Ohio Rev. Code § 5552.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5552 / § 5552.02
§ 5552.02. Regulations for management of access onto county and township roads
Status: in_force

October 24, 2002 House Bill 366 - 124th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, for the purposes of promoting traffic safety and efficiency and maintaining proper traffic capacity and traffic flow, a board of township trustees may adopt, by resolution, regulations for the management of access onto township roads in the unincorporated area of the township in accordance with sections 5552.05 and 5552.06 of the Revised Code. As part of those regulations, the board may require permits, including interim and temporary permits, for the construction, reconstruction, use, and maintenance of any point of access from public or private property onto those township roads. If the board adopts regulations that require permits, the regulations shall include standards that will be used for the approval or denial of a permit. Any regulations regarding the approval or denial of a permit shall specify a reasonable period for the approval or denial and shall provide that a failure to approve or deny, in whole or in part, any permit, license, or other approval sought within that period shall constitute a granting of approval for the permit, license, or other approval. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this division, a board of township trustees of a township other than an urban township may not adopt regulations authorized by this division until the date that is one year after the effective date of this section, and then only if the county does not adopt or initiate the process of adopting regulations under division (B) of this section within that one-year period. If the county initiates the process of adopting regulations under division (B) of this section within that one-year period but does not actually adopt regulations under division (B) of this section within two years after the effective date of this section, the township may adopt regulations authorized by this division on or after the date that is two years after the effective date of this section. (B) For the purposes of promoting traffic safety and efficiency and maintaining proper traffic capacity and traffic flow, the board of county commissioners may adopt, by resolution, regulations for the management of access onto county and township roads in the unincorporated area of the county in accordance with sections 5552.04 and 5552.06 of the Revised Code. As part of those regulations, the board may require permits, including interim and temporary permits, for the construction, reconstruction, use, and maintenance of any point of access from public or private property onto those county and township roads. If the board adopts regulations that require permits, the regulations shall include standards that will be used for the approval or denial of a permit. Any regulations regarding the approval or denial of a permit shall specify a reasonable period for the approval or denial and shall provide that a failure to approve or deny, in whole or in part, any permit, license, or other approval sought within that period shall constitute a granting of approval for the permit, license, or other approval. The same county regulations that apply to county roads shall apply to township roads. Except as provided in divisions (C) and (D) of this section, upon their effective date, the county regulations shall apply to all county and township roads in the unincorporated area of the county. (C) On or after the appropriate date provided in division (A) of this section for adopting regulations under that division, the board of township trustees of a township other than an urban township may adopt the regulations authorized by that division. If such a board of township trustees adopts regulations, and a board of county commissioners later adopts regulations under division (B) of this section that apply to the same township roads, then, one year after the effective date of the county regulations, the regulations adopted by the board of township trustees shall be void, and the regulations adopted by the board of county commissioners shall apply to those township roads. However, the board of township trustees may establish an earlier date for the county regulations to take effect and the township regulations to be void by adopting a resolution establishing an earlier date and sending a certified copy of that resolution to the board of county commissioners. (D) Except as otherwise provided in this division, if an urban township adopts regulations under division (A) of this section and the county also adopts regulations under division (B) of this section that affect township roads in that township, the county regulations shall have no effect on the township roads in that township. If the urban township adopts its regulations after the county adopts its regulations, however, the county regulations shall remain in effect for one year after the township regulations are adopted unless the board of county commissioners establishes an earlier date for the county regulations to expire within that urban township. After the earlier established date or one year, whichever is applicable, only the township regulations shall apply to the township roads in that urban township, although the county regulations shall continue to apply to the county roads in that urban township. (E) Any county regulations adopted under this section shall be, to the extent possible, consistent with county zoning regulations and coordinated with any existing township zoning regulations. Any township regulations adopted under this section shall be, to the extent possible, consistent with any county or township zoning regulations in effect in the township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5516.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5516 / § 5516.06
§ 5516.06. Requirements for advertising devices along state primary highways
Status: in_force

June 30, 2021 House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly No advertising device shall be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right-of-way of a highway on the primary system except the following: (A) Advertising devices located in zoned or unzoned industrial or commercial areas adjacent to highways on the primary system that conform to rules adopted by the director of transportation; (B) Signs lawfully in existence on October 22, 1965, that the director, subject to the approval of the secretary of the United States department of transportation, has determined to be landmark signs, including signs on farm structures or natural surfaces, which are of historic or artistic significance; (C) Advertising devices that are located on the premises of a professional sports facility and that conform to rules adopted by the director. Last updated April 12, 2021 at 10:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.172 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.172
§ 5505.172. Additional monthly payments eligibility on or after 7-1-68 and prior to 7-1-71
Status: in_force

December 19, 1973 House Bill 214 - 110th General Assembly On and after the effective date of this section, all persons who retired and were eligible to receive a pension that was first payable on or after July 1, 1968, and prior to July 1, 1971, pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 or division (B)(1) of section 5505.18 of the Revised Code, shall receive an additional monthly payment of two dollars for each year between the member's effective date of retirement or disability and July 1, 1973.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.32
§ 5589.32. Erection of advertising signs resembling those required of railroad companies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person, firm, or corporation shall erect, display, or maintain an advertising or other sign on, along, or near any public highway, in any county of this state, which resembles the highway crossing signs which steam and interurban railroads have erected, in compliance with section 4955.33 of the Revised Code, at the crossings of public roads and railroads. The public utilities commission shall enforce this section, prosecute any violations thereof, and order the removal of any such prohibited sign. The attorney general and the prosecuting attorney of any county shall carry into effect the orders of the commission made under this section and shall prosecute any violations of such orders. Each day that any violation of this section continues constitutes a separate offense. The erection, display, or maintenance of each advertising or other sign referred to in this section, except as provided in section 4955.33 of the Revised Code, constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.069 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.069
§ 5505.069. Annual disclosures to Ohio Ethics Commission
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The state highway patrol retirement system shall disclose the following to the Ohio ethics commission: (1) Anything of value received by the system from an agent and anything of value given on behalf of the system by an agent; (2) The name of any employee of the system with authority over the investment of retirement system funds or any board member of the system who deals with an agent regarding amounts described in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) The disclosures required by this section shall be made annually in a report submitted by a date prescribed by the Ohio ethics commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.44
§ 5591.44. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

July 1, 1989 House Bill 111 - 118th General Assembly Prosecution under sections 5591.42 and 5591.43 of the Revised Code shall be in the name of the state and be commenced within three months after the offense is committed. Sections 5591.33 to 5591.43 of the Revised Code do not take away from the board of county commissioners a right of action for damages, which it may have against a person for injury done to a bridge. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.85 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.85
§ 5534.85. LCpl Marc L. Cole Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 Senate Bill 86 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the portion of state route number fifty-five, running in an easterly and westerly direction, commencing at the intersection of that route and state route number five hundred seventy-one and extending to the intersection of that route and state route number forty-eight, in Miami county only, shall be known as the " LCpl Marc L. Cole Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5561.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5561 / § 5561.10
§ 5561.10. Height of crossing above grade
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 Senate Bill 361 - 100th General Assembly Any way, crossing, or viaduct constructed over the tracks of any railroad company under sections 5561.01 to 5561.09 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be of such height as not to be of less than twenty-one feet in the clear, from the top surface of the rails in the railroad track to the lowest point of projection of such overhead way, crossing, or viaduct, unless such company consents to, or the court orders a less height. In no event shall the court of common pleas order a less height than sixteen feet three inches.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5525.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5525 / § 5525.05
§ 5525.05. Rules - lists of qualified bidders
Status: in_force

March 13, 1997 Senate Bill 287 - 121st General Assembly For the purpose of carrying into effect sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code, and ensuring that the award of all contracts is made to competent and responsible bidders or the lowest and best bidders for environmental remediation and specialty work for which there are no classes of work set out in the rules adopted by the director, subject to and in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director of transportation may adopt such rules as the director considers proper. The rules may cover the requirements of the department of transportation with respect to classes of work, joint ventures, subcontracting procedures, causes for revocation or nonrenewal of a certificate of qualification, establishment of a debarment process, equipment, past record and experience of applicant, personnel of organization, and any other matters the director considers necessary to enable the director to pass upon the qualifications of applicants. The director may make public lists of qualified bidders, but the lists shall not indicate the bidders' prequalification amounts.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.149 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.149
§ 5531.149. Compensation of Bureau
Status: in_force

July 1, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) A toll project operator shall compensate the bureau of motor vehicles for its actions in enforcing sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code with respect to the registered owner of a motor vehicle that is titled or registered in this state. The toll project operator shall provide such compensation by collecting and paying to the bureau, on a monthly basis, an administrative fee of five dollars for each certificate of registration issuance prevention order sent to and processed by the bureau under sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code. The bureau shall deposit all money it collects under this division in the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code. (B) The director of transportation may enter into an agreement with the department, division, bureau, office, or other unit of government of any other state or jurisdiction that is functionally equivalent to the department of transportation or the bureau of motor vehicles for the purpose of enforcing sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code with respect to the registered owner of a motor vehicle that is titled or registered in such other state or jurisdiction and utilizes a toll project. The agreement may provide for the denial in such other state or jurisdiction of the issuance of a new or renewal motor vehicle certificate of registration in the name of that person and the denial of any motor vehicle certificate of registration for the motor vehicle that utilized a toll project for which the required user fee or associated administrative fee was not paid by the registered owner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.041
§ 5501.041. Advanced air mobility division
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) The director of transportation shall create an advanced air mobility division within the department of transportation. The director shall appoint a deputy director of that division and shall assign the duties, powers, and functions of that deputy director in accordance with section 5501.04 of the Revised Code. (B) The purpose of the division is to integrate advanced air mobility capabilities into existing public service networks within the state and to support advanced air mobility public safety and national security objectives. (C) The responsibilities of the division shall include: (1) Incorporating advanced air mobility into state public transportation by: (a) Establishing an operational state-based advanced air mobility air traffic management system; (b) Ensuring that the system described in division (C)(1)(a) of this section integrates with the existing federal aviation administration air traffic management system; (c) Developing advanced air mobility tracking and information support infrastructure; (d) Establishing advanced air mobility overflight and liability regulations with consideration of existing federal regulations. (2) Supporting advanced air mobility solutions for law enforcement, fire departments, and emergency medical services by establishing standard operating procedures for use of advanced air mobility by those entities; (3) Supporting public safety and national security objectives by establishing advanced air mobility critical infrastructure protection policies. (D) The division may coordinate with the office of aviation within the department of transportation and with any other federal, state, or local government agency, office, or department in advancing its purpose and fulfilling its responsibilities. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.813 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.813
§ 5534.813. LCpl Gerald Subler 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 state route number one hundred eighty-five between Burns road and Progress way, in Darke county, shall be known as the "LCpl Gerald Subler 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 § 5537.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.04
§ 5537.04. Authority and powers of turnpike and infrastructure commission
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 162 - 134th General Assembly (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may do any of the following: (1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2) Adopt an official seal, which shall not be the great seal of the state and which need not be in compliance with section 5.10 of the Revised Code; (3) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at such places within the state as it designates; (4) With respect to the Ohio turnpike system and turnpike projects, sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, provided any actions against the commission shall be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the commission is located, or in the court of common pleas of the county in which the cause of action arose if that county is located within this state, and all summonses, exceptions, and notices of every kind shall be served on the commission by leaving a copy thereof at its principal office with the secretary-treasurer or executive director of the commission; (5) With respect to infrastructure projects only, sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, provided any actions against the commission shall be brought in the court of common pleas of Franklin county, and all summonses, exceptions, and notices of every kind shall be served on the commission by leaving a copy thereof at its principal office with the secretary-treasurer or executive director of the commission. (6) Construct, maintain, repair, police, and operate the turnpike system, and establish rules for the use of any turnpike project; (7) Issue revenue bonds of the state, payable solely from pledged revenues, as provided in this chapter, for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of constructing any one or more turnpike projects or infrastructure projects; (8) Fix, and revise from time to time, and charge and collect tolls by any method approved by the commission, including, but not limited to, manual methods or through electronic technology accepted within the tolling industry; (9) Acquire, hold, and dispose of property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this chapter; (10) Designate the locations and establish, limit, and control such points of ingress to and egress from each turnpike project as are necessary or desirable in the judgment of the commission and of the director of transportation to ensure the proper operation and maintenance of that turnpike project, and prohibit entrance to such a turnpike project from any point not so designated; (11) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter, including participation in a multi-jurisdiction electronic toll collection agreement and collection or remittance of tolls, fees, or other charges to or from entities or agencies that participate in such an agreement; the commission also may enter into agreements with retail locations, including deputy registrars, to allow the general public to acquire electronic toll collection devices, commonly known as transponders, from the retail locations for such reasonable fees as are established by the commission; (12) Employ or retain or contract for the services of consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, and any other engineers, construction and accounting experts, financial advisers, trustees, marketing, remarketing, and administrative agents, attorneys, and other employees, independent contractors, or agents that 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 of the Ohio turnpike system; (13) Receive and accept from any federal agency, subject to the approval of the governor, and from any other governmental agency grants for or in aid of the construction, reconstruction, repair, renovation, maintenance, or operation of any turnpike 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 grants and contributions are made; (14) Provide coverage for its employees under Chapters 4123. and 4141. of the Revised Code; (15) Fix and revise by rule, from time to time, such permit fees, processing fees, or administrative charges for the prepayment, deferred payment, or nonpayment of tolls and use of electronic tolling equipment or other commission property; (16) Adopt rules for all of the following: (a) The issuance of citations by a policing authority, the issuance of citations through administrative means, and the issuance of invoices by the commission to any person that fails to pay the tolls or fees established for the use of any turnpike project; (b) The issuance of a second invoice to any person who fails to remit payment of a toll or fee to the commission for more than thirty days after issuance of the first invoice and for the imposition of associated late fees; (c) The implementation of procedures whereby a person may dispute an invoice with the commission through an administrative hearing at the commission's principal office as authorized under section 5537.041 of the Revised Code; (d) The implementation of procedures whereby a person may appeal the decision of an administrative hearing in the manner described in section 5537.041 of the Revised Code. (17) Approve funding and authorize agreements with the department of transportation for the funding of infrastructure projects recommended by the director of transportation pursuant to the criteria established by rule under section 5537.18 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission may do all acts necessary or proper to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter. (C) As used in this section and section 5537.041 of the Revised Code, "person" has the same meaning as in section 1745.05 of the Revised Code. Last updated January 19, 2022 at 1:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.58
§ 5534.58. Ralph Regula 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, United States route number thirty between fifteen hundred feet west of mile marker nineteen and eight-tenths and one mile east of mile marker eleven and six-tenths, within Wayne county, shall be known as the "Ralph Regula Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.418 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.418
§ 5534.418. Deputy Sheriff Bill Bender and Trooper Randy Bender 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 state route number three hundred nine, between the intersection of that route and Marion-Williamsport road west and the intersection of that route and Holland road, in Marion county, shall be known as the "Deputy Sheriff Bill Bender and Trooper Randy Bender Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 12:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.045 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.045
§ 5505.045. Filing of statements - prohibited campaign activities
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) No person shall knowingly fail to file a complete and accurate campaign finance statement or independent expenditure statement in accordance with section 5505.044 of the Revised Code. (B) No person, during the course of a person seeking nomination for, and during any campaign for, election to the state highway patrol retirement board, shall knowingly and with intent to affect the nomination or the outcome of the campaign do any of the following by means of campaign materials, an advertisement on radio or television or in a newspaper or periodical, a public speech, press release, or otherwise: (1) With regard to a candidate, identify the candidate in a manner that implies that the candidate is a member of the board or use the term "re-elect" when the candidate is not currently a member of the board; (2) Make a false statement concerning the formal schooling or training completed or attempted by a candidate; a degree, diploma, certificate, scholarship, grant, award, prize, or honor received, earned, or held by a candidate; or the period of time during which a candidate attended any school, college, community technical school, or institution; (3) Make a false statement concerning the professional, occupational, or vocational licenses held by a candidate, or concerning any position the candidate held for which the candidate received a salary or wages; (4) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has been indicted or convicted of a theft offense, extortion, or other crime involving financial corruption or moral turpitude; (5) Make a statement that a candidate has been indicted for any crime or has been the subject of a finding by the Ohio elections commission, the secretary of state, or the Ohio election integrity commission without disclosing the outcome of any legal proceedings resulting from the indictment or finding; (6) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has a record of treatment or confinement for mental disorder; (7) Make a false statement that a candidate or board member has been subjected to military discipline for criminal misconduct or dishonorably discharged from the armed services; (8) Falsely identify the source of a statement, issue statements under the name of another person without authorization, or falsely state the endorsement of or opposition to a candidate by a person or publication; (9) Make a false statement concerning the voting record of a candidate or board member; (10) Post, publish, circulate, distribute, or otherwise disseminate a false statement concerning a candidate, either knowing the same to be false or with reckless disregard of whether it was false or not, if the statement is designed to promote the election, nomination, or defeat of the candidate. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.23
§ 5537.23. Liberal construction of chapter
Status: in_force

