Corporal David Raymond Caruso"; (7) "Army Private First Class Michael Lee Faulkner"; (8) "Marine Corps Private First Class Michael Francis Huwel"; (9) "Army Private First Class Paul Patrick Davis"; (10) "Marine Corps Corporal William Francis Reiter"; (11) "Marine Corps Lance Corporal Michael Robert Witt." Elder high school may alternate the approved auxiliary markers on a periodic basis.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.848 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.848
§ 5534.848. Paulding County Purple Heart Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northeastbound and southwestbound lanes of United States route number twenty-four in Paulding county shall be known as the "Paulding County Purple Heart Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.03
§ 5502.03. Division of homeland security
Status: in_force

July 1, 2015 House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly (A) There is hereby created in the department of public safety a division of homeland security. (B) The division shall do all of the following: (1) Coordinate all homeland security activities of all state agencies and be the liaison between state agencies and local entities for the purposes of communicating homeland security funding and policy initiatives; (2) Collect, analyze, maintain, and disseminate information to support local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, other government agencies, and private organizations in detecting, deterring, preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from threatened or actual terrorist events. This information is not a public record pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (3) Coordinate efforts of state and local governments and private organizations to enhance the security and protection of critical infrastructure, including casino facilities, and key assets in this state; (4) Develop and coordinate policies, protocols, and strategies that may be used to prevent, detect, prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorist acts or threats; (5) Develop, update, and coordinate the implementation of an Ohio homeland security strategic plan that will guide state and local governments in the achievement of homeland security in this state. (C) The director of public safety shall appoint an executive director, who shall be head of the division of homeland security and who regularly shall advise the governor and the director on matters pertaining to homeland security. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the director of public safety. To carry out the duties assigned under this section, the executive director, subject to the direction and control of the director of public safety, may appoint and maintain necessary staff and may enter into any necessary agreements. (D) Except as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this section shall be construed to give the director of public safety or the executive director of the division of homeland security authority over the incident management structure or responsibilities of local emergency response personnel.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5573.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5573 / § 5573.13
§ 5573.13. Township's proportion of costs - payment
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107, House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly The proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of any road improvement to be paid by the township shall be paid out of any road improvement fund available for it. For the purpose of providing by taxation a fund for the payment of the township's proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of constructing, reconstructing, resurfacing, or improving roads under sections 5571.01 , 5571.06 , 5571.07 , 5571.15 , 5573.01 to 5573.15 , and 5575.02 to 5575.09 of the Revised Code, and for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, or dragging any public road or part of any public road under their jurisdiction, in the manner provided in sections 5571.02 to 5571.05 , 5571.08 , 5571.12 , and 5575.01 of the Revised Code, the board of trustees may levy, annually, a tax not exceeding three mills upon each dollar of the taxable property of the township. The levy shall be in addition to all other levies authorized for township purposes, and subject only to the limitation on the combined maximum rate for all taxes now in force. The taxes so authorized shall be placed by the county auditor upon the tax duplicate against the taxable property of the township, and collected by the county treasurer as other taxes. When collected, the taxes shall be paid to the fiscal officer of the township from which they are collected, and the money so received shall be under the control of the board of township trustees for the purposes for which the taxes were levied. The Legislative Service Commission presents the text of this section as a composite of the section as amended by multiple acts of the General Assembly. This presentation recognizes the principle stated in R.C. 1.52(B) that amendments are to be harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.63 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.63
§ 5502.63. Poster and brochure describing safe firearms practices and information regarding human trafficking
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The division of criminal justice services in the department of public safety shall prepare a poster and a brochure that describe safe firearms practices. The poster and brochure shall contain typeface that is at least one-quarter inch tall. The division shall furnish copies of the poster and brochure free of charge to each federally licensed firearms dealer in this state. As used in this division, "federally licensed firearms dealer" means an importer, manufacturer, or dealer having a license to deal in destructive devices or their ammunition, issued and in effect pursuant to the federal "Gun Control Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 1213, 18 U.S.C. 923 et seq., and any amendments or additions to that act or reenactments of that act. (B)(1) The division of criminal justice services shall create a poster that provides information regarding the national human trafficking resource center hotline. The poster shall be no smaller than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size and shall include a statement in substantially the following form: "If you or someone you know is being forced to engage in any activity and cannot leave - whether it is commercial sex, housework, farm work, or any other activity - call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 to access help and services. Victims of human trafficking are protected under U.S. and Ohio law. The toll-free Hotline is: - Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - Operated by a non-profit, non-governmental organization - Anonymous & confidential - Accessible in 170 languages - Able to provide help, referral to services, training, and general information." The statement shall appear on each poster in English, Spanish, and, for each county, any other language required for voting materials in that county under section 1973aa-1a of the "Voting Rights Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 437, 42 U.S.C. 1973, as amended. In addition to the national human trafficking resource center hotline, the statement may contain any additional hotlines regarding human trafficking for access to help and services. (2) The division shall make the poster available for print on its public web site and shall make the poster available to and encourage its display at each of the following places: (a) A highway truck stop; (b) A hotel, as defined in section 3731.01 of the Revised Code; (c) An adult entertainment establishment, as defined in section 2907.39 of the Revised Code; (d) A beauty salon, as defined in section 4713.01 of the Revised Code; (e) An agricultural labor camp, as defined in section 3733.41 of the Revised Code; (f) A hospital or urgent care center; (g) Any place where there is occurring a contest for the championship of a division, conference, or league of a professional athletic association or of a national collegiate athletic association division I intercollegiate sport or where there is occurring an athletic competition at which cash prizes are awarded to individuals or teams; (h) Any establishment operating as a massage parlor, massage spa, alternative health clinic, or similar entity by persons who do not hold a valid license from the state medical board to practice massage therapy under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code; (i) A fair. (3) As used in this section: (a) "Fair" means the annual exposition conducted by any county or independent agricultural society or the Ohio expositions commission. (b) "Highway truck stop" means a gas station with a sign that is visible from a highway, as defined in section 5501.01 of the Revised Code, that offers amenities to commercial vehicles.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.377 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.377
§ 5533.377. Lance Corporal Peter James Clore Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number thirty-nine, commencing at the intersection of that state route and ridge avenue northeast within the municipal corporation of New Philadelphia and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of that state route and tall timber road northeast, within Tuscarawas county only, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Peter James Clore Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5571 / § 5571.10
§ 5571.10. Landscape and beautification projects
Status: in_force

October 8, 2001 House Bill 174 - 124th General Assembly As part of improving or maintaining any road, upon petition or otherwise, the board of township trustees may provide for landscape and beautification projects along the road. Such projects may include planting trees or other plants and installing and maintaining decorative pathways, walls, signage, fencing, banners, fountains, and other similar features. In providing for the projects, the board shall proceed in accordance with Chapter 5575. of the Revised Code. The cost of the projects may be paid by any of the methods provided in section 5573.07 of the Revised Code, as determined by the board by resolution. If the board finds that the projects will result in general as well as special benefits, the portion of the cost that is found to represent the value of the general benefit may be paid from the general fund of the township treasury.