April 12, 1991 Senate Bill 7 - 118th General Assembly This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.79
§ 5501.79. Acquisition of property
Status: in_force

June 29, 2011 House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly The department of transportation, in the same manner and for the same transportation purposes established in section 5519.01 of the Revised Code, may acquire property, rights-of-way, or other rights in property for transportation use in connection with transportation projects that are part of a public-private initiative in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code. If the department proposes to acquire property, rights-of-way, or other rights in property for such transportation use at the request of a private entity, the acquisition shall be by the department, in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code and only if the director of transportation first makes a finding that the acquisition is for a public transportation use and serves the public transportation purposes of sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code; the director also shall require the private party to pay the costs of the acquisition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.21
§ 5555.21. Petition relating to improvement in more than one county
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the proposed improvement is in two or more counties or along the county line between two or more counties in this state or extends from one county into or through one or more adjoining counties in this state, the petition described in section 5555.03 of the Revised Code may be filed with the board of county commissioners of any one of the interested counties. The board with which said petition is filed shall cause a certified copy thereof to be filed with the board of each of the other counties in which some part of the proposed improvement is situated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.43
§ 5534.43. Detective Corporal J. Phillip Brown Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 Senate Bill 182 - 131st General Assembly That portion of the road known as United States route number twenty-two, running in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction from the intersection of that road with Lauderman road to the intersection of that road with Clarksburg pike within Fayette and Pickaway counties, shall be known as the "Detective Corporal J. Phillip Brown Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.603 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.603
§ 5533.603. Freeman C. Thompson Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly The bridge that is part of state route number eight hundred twenty-one, between mile marker number eight and mile marker number nine at mile eight and four-hundredths miles, near the village of Caldwell in Noble county, shall be known as the "Freeman C. Thompson 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 3:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.02
§ 5534.02. FN James C. Baumer, USN Memorial Interchange
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 Senate Bill 190 - 131st General Assembly The interchange of the roads known as state route number two and state route number thirteen located in Huron township in Erie county shall be known as the "FN James C. Baumer, USN Memorial Interchange." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers at the interchange indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.44
§ 5533.44. Rosa Parks Highway
Status: in_force

September 13, 1989 House Bill 186 - 118th General Assembly The road known as interstate number four hundred seventy-five, which encircles the city of Toledo and is located in Lucas and Wood counties, shall be known as the "Rosa Parks Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5541.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5541 / § 5541.02
§ 5541.02. Board of county commissioners to designate county highway system - approval by director of transportation
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly The board of county commissioners shall determine, from the statistics and information furnished by the several boards of township trustees within the county, the relative importance and value for traffic of the various public highways of the entire county. The board of county commissioners shall begin work as soon as the necessary information is furnished by the several boards of township trustees within the county and, after a careful review and consideration of the information furnished, shall select and designate a connected system of county highways, of the mileage it deems proper and expedient, connecting with the intercounty and state highways of the county all of the villages and centers of rural population within the county. The system of highways, when selected and designated by the board of county commissioners, shall be known as the system of county highways of the county, and all of the roads composing the system shall be known and designated as county roads. The board of county commissioners may call to its assistance the county engineer and may require the county engineer to report as to the relative importance of the highways of any township, with respect to which the board of township trustees fails to report within a reasonable time. Upon the completion of its investigation and the designation of a system of county highways, the board of county commissioners shall require the engineer to make a map of it. A copy of this map, with the mileage of the selected roads indicated on it, together with a brief statement by the board of county commissioners of its reasons for the selection made, shall be transmitted to the director of transportation. If the director finds that the system has been designated in substantial compliance with this section and section 5541.01 of the Revised Code, and that all portions of the system of county highways connect with either a state or intercounty highway, or another county road, the director shall, within sixty days, approve the system and certify the approval to the board of county commissioners, which shall cause a copy of the map, approved by it, to be made a part of its records and shall cause a copy of it to be filed in the office of the county engineer and of the fiscal officer of each township within the county. The system of roads designated upon the map shall then become the system of county roads of the county. Each road constituting a part of the system shall be given a number by the board of county commissioners, which may also divide the roads into convenient sections and assign appropriate designations to each section. No state or intercounty highway or part of it shall be included in the system of county highways. The board of county commissioners may make changes in or additions to the county system as in the manner provided by this section. All expenses incurred in carrying out this section shall be paid from the general county road fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5575.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5575 / § 5575.01
§ 5575.01. Maintenance and repair of roads by contract or force account
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly (A) In the maintenance and repair of roads, the board of township trustees may proceed either by contract or force account, but, unless the exemption specified in division (C) of this section applies, if the board wishes to proceed by force account, it first shall cause the county engineer to complete the force account assessment form developed by the auditor of state under section 117.16 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in sections 505.08 and 505.101 of the Revised Code, when the board proceeds by contract, the contract shall, if the amount involved exceeds one hundred five thousand dollars, be let by the board to the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement for bids once, not later than two weeks, prior to the date fixed for the letting of the contract, using at least one of the following methods: (1) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the township; (2) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (3) On the web site and social media account of the township. If the amount involved is one hundred five thousand dollars or less, a contract may be let without competitive bidding, or the work may be done by force account. Such a contract shall be performed under the supervision of a member of the board or the township road superintendent. (B) Before undertaking the construction or reconstruction of a township road, the board shall cause to be made by the county engineer an estimate of the cost of the work, which estimate shall include labor, material, freight, fuel, hauling, use of machinery and equipment, and all other items of cost. If the board finds it in the best interest of the public, it may, in lieu of constructing the road by contract, proceed to construct the road by force account. Except as otherwise provided under sections 505.08 and 505.101 of the Revised Code, where the total estimated cost of the work exceeds thirty-five thousand dollars per mile, the board shall invite and receive competitive bids for furnishing all the labor, materials, and equipment and doing the work, as provided in section 5575.02 of the Revised Code, and shall consider and reject them before ordering the work done by force account. When such bids are received, considered, and rejected, and the work is done by force account, the work shall be performed in compliance with the plans and specifications upon which the bids were based. (C) Force account assessment forms are not required under division (A) of this section for road maintenance or repair projects or under division (B) of this section for road construction or reconstruction projects of less than one-third of the applicable force account limit. (D) On the first day of July of every year beginning in 2024, the threshold amounts established in divisions (A) and (B) of this section shall increase by an amount not to exceed the lesser of five per cent, or the percentage amount of any increase in the department of transportation's construction cost index as annualized and totaled for the prior calendar year. The director of transportation shall notify each appropriate county engineer of the increased amount. (E) All force account work under this section shall be done under the direction of a member of the board or the township road superintendent. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5595.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5595 / § 5595.04
§ 5595.04. Powers of governing board
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project may do any of the following: (A) 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 and in accordance with the cooperative agreement and, if applicable, the memorandum of understanding. The procuring of goods and awarding of contracts with a cost in excess of fifty thousand dollars shall be done in accordance with the competitive bidding procedures established for boards of county commissioners by sections 307.86 to 307.91 of the Revised Code. (B) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, provided any actions against the governing board or the regional transportation improvement project shall be brought in the court of common pleas of a county that is a party to the cooperative agreement or in the court of common pleas of the county in which the cause of action arose, and all summonses, exceptions, and notices shall be served on the governing board by leaving a copy thereof at its principal office with a member of the governing board or an employee or agent thereof; (C) Employ or retain persons as are necessary in the judgment of the governing board to carry out the project, and fix their compensation; (D) Acquire by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, or otherwise any property necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of one or more transportation improvements and, if applicable, one or more opportunity corridor improvements. The governing board may pledge net revenues, to the extent permitted by this chapter with respect to bonds, to secure payments to be paid by the governing board under such a lease, lease-purchase agreement, or lease with option to purchase. Title to real and personal property shall be held in the name of the governing board. Except as provided under section 5595.041 of the Revised Code, the governing board is not authorized to acquire property by appropriation. (E) Issue securities to pay for the costs of transportation improvements and opportunity corridor improvements pursuant to section 5595.05 of the Revised Code; (F) If the regional transportation project was undertaken pursuant to section 5595.02 of the Revised Code before March 23, 2018, the effective date of the amendment of this section by S.B. 8 of the 132nd general assembly: (1) Create a transportation financing district and declare improvements to parcels within the district to be a public purpose and exempt from taxation as provided under section 5709.48 of the Revised Code; (2) Negotiate and enter into voluntary agreements under section 5709.481 of the Revised Code that impose assessments on real property located in a transportation financing district. Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5503.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5503 / § 5503.08
§ 5503.08. Occupational injury leave
Status: in_force

March 31, 2003 Senate Bill 245 - 124th General Assembly Each state highway patrol officer shall, in addition to the sick leave benefits provided in section 124.38 of the Revised Code, be entitled to occupational injury leave. Occupational injury leave of one thousand five hundred hours with pay may, with the approval of the superintendent of the state highway patrol, be used for absence resulting from each independent injury incurred in the line of duty, except that occupational injury leave is not available for injuries incurred during those times when the patrol officer is actually engaged in administrative or clerical duties at a patrol facility, when a patrol officer is on a meal or rest period, or when the patrol officer is engaged in any personal business. The superintendent of the state highway patrol shall, by rule, define those administrative and clerical duties and those situations where the occurrence of an injury does not entitle the patrol officer to occupational injury leave. Each injury incurred in the line of duty which aggravates a previously existing injury, whether the previously existing injury was so incurred or not, shall be considered an independent injury. When its use is authorized under this section, all occupational injury leave shall be exhausted before any credit is deducted from unused sick leave accumulated under section 124.38 of the Revised Code, except that, unless otherwise provided by the superintendent of the state highway patrol, occupational injury leave shall not be used for absence occurring within seven calendar days of the injury. During that seven calendar day period, unused sick leave may be used for such an absence. When occupational injury leave is used, it shall be deducted from the unused balance of the patrol officer's occupational injury leave for that injury on the basis of one hour for every one hour of absence from previously scheduled work. Before a patrol officer may use occupational injury leave, the patrol officer shall: (A) Apply to the superintendent for permission to use occupational injury leave on a form that requires the patrol officer to explain the nature of the patrol officer's independent injury and the circumstances under which it occurred; and (B) Submit to a medical examination. The individual who conducts the examination shall report to the superintendent the results of the examination and whether or not the independent injury prevents the patrol officer from attending work. The superintendent shall, by rule, provide for periodic medical examinations of patrol officers who are using occupational injury leave. The individual selected to conduct the medical examinations shall report to the superintendent the results of each such examination, including a description of the progress made by the patrol officer in recovering from the independent injury, and whether or not the independent injury continues to prevent the patrol officer from attending work. The superintendent shall appoint to conduct medical examinations under this division individuals authorized by the Revised Code to do so, including any physician assistant, clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse practitioner, or certified nurse-midwife. A patrol officer is not entitled to use or continue to use occupational injury leave after refusing to submit to a medical examination or if the individual examining the patrol officer reports that the independent injury does not prevent the patrol officer from attending work. A patrol officer who falsifies an application for permission to use occupational injury leave or a medical examination report is subject to disciplinary action, including dismissal. The superintendent shall, by rule, prescribe forms for the application and medical examination report. Occupational injury leave pay made according to this section is in lieu of such workers' compensation benefits as would have been payable directly to a patrol officer pursuant to sections 4123.56 and 4123.58 of the Revised Code, but all other compensation and benefits pursuant to Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code are payable as in any other case. If at the close of the period, the patrol officer remains disabled, the patrol officer is entitled to all compensation and benefits, without a waiting period pursuant to section 4123.55 of the Revised Code based upon the injury received, for which the patrol officer qualifies pursuant to Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. Compensation shall be paid from the date that the patrol officer ceases to receive the patrol officer's regular rate of pay pursuant to this section. Occupational injury leave shall not be credited to or, upon use, deducted from, a patrol officer's sick leave.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.05
§ 5537.05. Construction of grade separations at intersections of turnpike projects
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may construct grade separations at intersections of any turnpike project with public roads and railroads, and change and adjust the lines and grades of those roads and railroads, and of public utility facilities, which change and adjustment of lines and grades of those roads shall be subject to the approval of the governmental agency having jurisdiction over the road, so as to accommodate them to the design of the grade separation. The cost of the grade separation and any damage incurred in changing and adjusting the lines and grades of roads, railroads, and public utility facilities shall be ascertained and paid by the commission as a part of the cost of the turnpike project or from revenues or state taxes. (1) If the commission finds it necessary to change the location of any portion of any public road, railroad, or public utility facility, it shall cause the same to be reconstructed at the location the governmental agency having jurisdiction over such road, railroad, or public utility facility considers most favorable. The construction shall be of substantially the same type and in as good condition as the original road, railroad, or public utility facility. The cost of the reconstruction, relocation, or removal and any damage incurred in changing the location shall be ascertained and paid by the commission as a part of the cost of the turnpike project or from revenues or state taxes. (2) The commission may petition the board of county commissioners of the county in which is situated any public road or part thereof affected by the location therein of any turnpike project, for the vacation or relocation of the road or any part thereof, in the same manner and with the same force and effect as is given to the director of transportation pursuant to sections 5553.04 to 5553.11 of the Revised Code. (B) The commission and its authorized agents and employees, after proper notice, may enter upon any lands, waters, and premises in the state for the purpose of making surveys, soundings, drillings, and examinations that are necessary or proper for the purposes of this chapter, and the entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor shall an entry for those purposes be deemed an entry under any appropriation proceedings which may then be pending, provided that before entering upon the premises of any railroad notice shall be given to the superintendent of the railroad involved at least five days in advance of entry, and provided that no survey, sounding, drilling, and examination shall be made between the rails or so close to a railroad track as would render the track unusable. The commission shall make reimbursement for any actual damage resulting to such lands, waters, and premises and to private property located in, on, along, over, or under such lands, waters, and premises, as a result of such activities. The state, subject to the approval of the governor, hereby consents to the use of all lands owned by it, including lands lying under water, that are necessary or proper for the construction, maintenance, or operation of any turnpike project, provided adequate consideration is provided for the use. (C) The commission may make reasonable provisions or rules for the installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, relocation, and removal of public utility facilities in, on, along, over, or under any turnpike project. Whenever the commission determines that it is necessary that any public utility facilities located in, on, along, over, or under any turnpike project should be relocated in or removed from the turnpike project, the public utility owning or operating the facilities shall relocate or remove them in accordance with the order of the commission. Except as otherwise provided in any license or other agreement with the commission, the cost and expenses of such relocation or removal, including the cost of installing the facilities in a new location, the cost of any lands, or any rights or interests in lands, and any other rights, acquired to accomplish the relocation or removal, shall be ascertained and paid by the commission as part of the cost of the turnpike project or from revenues of the Ohio turnpike system. In case of any such relocation or removal of facilities, the public utility owning or operating them and its successors or assigns may maintain and operate the facilities, with the necessary appurtenances, in the new location, for as long a period, and upon the same terms, as it had the right to maintain and operate the facilities in their former location. (D) The commission is subject to Chapters 940., 6131., 6133., 6135., and 6137. of the Revised Code and shall pay any assessments levied under those chapters for an improvement or maintenance of an improvement on land under the control or ownership of the commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.961 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.961
§ 5533.961. Sgt. Mark T. Smykowski Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route eighty-four, located in the municipal corporation of Mentor in Lake county, commencing at the intersection of that route with Broadmoor road and extending in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of that route with Chillicothe road, shall be known as the "Sgt. Mark T. Smykowski Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5545.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5545 / § 5545.06
§ 5545.06. Adoption and recording of resolutions
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Resolutions for the adoption or alteration of plans or specifications, awards of contracts, hiring of engineers, superintendents, or other employees and the fixing of their compensation, the approval of bonds, and the allowance of estimates shall be in writing and require for their adoption the votes of five members of the commission provided for in section 5545.01 of the Revised Code taken by yeas and nays and recorded on the journal of the board of county commissioners. When signed by five members of the commission, the county auditor shall draw his warrant on the county treasurer for the payment of all bills and estimates of such commission.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.43 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.43
§ 5533.43. McClernon-Skyway Memorial Drive
Status: in_force

September 22, 1989 House Bill 87 - 118th General Assembly That road known as state route number four hundred forty-four A running in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction, commencing at interstate route number six hundred seventy-five in Greene county and extending through Wright state university to Wright-Patterson air force base shall be known as the "McClernon-Skyway Memorial Drive." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.371 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.371
§ 5533.371. Pfc. Ralph Dias Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 273 - 127th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route three hundred forty-four commencing at the western boundary of the municipal corporation of Leetonia and extending eastward to state route eleven shall be known as the "Pfc. Ralph Dias Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.254 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.254
§ 5533.254. Sergeant David Kreuter Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route two hundred sixty-four located within Hamilton county, commencing at the municipal corporation of Cleves and extending in an easterly direction to the intersection of that route with South road, shall be known as the "Sergeant David Kreuter Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.044 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.044
§ 5505.044. Candidate campaign finance statements - donor statement of independent expenditures
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Campaign committee" means a candidate or a combination of two or more persons authorized by a candidate to receive contributions and in-kind contributions and make expenditures on behalf of the candidate. (2) "Candidate" means an individual who has been nominated in accordance with rules adopted under section 5505.047 of the Revised Code for election to the state highway patrol retirement board or who is seeking to be elected to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to section 5505.042 of the Revised Code. (3) "Contribution" means a loan, gift, deposit, forgiveness of indebtedness, donation, advance, payment, transfer of funds or transfer of anything of value including a transfer of funds from an inter vivos or testamentary trust or decedent's estate, and the payment by any person other than the person to whom the services are rendered for the personal services of another person, which contribution is made, received, or used for the purpose of influencing the results of an election to the state highway patrol retirement board under section 5505.041 or 5505.042 of the Revised Code or the results of an election to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to section 5505.042 of the Revised Code. "Contribution" does not include: (a) Services provided without compensation by individuals volunteering a portion or all of their time on behalf of a person; (b) Ordinary home hospitality; (c) The personal expenses of a volunteer paid for by that volunteer campaign worker. (4) "Election day" means the following, as appropriate to the situation: (a) The last day that ballots for an election to the state highway patrol retirement board under section 5505.041 or 5505.042 of the Revised Code may be returned in order for the ballot to be counted; (b) If, pursuant to section 5505.043 of the Revised Code, no election is held, the last day that ballots would have been required to be returned in order to be counted if an election was to be held under section 5505.041 or 5505.042 of the Revised Code. (5) "Expenditure" means the disbursement or use of a contribution for the purpose of influencing the results of an election to the state highway patrol retirement board under section 5505.041 or 5505.042 of the Revised Code or the results of an election to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to section 5505.042 of the Revised Code. (6) "Independent expenditure" means an expenditure by an individual, partnership, or other entity advocating the election or defeat of an identified candidate or candidates, that is not made with the consent of, in coordination, cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of any candidate or candidates or of the campaign committee or agent of the candidate or candidates. An independent expenditure shall not be construed as being a contribution. As used in division (A)(6) of this section: (a) "Advocating" means any communication containing a message advocating election or defeat. (b) "Identified candidate" means that the name of the candidate appears, a photograph or drawing of the candidate appears, or the identity of the candidate is otherwise apparent by unambiguous reference. (c) "Made in coordination, cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of, any candidate or the campaign committee or agent of the candidate" means made pursuant to any arrangement, coordination, or direction by the candidate, the candidate's campaign committee, or the candidate's agent prior to the publication, distribution, display, or broadcast of the communication. An expenditure is presumed to be so made when it is any of the following: (i) Based on information about the candidate's plans, projects, or needs provided to the person making the expenditure by the candidate, or by the candidate's campaign committee or agent, with a view toward having an expenditure made; (ii) Made by or through any person who is, or has been, authorized to raise or expend funds, who is, or has been, an officer of the candidate's campaign committee, or who is, or has been, receiving any form of compensation or reimbursement from the candidate or the candidate's campaign committee or agent; (iii) Made by a political party in support of a candidate, unless the expenditure is made by a political party to conduct voter registration or voter education efforts. (d) "Agent" means any person who has actual oral or written authority, either express or implied, to make or to authorize the making of expenditures on behalf of a candidate, or means any person who has been placed in a position with the candidate's campaign committee or organization such that it would reasonably appear that in the ordinary course of campaign-related activities the person may authorize expenditures. (7) "In-kind contribution" means anything of value other than money that is used to influence the results of an election to the state highway patrol retirement board under section 5505.041 or 5505.042 of the Revised Code or the results of an election to fill a vacancy on the board pursuant to section 5505.042 of the Revised Code or is transferred to or used in support of or in opposition to a candidate and that is made with the consent of, in coordination, cooperation, or consultation with, or at the request or suggestion of the benefited candidate. The financing of the dissemination, distribution, or republication, in whole or in part, of any broadcast or of any written, graphic, or other form of campaign materials prepared by the candidate, the candidate's campaign committee, or their authorized agents is an in-kind contribution to the candidate and an expenditure by the candidate. (8) "Personal expenses" includes ordinary expenses for accommodations, clothing, food, personal motor vehicle or airplane, and home telephone. (B) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, each candidate who, or whose campaign committee, receives contributions or in-kind contributions totaling one thousand dollars or more or has expenditures totaling one thousand dollars or more in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to the state highway patrol retirement board shall file with the secretary of state two complete, accurate, and itemized statements setting forth in detail the contributions, in-kind contributions, and expenditures. The statements shall be filed regardless of whether an election is held or, pursuant to section 5505.043 of the Revised Code, an election is not held. The statements shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. Every expenditure shall be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating the purpose of the expenditures, that shall be filed with the statement; a canceled check with a notation of the purpose of the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of this division. The first statement shall be filed not later than four p.m. on the day that is twelve days before election day. The second statement shall be filed not sooner than the day that is eight days after election day and not later than thirty-eight days after election day. The first statement shall reflect contributions and in-kind contributions received and expenditures made to the close of business on the twentieth day before election day. The second statement shall reflect contributions and in-kind contributions received and expenditures made during the period beginning on the nineteenth day before election day and ending on the close of business on the seventh day after election day. (C) Each individual, partnership, or other entity who makes an independent expenditure in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to the state highway patrol retirement board shall file with the secretary of state two complete, accurate, and itemized statements setting forth in detail the independent expenditures. The statements shall be filed regardless of whether an election is held or, pursuant to section 5505.043 of the Revised Code, an election is not held. The statements shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. The first statement shall be filed not later than four p.m. on the day that is twelve days before election day. The second statement shall be filed not sooner than the day that is eight days after election day and not later than thirty-eight days after election day. The first statement shall reflect independent expenditures made to the close of business on the twentieth day before election day. The second statement shall reflect independent expenditures made during the period beginning on the nineteenth day before election day and ending on the close of business on the seventh day after election day. (D) Each candidate who, or whose campaign committee, receives a contribution or in-kind contribution or makes an expenditure in connection with the candidate's efforts to be elected to fill a vacancy in the public employees retirement board pursuant to section 5505.042 of the Revised Code shall file with the secretary of state a complete, accurate, and itemized statement setting forth in detail the contributions, in-kind contributions, and expenditures. The statement shall be made on a form prescribed under section 111.30 of the Revised Code. Every expenditure shall be vouched for by a receipted bill, stating the purpose of the expenditures, that shall be filed with the statement; a canceled check with a notation of the purpose of the expenditure is a receipted bill for purposes of this division. The statement shall be filed within thirty-eight days after the day the candidate takes office. The statement shall reflect contributions and in-kind contributions received and expenditures made to the close of business on the seventh day after the day the candidate takes office.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.71
§ 5534.71. Lt. Col. Ralph D. Cole Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 Senate Bill 182 - 131st General Assembly The bridge spanning the Blanchard river, known as the Findlay Main Street Bridge, that is located within the municipal corporation of Findlay in Hancock county and that is part of state route number thirty-seven, shall be known as the "Lt. Col. Ralph D. Cole Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.83
§ 5501.83. Adoption of rules
Status: in_force

June 29, 2011 House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly The department of transportation may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.902 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.902
§ 5534.902. Wayne County Gold Star Family 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 portion of the road known as state route number two hundred twenty-six, running in a northerly and southerly direction, between the intersection of that route and state route number five hundred fourteen and the location where state route number two hundred twenty-six passes Triway high school, in Wayne county, shall be known as the "Wayne County Gold Star Family Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. If the director erects such markers, the director shall ensure that the markers include the gold star family symbol. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 12:23 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.72
§ 5533.72. Governor Andrew L. Harris Bicentennial Roadway
Status: in_force

March 5, 2004 House Bill 70 - 125th General Assembly The road known as United States route number one hundred twenty-seven, commencing in the municipal corporation of Seven Mile in Butler county and extending northward to the intersection of that United States route and United States route number thirty-five in the municipal corporation of Eaton in Preble county, shall be known as the "Governor Andrew L. Harris Bicentennial Roadway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.40 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.40
§ 5534.40. Patrolman Carl "Shorty" Thrush Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 440 - 130th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number three hundred twenty-eight, commencing at the intersection of that route and United States route number thirty-three and proceeding in a southerly direction to the intersection of that route and state route number fifty-six, within Hocking county only, shall be known as the "Patrolman Carl "Shorty" Thrush Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.151 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.151
§ 5505.151. Contributions for time off while on disability leave
Status: in_force

March 14, 1984 Senate Bill 311 - 115th General Assembly Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, any member who is granted disability leave pursuant to a program sponsored by the state, whereby the member receives a percentage of his salary while on disability leave, shall not be required to make contributions for time off while on disability leave. Except as otherwise provided in section 124.385 of the Revised Code, the state, as sponsor of a disability leave program, shall make the periodic employee and employer contributions, in the amounts set pursuant to section 5505.15 of the Revised Code, for members granted disability leave, based on the employee's rate of pay in effect at the time disability leave was granted.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.19
§ 5502.19. Department of public safety inspections of retail liquor permit premises
Status: in_force

June 30, 1999 House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly The department of public safety shall conduct inspections of retail liquor permit premises to determine their compliance with Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under them by the liquor control commission pertaining to retail liquor permit holders. Except as otherwise provided in this section, those inspections may be conducted only during those hours in which the permit holder is open for business and only by authorized enforcement agents of the department of public safety or by any peace officer, as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. Inspections may be conducted at other hours only to determine compliance with laws or commission rules that regulate the hours of sale of beer and intoxicating liquor and only if the enforcement agent or peace officer involved has reasonable cause to believe that those laws or rules are being violated. Any inspection conducted pursuant to this section is subject to all of the following requirements: (A) The only property that may be confiscated is contraband, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, or property that is otherwise necessary for evidentiary purposes. (B) A complete inventory of all property confiscated from the premises shall be given to the permit holder or the permit holder's agent or employee by the confiscating enforcement agent or peace officer at the conclusion of the inspection. At that time, the inventory shall be signed by the confiscating enforcement agent or peace officer, and the enforcement agent or peace officer shall give the permit holder or the permit holder's agent or employee the opportunity to sign the inventory. (C) Inspections conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted in a reasonable manner. A finding by any court of competent jurisdiction that the inspection was not conducted in a reasonable manner in accordance with this section or any rules promulgated by the liquor control commission may be considered grounds for suppression of evidence. A finding by the liquor control commission that the inspection was not conducted in a reasonable manner in accordance with this section or any rules promulgated by the commission may be considered grounds for dismissal of the commission case. If any court of competent jurisdiction finds that property confiscated as the result of an inspection is not necessary for evidentiary purposes and is not contraband, as defined in section 2901.01 of the Revised Code, the court shall order the immediate return of the confiscated property, if such property is not otherwise subject to forfeiture, to the permit holder. However, the return of this property is not grounds for dismissal of the case. The commission likewise may order the return of confiscated property if no criminal prosecution is pending or anticipated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.22
§ 5537.22. Journal
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly All final actions of the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission shall be journalized and such journal shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.941 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.941
§ 5533.941. Cpl. Kenneth Tyler Butler Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 3, 2012 Senate Bill 179 - 129th General Assembly That part of the road known as state route number one hundred seventy, within the municipal corporation of Calcutta in Columbiana county only, shall be known as the "Cpl. Kenneth Tyler Butler Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.31
§ 5502.31. Appropriations for expenses
Status: in_force

July 18, 2008 Senate Bill 84 - 127th General Assembly Each political subdivision may make appropriations for the payment of the expenses of its local activities for emergency management incurred by an agency established pursuant to section 5502.271 of the Revised Code or chargeable to that political subdivision by agreement in any county wherein a countywide agency for emergency management has been established pursuant to section 5502.26 of the Revised Code or a regional authority has been established pursuant to section 5502.27 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.485 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.485
§ 5534.485. Town and Country Firefighter Lt. Philip M. Wigal 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 state route number three hundred one between the intersections of state route number three hundred two and the northern border of Wayne county, in Wayne county, shall be known as the "Town and Country Firefighter Lt. Philip M. Wigal Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.544 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.544
§ 5533.544. Spc. Michael B. Cook, Jr. Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 4, 2014 Senate Bill 245 - 130th General Assembly That portion of the road known as Tylersville road, commencing at the intersection of that road and interstate route number seventy-five in Butler county and proceeding in an easterly direction to the boundary of Butler and Warren counties, shall be known as the "Spc. Michael B. Cook, Jr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.49
§ 5533.49. Simon Kenton Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 1, 1998 Senate Bill 148 - 122nd General Assembly The road known as the United States route number sixty-eight, running in a north and south direction, commencing at the north edge of the Simon Kenton memorial bridge over the Ohio river at the municipal corporation of Aberdeen in Brown county and extending to the north boundary of the municipal corporation of Kenton in Hardin county, shall be known as the "Simon Kenton memorial highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5521.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5521 / § 5521.041
§ 5521.041. Notice of change order or extra work contract
Status: in_force

July 1, 1989 House Bill 381 - 118th General Assembly The director of transportation, after receipt of a resolution providing for cooperation in a project as provided in section 5521.04 of the Revised Code, shall not approve a change order or extra work contract relating to that project until he first gives notice, in writing, of the change order or extra work contract to the affected board of county commissioners or municipal authorities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5571 / § 5571.04
§ 5571.04. Compensation of superintendent
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly When the board of township trustees determines to proceed as provided in division (C) of section 5571.02 of the Revised Code and appoints a highway superintendent, except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, the superintendent shall, before entering upon the discharge of the official duties of superintendent, give bond to the state, for the use of the township, in the sum of two thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the official duties of superintendent. The bond shall be approved by the board of township trustees and filed with the township fiscal officer. The board of township trustees shall fix the compensation of the superintendent, which compensation shall be paid from the township road fund. The compensation and all proper and necessary expenses, when approved by the board of township trustees, shall be paid by the township fiscal officer upon the fiscal officer's warrant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5553.27 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5553 / § 5553.27
§ 5553.27. Procedure to change road located in two or more counties - proceedings by joint board
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If the road which a landowner proposes to turn or change as provided in section 5553.23 of the Revised Code is located in two or more counties, he may file his petition with the board of county commissioners of either county. Such board shall within ten days thereafter cause a copy of said petition to be certified to the boards of the other counties interested and shall at the same time fix a time not later than thirty days for a hearing upon such petition. Such proceedings shall be had before the joint board of county commissioners as are provided for in proceedings had before a single board. The joint board at its first meeting shall require the petitioner to file a bond to cover the costs of the proceeding and the expense of the proposed change in such road.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.642 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.642
§ 5534.642. PFC Henry "Rick" Hausman, Jr. 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 interstate route number two hundred seventy, between Cemetery road and Roberts road, in Franklin county, shall be known as the "PFC Henry "Rick" Hausman, Jr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.79 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.79
§ 5533.79. Heritage Parkway
Status: in_force

October 13, 2004 House Bill 59 - 125th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number four, commencing at interstate seventy in Clark county and extending in a northeasterly direction to the western-most boundary of the municipal corporation of Springfield, shall be known as the "Heritage Parkway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.827 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.827
§ 5534.827. PFC Ronald J. Puskarcik 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 four hundred twenty-two between the intersection of that route and state route number six hundred sixteen and the intersection of that route and the border of Pennsylvania, in Mahoning county, shall be known as the "PFC Ronald J. Puskarcik Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.35
§ 5533.35. Amvets Highway
Status: in_force

August 4, 1978 Senate Bill 320 - 112th General Assembly The road known as interstate route ninety, extending from the Pennsylvania border in Ashtabula county to its intersection with the Ohio turnpike in Lorain county, shall be known as the "Amvets highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.064 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.064
§ 5505.064. Orientation program required for new members - continuing education
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly Each newly elected member of the state highway patrol retirement board and each individual appointed to fill a vacancy on the board, shall, not later than ninety days after commencing service as a board member, complete the orientation program component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code. Each member of the board who has served a year or longer as a board member shall, not less than twice each year, attend one or more programs that are part of the continuing education component of the retirement board member education program established under section 171.50 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.21
§ 5533.21. Jeremiah Morrow Bridge
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The bridge spanning the Little Miami river in Warren county and being a part of the highway known as interstate route seventy-one, shall be known as the "Jeremiah Morrow Bridge." The director of transportation shall erect suitable markers upon said bridge, or the approaches thereto, indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:30 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5512.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5512 / § 5512.01
§ 5512.01. Strategic initiatives of department of transportation
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly The director of transportation shall develop the strategic initiatives of the department of transportation. Not more than six months after the effective date of this section, the director shall submit the strategic initiatives of the department to the transportation review advisory council.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5593.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5593 / § 5593.23
§ 5593.23. Bridges become part of highway system upon bridge bond payment
Status: in_force

September 4, 1982 House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly When all bridge bonds issued under sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, in connection with any bridge and the interest thereon have been paid, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon, to the maturity thereof has been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, such bridge shall become part of the state highway system, shall thereafter be maintained by the department of transportation, and shall be free of tolls.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.803 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.803
§ 5534.803. SGT Glen Millinger Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 Senate Bill 134 - 132nd General Assembly The northbound and southbound lanes of Benton-Carroll road between the intersection of that road and state route number one hundred sixty-three and the intersection of Benton-Carroll road and West Bier road, in Ottawa county, shall be known as the "SGT Glen Millinger Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5525.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5525 / § 5525.011
§ 5525.011. Complying with federal surface transportation assistance act
Status: in_force

June 29, 1999 House Bill 86 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The director of transportation shall award contracts pursuant to this chapter in conformity to the requirements of subsection (f) of section 105 of the federal "Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982," 96 Stat. 2099, 23 U.S.C.A. 105. (B) Notwithstanding sections 153.50 to 153.52 of the Revised Code, neither the director nor any political subdivision or other public authority is required to solicit separate bids or award separate contracts for any branch of work in a contract for the construction or improvement of a road or highway funded in whole or in part by or through the department of transportation. (C) When the director estimates that more than fifty-one per cent of the dollar amount of work to be performed in a contract is to be performed by one branch of work, the director shall designate the prime contractor for the contract from that one branch of work. This division does not apply if the director does not receive any bids from a prequalified prime contractor from that branch of work. (D) As used in this section: (1) "Road" or "highway" does not include physical facilities, garages, district offices, or other buildings funded in whole or in part by or through the department of transportation. (2) "Branch of work" means any of the following: (a) Plumbing and gas-fitting; (b) Steam and hot-water heating, ventilating apparatus, and steam-powered plant; (c) Electrical equipment.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5523.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5523 / § 5523.13
§ 5523.13. Director may prescribe manner and time of payment
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly The director of transportation may prescribe the manner and time of payment by a railroad company of the proportion of the cost of the proposed grade crossing improvement that the company shall pay.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5517.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5517 / § 5517.01
§ 5517.01. Filing plans of proposed projects - right of entry
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The director of transportation shall make a map in outline and profile, and plans, specifications, profiles, and estimates covering proposed projects. When completed the director shall indorse upon such maps, profiles, plans, specifications, and estimates of quantities his approval of the same and cause one copy thereof to be placed on file in his office and another in the office of the district deputy director of transportation, for public inspection on or before starting the publication of notice to bidders. The director may sell prints or copies of any plans, specifications, or contracts for a charge not to exceed the cost of such prints or copies. The money received from such sale shall be deposited with the state treasury to the credit of the appropriate fund. In the execution of any survey authorized by the director any person, firm, or corporation, without doing unnecessary injury thereto, may enter upon any lands within the state for the purpose of inspecting, surveying, leveling, or doing any work deemed necessary to carry out Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5512., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533. and 5535. of the Revised Code. If the person, firm, or corporation, whose premises are entered upon for this purpose, makes any claim for compensation or damages for injury thereto, and the parties cannot agree as to the amount to be paid, either party may petition the probate court of the county in which such land is situated. The court shall appoint a time for a preliminary hearing in such petition, notify the parties interested, fix a time for hearing of the matter in controversy, and the court may view the premises if it sees fit, hear evidence relating thereto, and assess such compensation or damages as the court deems just. When a petition is filed with the probate court it shall require the party filing such petition to give bond in such sum as it may fix to cover costs of proceedings on appeal. If either party is not satisfied with the judgment of the court, he may ask for a jury trial, and the court shall thereupon summon a jury and the trial shall proceed as provided by law relating to appeals in road cases. The director may in the preparation of plans for any improvement include a designation of the unloading points for materials to be used in such improvement, and he may also include in the plans a designation of the routes over which materials for use in such improvement shall be transported. Any designation of unloading points or routes for the transportation of materials so made shall be clearly and conspicuously shown upon the plans for such improvement, and any person awarded the contract for constructing such improvement shall, in such event, be required to unload all materials at the points designated on the plans and transport the same over the routes thereupon designated.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.333 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.333
§ 5533.333. Sgt. Jeremy Murray Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 31, 2010 House Bill 27 - 128th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route forty-four, running in a northerly and southerly direction between county road eighteen in the municipal corporation of Rootstown and Waterloo road in the municipal corporation of Randolph, shall be known as the "Sgt. Jeremy Murray Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5573.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5573 / § 5573.211
§ 5573.211. Payment of township road district's proportion of compensation, damages, and costs
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly The proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of any road improvement to be paid by a township road district 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 a township road district's proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of constructing, reconstructing, resurfacing, improving, maintaining, repairing, and dragging township road district roads or parts of those roads, the board of trustees of a township in which a township road district has been erected as provided in section 5573.21 of the Revised Code may levy, annually, a tax not exceeding three mills upon each dollar of the taxable property of the township road district. The levy shall be in addition to all other levies authorized for township or township road district purposes, and subject only to the limitation on the combined maximum rate for all taxes in force. The taxes so authorized shall be placed by the county auditor upon the tax duplicate against the taxable property of the township road district, and collected by the county treasurer as other taxes. When collected, the taxes shall be paid to the fiscal officer of the township in which the township road district has been erected, 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.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.68
§ 5533.68. Trooper Frank G. Vazquez Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2003 House Bill 580 - 124th General Assembly Notwithstanding any action taken by the director of transportation pursuant to section 5511.09 of the Revised Code to the contrary, that portion of interstate route two hundred seventy running in a northerly and southerly direction within western Franklin county, between the intersection of that highway and interstate route seventy and the georgesville road interchange of interstate route two hundred seventy, shall be known as the "Trooper Frank G. Vazquez Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.045 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.045
§ 5577.045. Fire engine weight exemptions; permits for overweight vehicles
Status: in_force

June 30, 2021 House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "fire engine" means a fire engine, fire truck, or other vehicle or apparatus belonging to or used by any municipal, township, or volunteer fire department, while in the discharge of its functions. (B) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, a person may do both of the following without a written permit issued under section 4513.34 of the Revised Code: (1) Operate a two-axle fire engine, with a front axle maximum weight of twenty-four thousand pounds and a rear axle maximum weight of thirty-three thousand five hundred pounds and a minimum wheelbase of fifteen feet, on all roadways in the state; (2) Operate a fire engine with a maximum gross vehicle weight of eighty-six thousand pounds on the interstate highway system and within one road mile of an interstate highway system entrance or exit ramp. (C) Notwithstanding section 4513.34 of the Revised Code, for any fire engine that requires a permit, the director of transportation or local authority shall do both of the following: (1) Issue the permit at no cost to the municipal, township, or volunteer fire department; (2) Issue a permit that expires five years after the date of issuance. Last updated April 13, 2021 at 4:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.08
§ 5589.08. Operating traction engines upon improved highways
Status: in_force

October 16, 1953 House Bill 538 - 100th General Assembly No person shall drive over the improved highways of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, a traction engine or tractor with tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains, or other projections of any kind extending beyond the cleats, or no person shall tow or in any way pull another vehicle over the improved highways of the state, or any political subdivision thereof, which towed or pulled vehicle has tires or wheels equipped with ice picks, spuds, spikes, chains or other projections of any kind. "Traction engine" or "tractor," as used in this section, applies to all self-propelling engines equipped with metal-tired wheels operated or propelled by any form of engine, motor, or mechanical power. No municipal corporation, county, or township shall adopt, enforce, or maintain any ordinance, rule, or regulation contrary to or inconsistent with this section, or require of any person any license tax upon or registration fee for any traction engine, tractor, or trailer, or any permit or license to operate. Operators of traction engines or tractors shall have the same rights upon the public streets and highways as the drivers of any other vehicles, unless some other safe and convenient way is provided, and no public road open to traffic shall be closed to traction engines or tractors.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.94 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.94
§ 5533.94. Cpl. Joshua Harmon Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 23, 2008 House Bill 562 - 127th General Assembly In addition to the designation in section 5533.35 of the Revised Code, the road known as interstate highway number ninety, located within the municipal corporation of Willoughby Hills in Lake county only, shall be known as the "Cpl. Joshua Harmon Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.143 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.143
§ 5531.143. Contents of invoices
Status: in_force

September 11, 2014 House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly A toll project operator shall include with each invoice and late notice all of the following: (A) The registered owner's name and current known address; (B) Descriptions and amounts of all user fees and administrative fees assessed; (C) A request for payment within thirty-five days after the date of mailing of such invoice or late notice; (D) A warning of the potential consequences for failing to pay the total amount due as indicated in such invoice or late notice, including additional fees and penalties, potential court summons, and inability to renew motor vehicle registrations; (E) Information for disputing the invoice or late notice and a form that a person may use to file a notice to contest liability for a user fee or administrative fee; (F) Contact information for the customer service center for the applicable toll project; and (G) Information about obtaining an electronic toll collection device and establishing an electronic toll collection account.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5517.012 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5517 / § 5517.012
§ 5517.012. Indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract" means a contract for an unspecified quantity, within stated limits, of supplies or services that will be delivered by the awarded bidder over a defined period. (B) Notwithstanding section 5517.01 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation may enter into indefinite delivery indefinite quantity construction contracts for highway maintenance limited to guardrail, highway lighting, and traffic signal maintenance. (C) The total value of a contract entered into under this section shall not exceed two million dollars per project. (D) Each district of the department of transportation is limited to two indefinite delivery indefinite quantity construction contracts for highway maintenance at any given time. (E) The duration of a contract entered into under this section shall not exceed two years per project. (F) For purposes of entering into indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts, the Director shall do all of the following: (1) Prepare bidding documents; (2) Establish contract forms; (3) Determine contract terms and conditions, including the following: (a) The maximum overall value of the contract that, notwithstanding division (C) of this section, may include an increase of two hundred thousand dollars or ten percent of the advertised contract value, whichever is less; (b) The duration of the contract that, notwithstanding division (E) of this section, may include a time extension of up to one year if determined appropriate by the director; (c) The defined geographical area to which the contract applies, which shall be not greater than the size of one district of the department. (4) Advertise and seek bids; (5) Award to the successful bidder; (6) Develop and implement an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity process to provide the awarded bidder adequate notice of requested supplies or services, the anticipated quantities of supplies, and work location information for each work order; (7) Establish any policies and procedures necessary to fulfill the duties and obligations of the director under this section. (G) Section 5525.01 of the Revised Code applies to indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contracts. Section 5525.14 of the Revised Code does not apply to the procurement of indefinite delivery indefinite quantity construction contracts. Last updated May 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.77
§ 5501.77. Powers of department
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly (A) For the purposes of carrying out sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code, the department of transportation may do all of the following: (1) Accept, subject to applicable terms and conditions, available funds from the United States or any of its agencies, whether the funds are made available by grant, loan, or other financial assistance; (2) Enter into agreements or other arrangements with the United States or any of its agencies as may be necessary; (3) For the purpose of completing a transportation facility under an agreement, accept from any source any grant, donation, gift, or other form of conveyance of land, money, other real or personal property, or other item of value made to the state or the department. (B) Any transportation facility may be financed in whole or in part by contribution of any funds or property made by any private entity or affected jurisdiction that is party to a public-private agreement under sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code. (C) The department may use federal, state, local, and private funds to finance a transportation facility under sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code and shall comply with any requirements and restrictions governing the use of the funds, including maintaining the funds separately when necessary. (D) The director of transportation, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt such rules as the director considers advisable for the control and regulation of traffic on any transportation facility subject to a public-private agreement, for the protection and preservation of the transportation facility, for the maintenance and preservation of good order within the transportation facility, and for the purpose of establishing vehicle owner or operator liability for avoidance of user fees. The rules shall provide that public police officers shall be afforded ready access, while in the performance of their official duties, to the transportation facility without the payment of user fees. (1) No person shall violate any rules of the department of transportation adopted under this division. (2)(a) All fines collected for the violation of applicable laws of the state and the rules of the department of transportation or money arising from bonds forfeited for such violation shall be disposed of in accordance with section 5503.04 of the Revised Code. (b) All fees or charges assessed by the department of transportation or a public-private operator in accordance with this section against an owner or operator of a vehicle as a civil violation for failure to comply with toll collection rules shall be revenues of the department or public-private operator as set forth in the public-private agreement. (E)(1) Except as provided in division (E)(2) of this section, whoever violates division (D)(1) of this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (2) Whoever violates division (D)(1) of this section when the violation is a civil violation for failure to comply with toll collection rules is subject to a fee or charge established by the department by rule.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.13
§ 5577.13. Enforcement by deputies
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In those counties having forty miles or more of improved intercounty or state highways, the sheriff of each such county shall, and in all other counties may, detail one or more deputies for the work of enforcing sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The board of county commissioners shall appropriate such amount of money annually, from the road fund of the county, as is necessary to equip and compensate such deputy. The patrolmen of the county highways may be deputized by the sheriffs of the counties in which they are employed, as deputy sheriffs, but shall receive no extra compensation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.513 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.513
§ 5534.513. World War II Veterans 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 state route number eighty-four between the intersections of that route with State road and Blake road, in Ashtabula county, shall be known as the "World War II Veterans Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.04
§ 5505.04. State highway patrol retirement board organization and rules
Status: in_force

April 9, 2025 House Bill 257 - 135th General Assembly (A)(1) The general administration and management of the state highway patrol retirement system and the making effective of this chapter are hereby vested in the state highway patrol retirement board. The board may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, contract and be contracted with, and do all things necessary to carry out this chapter. The board shall consist of the following members: (a) The superintendent of the state highway patrol; (b) Two retirant members who reside in this state; (c) Five employee-members; (d) One member, known as the treasurer of state's investment designee, who shall be appointed by the treasurer of state for a term of four years and who shall have the following qualifications: (i) The member is a resident of this state. (ii) Within the three years immediately preceding the appointment, the member has not been employed by the public employees retirement system, police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system or by any person, partnership, or corporation that has provided to one of those retirement systems services of a financial or investment nature, including the management, analysis, supervision, or investment of assets. (iii) The member has direct experience in the management, analysis, supervision, or investment of assets. (iv) The member is not currently employed by the state or a political subdivision of the state. (e) Two investment expert members, who shall be appointed to four-year terms. One investment expert member shall be appointed by the governor, and one investment expert member shall be jointly appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate. Each investment expert member shall have the following qualifications: (i) Each investment expert member shall be a resident of this state. (ii) Within the three years immediately preceding the appointment, each investment expert member shall not have been employed by the public employees retirement system, police and fire pension fund, state teachers retirement system, school employees retirement system, or state highway patrol retirement system or by any person, partnership, or corporation that has provided to one of those retirement systems services of a financial or investment nature, including the management, analysis, supervision, or investment of assets. (iii) Each investment expert member shall have direct experience in the management, analysis, supervision, or investment of assets. (2)(a) The board shall annually elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members. The vice-chairperson shall act as chairperson in the absence of the chairperson. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. The board shall meet not less than once each year, upon sufficient notice to the members. All meetings of the board shall be open to the public except executive sessions as set forth in division (G) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, and any portions of any sessions discussing medical records or the degree of disability of a member excluded from public inspection by this section. (b) Notwithstanding division (C) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, the board may adopt a policy that allows a board member to attend a meeting of the board by means of video conference. The board shall include in the policy, if adopted, the following: (i) The number of regular meetings at which each board member shall be present in person, provided that number is not less than three-quarters of the regular meetings of the board annually; (ii) That a majority of the board members attending the meeting shall be present in person at the physical location where the meeting is conducted; (iii) That all votes taken at the meeting shall be taken by roll call vote; (iv) That a board member who intends to attend a meeting by means of video conference shall notify the chairperson of that intent not less than forty-eight hours before the meeting, except in the case of an emergency as defined in the policy. (c) Notwithstanding division (C) of section 121.22 of the Revised Code, a board member who attends a meeting by means of video conference is considered present in person at the meeting, may vote at the meeting, and is counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting. (d) At any meeting in which a board member attends by means of video conference, the board shall ensure that the public can hear and observe the discussions and deliberations of all the members of the board, whether the member is participating in person or electronically. (e) Except as provided in this section, no person shall do any of the following: (i) Limit the number of board members who may attend a meeting by means of video conference; (ii) Limit the total number of meetings that the board may allow members to attend by means of video conference; (iii) Limit the number of meetings at which any one board member may attend by means of video conference; (iv) Impose other limits or obligations on a board member because the board member attends a meeting by means of video conference. (3) Any member appointed under this section shall hold office until the end of the member's term or, if later, the date the member's successor takes office. (B) The attorney general shall prescribe procedures for the adoption of rules authorized under this chapter, consistent with the provision of section 111.15 of the Revised Code under which all rules shall be filed in order to be effective. Such procedures shall establish methods by which notice of proposed rules are given to interested parties and rules adopted by the board published and otherwise made available. When it files a rule with the joint committee on agency rule review pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code, the board shall submit to the Ohio retirement study council a copy of the full text of the rule, and if applicable, a copy of the rule summary and fiscal analysis required by division (B) of section 106.024 of the Revised Code. (C)(1) As used in this division, "personal history record" means information maintained by the board on an individual who is a member, former member, retirant, or beneficiary that includes the address, electronic mail address, telephone number, social security number, record of contributions, correspondence with the system, and other information the board determines to be confidential. (2) The records of the board shall be open to public inspection and may be made available in printed or electronic format, except for the following which shall be excluded: the member's, former member's, retirant's, or beneficiary's personal history record and the amount of a monthly allowance or benefit paid to a retirant, beneficiary, or survivor, except with the written authorization of the individual concerned. (D) All medical reports and recommendations are privileged except as follows: (1) Copies of such medical reports or recommendations shall be made available to the individual's personal physician, attorney, or authorized agent upon written release received from such individual or such individual's agent, or when necessary for the proper administration of the fund to the board-assigned physician. (2) Documentation required by section 2929.193 of the Revised Code shall be provided to a court holding a hearing under that section. (E) Notwithstanding the exceptions to public inspection in division (C)(2) of this section, the board may furnish the following information: (1) If a member, former member, or retirant is subject to an order issued under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or an order issued under division (A) or (B) of section 2929.192 of the Revised Code or is convicted of or pleads guilty to a violation of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, on written request of a prosecutor as defined in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code, the board shall furnish to the prosecutor the information requested from the individual's personal history record. (2) Pursuant to a court order issued under Chapters 3119., 3121., and 3123. of the Revised Code, the board shall furnish to a court or child support enforcement agency the information required under those chapters. (3) At the written request of any nonprofit organization or association providing services to retirement system members, retirants, or beneficiaries, the board shall provide to the organization or association a list of the names and addresses of members, former members, retirants, or beneficiaries if the organization or association agrees to use such information solely in accordance with its stated purpose of providing services to such individuals and not for the benefit of other persons, organizations, or associations. The costs of compiling, copying, and mailing the list shall be paid by such entity. (4) Within fourteen days after receiving from the director of job and family services a list of the names and social security numbers of recipients of public assistance pursuant to section 5101.181 of the Revised Code, the board shall inform the auditor of state of the name, current or most recent employer address, and social security number of each member whose name and social security number are the same as those of a person whose name or social security number was submitted by the director. The board and its employees, except for purposes of furnishing the auditor of state with information required by this section, shall preserve the confidentiality of recipients of public assistance in compliance with section 5101.181 of the Revised Code. (5) The system shall comply with orders issued under section 3105.87 of the Revised Code. On the written request of an alternate payee, as defined in section 3105.80 of the Revised Code, the system shall furnish to the alternate payee information on the amount and status of any amounts payable to the alternate payee under an order issued under section 3105.171 or 3105.65 of the Revised Code. (6) At the request of any person, the board shall make available to the person copies of all documents, including resumes, in the board's possession regarding filling a vacancy of an employee member or retirant member of the board. The person who made the request shall pay the cost of compiling, copying, and mailing the documents. The information described in this division is a public record. (7) The system shall provide the notice required by section 5505.263 of the Revised Code to the prosecutor assigned to the case. (8) The system may provide information requested by the United States social security administration, United States centers for medicare and medicaid, public employees retirement system, Ohio public employees deferred compensation program, Ohio police and fire pension fund, school employees retirement system, state teachers retirement system, or Cincinnati retirement system. (F) A statement that contains information obtained from the system's records that is certified and signed by an officer of the retirement system and to which the system's official seal is affixed, or copies of the system's records to which the signature and seal are attached, shall be received as true copies of the system's records in any court or before any officer of this state. (G) The board may maintain records in printed or electronic format. Last updated January 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.07
§ 5555.07. Copies of surveys, plans, and estimates transmitted to board - notice, hearing
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly The county engineer shall prepare and file with the board of county commissioners, by the time fixed therefor by the board, copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates of costs, and specifications for the improvement and estimated assessments upon lands benefited thereby. Thereupon such board shall file such copies in its office for the inspection and examination of all persons interested. Except in a case involving the improvement of a public road in which no land or property is taken or assessed, the board shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county, for the period of two weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, notice that a resolution has been adopted providing for said improvement, and that copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, together with estimated assessments upon the lands benefited by such improvement for the proportion of the cost thereof to be assessed therefor, are on file in the office of the board for the inspection of persons interested therein. Such notice shall state the time and place for hearing objections to said improvement and to such estimated assessments. In a case involving the improvement of a public road in which no land or property is taken or assessed, the board shall publish the notice required by this section once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. At such hearing the board may order said surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications to be changed or modified and shall make such adjustments of the estimated assessments as seem just to it. Thereupon the board may approve such surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, specifications, and estimates and approve and confirm estimated assessments as made by the engineer or as modified and changed by the board. Such assessments when so approved and confirmed shall be certified to the county auditor of the county and shall thereupon become a lien upon the land charged therewith. The board may declare against said improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.96 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.96
§ 5533.96. Sgt. Michael W. Finke, Jr., Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 31, 2010 House Bill 27 - 128th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number eighteen, commencing at the intersection of that state route and interstate route number seventy-one and extending in an easterly direction to the intersection of that state route and interstate route number seventy-seven within Medina county only, shall be known as the "Sgt. Michael W. Finke, Jr., Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.99
§ 5537.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 House Bill 2 - 128th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates division (C) of section 5537.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B)(1) Whoever violates division (C) of section 5537.16 of the Revised Code when the violation is a civil violation for failure to comply with toll collection rules is subject to a fee or charge established by the commission by rule. (2) Whoever violates division (C) of section 5537.16 of the Revised Code in regard to allowable axle or vehicle loads shall be fined in accordance with division (A) of section 5577.99 of the Revised Code. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5543.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5543 / § 5543.13
§ 5543.13. Agreement as to compensation and damages
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly When lands are entered upon under section 5543.12 of the Revised Code, the county engineer shall agree with the owners of such lands, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees, as to the amount of compensation and damages already sustained or to be sustained by such owner, and the amount of such compensation and damages, so determined, shall be paid by the county or townships. If the engineer is unable to agree with such owner upon the amount of compensation and damages already sustained or to be sustained, such amount shall be determined in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.601 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.601
§ 5533.601. Lance Cpl. Kevin S. Smith Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 243 - 127th General Assembly The road known as state route number three hundred thirty-four, located within Clark county, shall be known as the "Lance Cpl. Kevin S. Smith Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5523.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5523 / § 5523.11
§ 5523.11. Plans of proposed improvement
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly Before any work is done that may be required in the making of the proposed grade crossing elimination improvement, the director of transportation shall file plans covering the proposed improvement in the office of the district deputy director of transportation of the state highway district within which such improvement or any part thereof is located, for the examination of all persons interested. The plans shall show all changes of grade and location of any highway or portion thereof, all private property to be taken, and any highway or portion thereof to be vacated, including the crossing to be eliminated, and the general specifications under which the work is to be carried out. Upon the filing of plans as provided in this section, the director shall issue a finding and determination of the director's intention to make the proposed improvement in accordance with such plans. The director then shall cause to be published, in a newspaper published and of general circulation in each county, or if there is no such newspaper, then in one of general circulation in such county in which any portion of such improvement is to be constructed, once each week for two consecutive weeks, notice of the entry of said findings and determination, and a statement that a copy of the plans of such improvement is on file with the district deputy director for the inspection of all interested persons. The director, by contract, may agree with any railroad company involved that the director will not settle any claim for compensation, or damages, or both, except with the approval of such company.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.71 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.71
§ 5501.71. Authority for department of transportation to enter public-private initiative; solicitation and selection
Status: in_force

September 11, 2014 House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of transportation may solicit, receive, consider, evaluate, and accept a proposal for a public-private initiative. (B) In soliciting and selecting a private entity with which to enter into a public-private initiative, the department shall use one or both of the following: (1) Sealed bidding; (2) Selection of proposals, with or without negotiations, based on qualifications, best value, or both. (C) The department shall consider the following factors in evaluating and selecting a bid or proposal to enter into a public-private initiative: (1) The ability of the transportation facility to improve safety, reduce congestion, increase capacity, and promote economic growth; (2) The extent that the private entity's proposal addresses the needs identified in the appropriate state, regional, or local transportation plan by improving safety, reducing congestion, increasing capacity, or enhancing economic efficiency and the private entity's proposal is on the transportation improvement program for the affected metropolitan planning organization or the state transportation improvement program; (3) The proposed cost of and financial plan for the transportation facility; (4) The general reputation, qualifications, industry experience, and financial capacity of the private entity; (5) The proposed design, operation, and feasibility of the transportation facility; (6) Comments from local citizens and affected jurisdictions; (7) Benefits to the public and the affected transportation facility; (8) The safety record of the private entity; (9) The inclusion of a teaming agreement in the bid or proposal that identifies the primary designer of record or design firm representing not less than thirty per cent of the estimated design fee, the primary construction contractor representing not less than thirty per cent of the estimated construction dollar value amount, and the primary financier representing not less than fifty per cent of the total project cost. (10) Any other criteria that the department considers appropriate. (D) The department may select multiple private entities with which to enter a public-private agreement for a transportation facility if it is in the public interest to do so. (E) The department shall select a private entity or entities for a public-private initiative on a competitive basis. (F) Any materials or data submitted to, made available to, or received by the director of transportation, to the extent that the material or data consist of trade secrets, as defined in section 1333.61 of the Revised Code, are confidential and are not public records for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Financial information received by the director that is related to a proposal is confidential and not a public record for purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code until such time as a proposal is selected. Prior to submission of a solicited proposal, a private entity may request a review by the department of information that the private entity has identified as confidential, to determine whether such information would be subject to disclosure under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (G)(1) The department may reimburse one or more private entities for a portion of the actual costs each entity incurred in submitting a proposal for a public-private initiative that was solicited by the department under this section. When considering the reimbursement of such costs, the director shall describe in the request for proposals for a specific public-private initiative the specific terms and conditions for reimbursing one or more private entities. The director may include in the terms and conditions a requirement that each private entity execute an agreement to transfer to the department the rights to the use of the work product contained in the proposal in exchange for receiving the reimbursement. (2) The director shall make all decisions related to the reimbursement of a specific private entity and related to the maximum amount of the reimbursement. However, the department shall not reimburse a private entity if that entity enters into the public-private agreement that is the subject of the solicited proposal, except as set forth in the request for proposals or in the public-private agreement. The reimbursement of costs under division (G) of this section is exempt from the requirements of Chapter 125. of the Revised Code and sections 127.16 and 127.162 of the Revised Code. (3) If the department, pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section, includes a reimbursement provision in a request for proposals and the department subsequently terminates the solicitation prior to the solicitation expiration date, the department shall prorate the amount of the reimbursement that is to be paid to each private entity participating in the solicitation on the date the department terminates the solicitation. The department shall calculate the proration percentage by determining the number of days from the date the solicitation first was offered until the date the department terminated the solicitation and dividing that number by the number of days of the original solicitation period. (4) Except as otherwise provided in writing by the department, if, pursuant to division (G)(1) of this section, the department includes a reimbursement provision in a request for proposals and subsequently enters into negotiations based on the selection of a desired proposal and the department elects to terminate those negotiations for the convenience of the department and through no fault of the proposer, the proposer is entitled to the full reimbursement amount.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.403 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.403
§ 5534.403. Officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

October 29, 2018 Senate Bill 239 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of interstate route number two hundred seventy, commencing at the interchange of that route and state route number three and extending in a westerly direction to the intersection of interstate route number two hundred seventy and Cleveland avenue, in Franklin County, shall be known as the "Officers Anthony Morelli and Eric Joering Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5575.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5575 / § 5575.05
§ 5575.05. New contract for extra work - procedure
Status: in_force

September 14, 1995 House Bill 12 - 121st General Assembly (A) In case of an unforeseen contingency not contemplated by a road improvement contract, allowances for extra work may be made by a board of township trustees, but the board must first enter into a new contract in writing for the extra work. If the estimate for extra work is less than twenty-five thousand dollars for any particular line item listed in the new contract and the overall total estimate for the extra work does not exceed ten per cent of the total of the original contract, the contract for the extra work may be let by the board by private contract without complying with section 5575.02 of the Revised Code. Section 5575.02 of the Revised Code applies to all other new contracts for extra work, except that if an emergency exists and the time required for complying with section 5575.02 of the Revised Code would unduly delay the completion of the project, the board, after making a finding of emergency and entering it on its records, may contract for the extra work by private contract without complying with that section. (B) No contract shall be awarded for extra work at any price in excess of the original contract unit price for the same class or kind of work in connection with the original contract. In case of any new class or kind of work, the board and contractor shall agree as to the price to be paid. The contractor shall submit a bid in writing and, if the bid is accepted by the board, the board immediately shall enter into a written contract covering the extra work. The costs of the extra work shall be paid by the board out of any funds available therefor, and the amount paid shall be charged to the cost of construction of the improvement and apportioned as the original contract price.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5595.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5595 / § 5595.05
§ 5595.05. Issuance of securities
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project may provide for the issuance of securities for the purpose of paying costs of transportation improvements and opportunity corridor improvements. The securities are Chapter 133. securities, and the issuance of the securities, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the governing board in respect to the securities is governed by the applicable bond proceedings, section 133.22 or 133.23 , and other applicable sections of Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, notwithstanding that the transportation improvements or opportunity corridor improvements may result in permanent improvements for more than one purpose under that chapter. Such securities do not constitute a debt or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state or of any political subdivision of the state. Debt charges on outstanding securities are payable solely from revenues pledged to the regional transportation improvement project pursuant to section 5595.06 of the Revised Code. All securities shall contain on their face a statement to that effect. Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to the securities. Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5573.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5573 / § 5573.02
§ 5573.02. Transmission of surveys, plans, and specifications to board - notice
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly Upon the completion of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for a road improvement by the county engineer, the engineer shall transmit to the board of township trustees copies of the same. Except in cases of reconstruction or repair of roads, where no land or property is taken, the board shall then publish, once a week for two consecutive weeks, a notice using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation within the township; (B) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (C) On the web site and social media account of the township. The notice shall state that such improvement is to be made and that copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for it are on file with the board for the inspection and examination of all persons interested. In the event that land or property is to be taken for such improvement, proceedings shall be had in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.11
§ 5577.11. Wheel protectors
Status: in_force

September 1, 2000 House Bill 600 - 123rd General Assembly No person shall drive or operate, or cause to be driven or operated, any commercial car, trailer, or semitrailer, used for the transportation of goods or property, the gross weight of which, with load, exceeds three tons, upon the public highways, streets, bridges, and culverts within this state, unless such vehicle is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible flaps on the rearmost wheels of such vehicle or combination of vehicles to prevent, as far as practicable, the wheels from throwing dirt, water, or other materials on the windshields of following vehicles. Such protectors or flaps shall have a ground clearance of not more than one third of the distance from the center of the rearmost axle to the center of the flaps under any conditions of loading of the vehicle, and they shall be at least as wide as the tires they are protecting. If the vehicle is so designed and constructed that such requirements are accomplished by means of fenders, body construction, or other means of enclosure, then no such protectors or flaps are required. Rear wheels not covered at the top by fenders, bodies, or other parts of the vehicle shall be covered at the top by protective means extending at least to the center line of the rearmost axle.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.81
§ 5555.81. Improvement of state line road
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When it is desired to construct, improve, or repair a road on or along the line between this state and an adjoining state, the board of county commissioners of any county of this state may join with the proper authorities of any adjoining state, or subdivision thereof, in such construction or improvement. Each party to such agreement shall pay such proportion of the costs of said improvement as is agreed upon by the parties thereto.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.33
§ 5533.33. Trooper James R. Gross Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 14, 2002 Senate Bill 153 - 124th General Assembly In addition to the name prescribed by section 5533.32 of the Revised Code, that portion of the highway known as interstate number seventy-one, running in a northerly and southerly direction within Ashland county between mile marker number one hundred eighty-nine and mile marker number one hundred ninety-one, also shall be known as the "Trooper James R. Gross Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.64 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.64
§ 5533.64. Thomas A. Van Meter Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

November 3, 1999 House Bill 309 - 123rd General Assembly The road known as state route number sixty, running in a northerly and southerly direction through Ashland county only, shall be known as the "Thomas A. Van Meter Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.824 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.824
§ 5534.824. Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers, Jr. Medal of Honor Recipient 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 state route number sixty-five between the intersection of that route and state route number sixty-four and the intersection of that route and the western border of Wood county, in Wood county only, shall be known as the "Master Chief Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Edward C. Byers, Jr. Medal of Honor Recipient Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.23
§ 5534.23. SFC Bobby Lee Estle Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 207 - 131st 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 forty-eight, running in a northerly and southerly direction between the interchange of that state route and interstate route number seventy-one and the interchange of that state route and county road number thirty-eight, also known as Mason Morrow Millgrove road, within Warren county only, shall be known as the "SFC Bobby Lee Estle Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.36 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.36
§ 5534.36. Lance Corporal Stanley J. Sliwinski 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 state route number eighty-two, commencing at the eastern border of the township of Vienna in Trumbull county and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of state route number eighty-two and United States route number sixty-two in the township of Brookfield in Trumbull county, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Stanley J. Sliwinski Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.97 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.97
§ 5555.97. County road districts
Status: in_force

September 24, 1963 House Bill 675 - 105th General Assembly The board of county commissioners of a county in which there is located municipal corporations or a part thereof, may, by resolution, create that portion of the county not included within the corporate limits of such municipal corporations into a road district, whenever in its opinion it is expedient and necessary and for the public convenience and welfare, for the purpose of constructing, reconstructing, resurfacing, or improving, the public roads within such district. The district so created shall be given an appropriate name by which it shall be designated. After such district has been created, the board shall have all powers and duties which it has under sections 5555.02 to 5555.96 , inclusive, and 5559.02 to 5559.16 , inclusive, and 5591.02 to 5591.41 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and it shall proceed in like manner in the constructing, reconstructing, resurfacing, improving, maintaining, repairing, and dragging of county roads, or parts thereof, in such cases as provided for the board in county road construction. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.18
§ 5502.18. Enforcement agents may assist state or local law enforcement officers
Status: in_force

June 30, 1999 House Bill 163 - 123rd General Assembly Enforcement agents of the department of public safety may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer at the request of that officer or may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer in the event of an emergency. An enforcement agent who serves outside the department under this section shall be considered as performing services within the agent's regular employment for purposes of compensation, indemnity fund rights, workers' compensation, and any other rights and benefits to which the agent may be entitled as incidents of the agent's regular employment. Such an enforcement agent retains personal immunity from civil liability under section 9.86 of the Revised Code and shall not be considered an employee of a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code. A political subdivision that receives the assistance of an enforcement agent under this section is not subject to civil liability under Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code as a result of any action or omission of the agent.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.15
§ 5577.15. Application of size and weight provisions of chapter
Status: in_force

July 3, 2019 House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The size and weight provisions of this chapter do not apply to any of the following: (1) A person who is engaged in the initial towing or removal of a wrecked or disabled motor vehicle from the site of an emergency on a public highway where the vehicle became wrecked or disabled to the nearest site where the vehicle can be brought into conformance with the requirements of this chapter, to the nearest storage facility, or to the nearest qualified repair facility; (2) A person who is en route to the site of an emergency on a public highway to remove a wrecked or disabled motor vehicle; (3) A person who is returning from delivering a wrecked or disabled motor vehicle to a site, storage facility, or repair facility as specified in division (A)(1) of this section. (B) Any subsequent towing of a wrecked or disabled vehicle shall comply with the size and weight provisions of this chapter. (C) No court shall impose any penalty prescribed in section 5577.99 of the Revised Code or the civil liability established in section 5577.12 of the Revised Code upon a person who is operating a vehicle in the manner described in division (A) of this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.34
§ 5555.34. Single county procedure applicable to joint board
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Sections 5555.01 to 5555.72 , inclusive, of the Revised Code relating to improvements wholly within one county shall when applicable apply to improvements authorized by a joint board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.702 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.702
§ 5502.702. Mobile training team officer duties
Status: in_force

September 12, 2022 House Bill 99 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "administrator" has the same meaning as in section 5502.262 of the Revised Code. (B) The duties of the chief mobile training officer include: (1) Administering the Ohio mobile training team; (2) Adopting additional qualifications and training requirements for regional mobile training officers appointed under section 5502.70 of the Revised Code; (3) Enforcing rules and executing additional duties prescribed by the department of public safety. (C) The duties of a regional mobile training officer include: (1) Upon request, assisting an administrator within an officer's region in the development or review of an emergency management plan under section 5502.262 of the Revised Code; (2) Upon request, assisting an administrator of a public or nonpublic school within an officer's region with any other security protocols for activities or events outside of the building during or after school hours; (3) Upon request, assisting in strategic communications between federal, state, and local law enforcement or agencies in the event of an emergency situation at a school within an officer's region; (4) Offering tactical emergency medical services training to public and nonpublic schools within an officer's region; (5) Promoting the use of the SaferOH tip line within an officer's region; (6) Enforcing rules and executing additional duties prescribed by either the department of public safety or the chief mobile training officer; (7) Providing instruction and training through the Ohio school safety and crisis center as prescribed in section 5502.703 of the Revised Code; (8) Overseeing training operations and offering training opportunities for school employees, including observing emergency management tests as described in section 5502.262 of the Revised Code, providing weapons manipulation instruction, and other appropriate activities. Last updated October 17, 2022 at 11:06 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5559.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5559 / § 5559.11
§ 5559.11. Assessments - appeal
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly All assessments, with interest accrued thereon, made under sections 5559.02 to 5559.16 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be placed by the county auditor upon a special duplicate, to be collected as other taxes, and the principal shall be payable in not more than twenty semiannual installments, extending over a period of not more than ten years, as determined by the board of county commissioners. In the event that bonds are issued to pay the compensation, damages and costs incident to an improvement as provided by section 5559.02 of the Revised Code, the principal sum of such assessments shall be payable in such number of equal semiannual installments as will provide a fund for the redemption of the bonds so issued, and such assessments shall bear interest from the date of and at the same rate as the bonds, and the interest shall be collected in like manner as the principal of such assessments. If any lands to be assessed are subject to a life estate, the assessments made thereon shall, upon application of the life tenant to the board, be apportioned between the owner of the life estate and the owner of the fee, in proportion to the value of their respective estate. Upon the filing of the application the board shall fix a date for hearing and cause notice of such hearing to be served on the owner of the fee in the manner provided by section 5559.06 of the Revised Code. Either party to such apportionment may appeal to the probate court from the decision of the board relating to the apportionment of such assessment, by giving the notice provided for in section 5563.02 of the Revised Code and filing the bond provided for. Such proceedings shall thereafter be had upon such appeal as are provided for in sections 5563.01 to 5563.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.402 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.402
§ 5505.402. Eligibility for credit for service in Cincinnati retirement system
Status: in_force

April 1, 2001 House Bill 535 - 123rd General Assembly (A) If the conditions described in division (B) of section 5505.401 of the Revised Code are met, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the state highway patrol retirement system is eligible to obtain credit for service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system under this section. (B) A member of the state highway patrol retirement system who has contributions on deposit with the Cincinnati retirement system shall, in computing years of service credit, be given credit for service credit earned for full-time service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if for each year of service, the Cincinnati retirement system transfers to the state highway patrol retirement system the sum of the following: (1) The amount, contributed by the member, or, in the case of military service credit, paid by the member, that is attributable to that service; (2) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the full-time service had the member been a member of the state highway patrol retirement system at the time the credit was earned; (3) Interest on the amounts specified in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the transfer is made. (C) A member of the state highway patrol retirement system who has received a refund of the member's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system shall, in computing years of service, be given credit for service credit earned for full-time service as a member of the Cincinnati retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit if both of the following occur: (1) For each year of service, the Cincinnati retirement system transfers to the state highway patrol retirement system the sum of the following: (a) Interest on the amount refunded to the member that is attributable to the year of service from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned or in which payment was made for military service credit to the date the refund was made; (b) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the Cincinnati retirement system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the full-time service had the member been a member of the state highway patrol retirement system at the time the credit was earned, with interest on that amount from the last day of the year for which the service credit was earned to the date of the transfer. (2) The member pays an amount equal to the amount refunded by the Cincinnati retirement system to the member for that year for contributions and payments for military service, with interest at a rate established by the board of trustees of the state highway patrol retirement system on that amount from the date of the refund to the date of payment. (D) Interest charged under this section shall be calculated separately for each year of service credit. Unless otherwise specified in this section, it shall be calculated at the lesser of the actuarial assumption rate for that year of the state highway patrol retirement system or the Cincinnati retirement system. The interest shall be compounded annually. (E) Subject to the rules of the state highway patrol retirement system, a member may choose to purchase only part of the credit the member is eligible to purchase under division (C) of this section. (F) A member of the state highway patrol retirement system is ineligible to receive credit under this section for service that is used in the calculation of any retirement benefit currently paid or payable in the future to the member, or service rendered concurrently with any other period for which service credit has already been granted. (G) At the request of the state highway patrol retirement system, the Cincinnati retirement system shall certify to the state highway patrol retirement system a copy of the records of service, salary, and contributions of a member who seeks service credit under this section. (H) On receipt of payment from the member under division (C)(2) of this section, the state highway patrol retirement system shall notify the Cincinnati retirement system. On receipt of the notice, the Cincinnati retirement system shall transfer the amount described in division (C)(1) of this section. (I) In addition to entering into an agreement with the Cincinnati retirement system under section 5505.401 of the Revised Code, the state highway patrol retirement system may adopt rules establishing procedures for the purchase of service credit under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.424 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.424
§ 5534.424. Patrolman William J. Keller 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, that portion of the highway known as interstate route number seventy-six, between Lakewood road and Industry road, in Portage county, shall be known as the "Patrolman William J. Keller Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.37
§ 5534.37. PFC Burt "Rusty" Miller Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 30, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number ninety-three, running in a northerly and southerly direction in the municipal corporation of New Franklin only, shall be known as the "PFC Burt "Rusty" Miller Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.061 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.061
§ 5505.061. Transactions prohibited
Status: in_force

June 22, 1984 House Bill 37 - 115th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, a fiduciary shall not cause the state highway patrol retirement system to engage in a transaction, if he knows or should know that such transaction constitutes a direct or indirect: (1) Sale or exchange, or leasing, of any property between the system and a party in interest; (2) Lending of money or other extension of credit between the system and a party in interest; (3) Furnishing of goods, services, or facilities between the system and a party in interest; (4) Transfer to, or use by or for the benefit of a party in interest, of any assets of the system; or (5) Acquisition, on behalf of the system, of any employer security or employer real property. (B) Nothing in this section shall prohibit any transaction between the state highway patrol retirement system and any fiduciary or party in interest if: (1) All the terms and conditions of the transaction are comparable to the terms and conditions which might reasonably be expected in a similar transaction between similar parties who are not parties in interest; and (2) The transaction is consistent with the fiduciary duties described in Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code. (C) A fiduciary shall not: (1) Deal with the assets of the system in his own interest or for his own account; (2) In his individual or in any other capacity act in any transaction involving the system on behalf of a party (or represent a party) whose interests are adverse to the interests of the system or the interests of its participants or beneficiaries; or (3) Receive any consideration for his own personal account from any party dealing with such system in connection with a transaction involving the assets of the system. (D) In addition to any liability which he may have under any other provision, a fiduciary with respect to the system shall be liable for a breach of fiduciary responsibility of any fiduciary with respect to the system in the following circumstances: (1) If he participates knowingly in, or knowingly undertakes to conceal, an act or omission of such other fiduciary, knowing such act or omission is a breach; (2) If, by his failure to comply with Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code, he has enabled such other fiduciary to commit a breach; or (3) If he has knowledge of a breach by such other fiduciary, unless he makes reasonable efforts under the circumstances to remedy the breach. (E) Every fiduciary of the system shall be bonded or insured to an amount of not less than one million dollars for loss by reason of acts of fraud or dishonesty.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5521.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5521 / § 5521.01
§ 5521.01. Establishment and improvement of state highways within municipal corporation
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly The director of transportation, upon the request by and the approval of the legislative authority of a village, shall maintain, repair, and apply standard longitudinal pavement marking lines as the director considers appropriate, or may establish, construct, reconstruct, improve, or widen any section of a state highway within the limits of a village. The director also may erect regulatory and warning signs, as defined in the manual adopted under section 4511.09 of the Revised Code, on any section of a state highway within the limits of a village. The director may establish, construct, reconstruct, improve, widen, maintain, or repair any section of state highway within the limits of a city, including the elimination of railway grade crossings, and pay the entire or any part of the cost and expense thereof from state funds, but in all cases the director first shall obtain the consent of the legislative authority of the municipal corporation, except that the director need not obtain the consent of the municipal corporation if the existing highway being changed or the location of an additional highway being established was not within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation at the time the director determines the establishment or change should be made, or if the director is acting pursuant to section 5501.49 of the Revised Code. Any written agreement for street maintenance and repairs, including maintenance and repairs of a state highway located within a municipal corporation, that was entered into by the Ohio department of highways is binding on any of its successors, including the Ohio department of transportation. Except as provided in section 5501.49 of the Revised Code, when in the opinion of the director there is urgent need to establish a state highway, which is to be designated a federal aid highway, or a federal aid interstate highway within a municipal corporation or, in the opinion of the director, any federal aid highway or interstate federal aid highway is in urgent need of repair, reconstruction, widening, improvement, or relocation, so as to accommodate the traveling public, the director shall submit a written request to the legislative authority of the municipal corporation for its consent to the desired establishment or improvement. The legislative authority, within sixty days after the written request has been received from the director, either shall grant its consent to the establishment or improvement or refuse consent by filing in writing with the director a statement of its reasons for refusing consent and any alternate proposals it considers reasonable. If the legislative authority fails to act or refuses consent, the director, upon consideration of the reasons for rejection, may make a resolution declaring the necessity of the establishment or improvement, and then proceed in the same manner as if consent had been given. A certified copy of the resolution shall be served upon the municipal legislative authority, which, within twenty days from the date of service, may appeal to the court of common pleas of the county in which the municipal corporation is situated, upon the reasonableness and necessity of the action provided for in the resolution. In the hearing upon appeal, the director shall introduce the record of the director's proceedings, including the director's findings with respect to factors referred to in section 5521.011 of the Revised Code, and such other competent evidence as the director desires in support of the director's resolution, and the municipality likewise may introduce competent evidence opposing the resolution, and findings. The court may affirm or revoke the resolution. The decision of the common pleas court may be appealed to the court of appeals and the supreme court as in other cases. If the court affirms the resolution, the director may proceed with the establishment or improvement with or without the cooperation of the municipal corporation. Any such municipal corporation may cooperate with the director in the work and pay such portion of the cost as is agreed upon between the municipal corporation and the director. The legislative authority of any municipal corporation desiring to cooperate, by resolution, may propose such cooperation to the director, and a copy of the resolution, which shall set forth the proportion of the cost and expense to be contributed by the municipal corporation, shall be filed with the director. The director shall cause to be prepared the necessary surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications and shall file copies of them with the legislative authority of the municipal corporation. After the legislative authority has approved the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, and after the municipal corporation has provided the funds necessary to meet the portion of the cost of the work assumed by it, the municipal corporation shall enter into a contract with the state providing for payment by the municipal corporation of the agreed portion of the cost. The form of the contract shall be prescribed by the attorney general, and such contracts shall be submitted to the director and approved before the receipt of bids. Section 5705.41 of the Revised Code applies to such contract to be made by the municipal corporation, and a duplicate of the certificate of the chief fiscal officer of the municipal corporation shall be filed in the office of the director. That part of the cost of the work assumed by the municipal corporation shall be paid from the proceeds of taxes or special assessments, or both, or from the proceeds of notes or bonds issued and sold in anticipation of the collection of the taxes and assessments. For the purpose of providing funds for the payment of that part of the cost of the work assumed by the municipal corporation, the municipal corporation has the same authority to make special assessments, levy taxes, and issue bonds or notes, in anticipation of the collection of the same, as it has with respect to improvements constructed under the sole supervision and control of the municipal corporation. All such assessments shall be made, taxes levied, and bonds or notes issued and sold under such conditions and restrictions as may be provided with respect to assessments, taxes, bonds, or notes made, levied, issued, or sold in connection with improvements of the same class and character constructed under the sole supervision and control of the municipal corporation. The improvement shall be constructed under the sole supervision of the director. The proportion of the cost and expense payable by the municipal corporation shall be paid by the proper officers thereof, upon the requisition of the director, and at times during the progress of the work as may be determined by the director or as may be otherwise provided by law. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5553.044 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5553 / § 5553.044
§ 5553.044. Roads for public nonmotorized vehicular recreational use
Status: in_force

October 20, 1972 Senate Bill 247 - 109th General Assembly In any proceeding on a petition or resolution to vacate a road which begins on a public road and ends on a public road, the board of county commissioners may determine the suitability of the road for public nonmotorized vehicular recreational use. Such uses include, but are not limited to, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, and ski touring. They do not include use by motorcycles, snowmobiles, all purpose vehicles, or any other form of motorized vehicle. If the board finds that such uses will not unreasonably interfere with current land uses along the road, it may vacate the road subject to the preservation of a public right of way at least thirty feet wide within such roadway for such uses.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5553.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5553 / § 5553.08
§ 5553.08. Determination to proceed with improvement after modification of plan
Status: in_force

January 9, 1961 House Bill 1 - 104th General Assembly The board of county commissioners, acting in accordance with sections 5553.04 to 5553.07 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, may determine to proceed with the proposed improvement with such modifications and changes in the route and termini as in its judgment the public convenience and welfare require. In making such modifications or changes, the board shall cause an accurate and detailed description thereof to be entered on its journal.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5516.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5516 / § 5516.99
§ 5516.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of sections 5516.01 to 5516.14 of the Revised Code, or rules adopted thereunder, shall be fined not less than one hundred nor more than five thousand dollars. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.324 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.324
§ 5533.324. Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 Senate Bill 148 - 130th General Assembly That portion of the road known as interstate route number two hundred seventy-one, running in a northerly and southerly direction within the municipal corporation of Bedford Heights only, in Cuyahoga county, shall be known as the "Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.31
§ 5533.31. Christopher Columbus Highway
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly The road known as interstate route eighty, extending across Ohio from the Pennsylvania border in Trumbull county to the Indiana border in Williams county, shall be known as the "Christopher Columbus highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the portions of such highway under the director's jurisdiction indicating its name, and the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may erect suitable markers on the portions of such highway under its jurisdiction indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.899 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.899
§ 5534.899. PFC Steven D. Smith 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 northbound and southbound lanes of state route number thirteen between the northern border of the municipal corporation of Bellville to the southern border of the municipal corporation of Mansfield, in Richland county only, shall be known as the "PFC Steven D. Smith Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 3:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5571 / § 5571.011
§ 5571.011. Relocating roads
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly If a person through whose land a public road has been established which is under the jurisdiction of a board of township trustees, desires to turn or change or relocate such road or any part thereof through any part of the person's land, the person may file a petition with such board of township trustees setting forth briefly the particular change desired. Upon receipt of such petition, the board of township trustees shall give notice by publication once, not later than two weeks before the date which such board shall fix for a hearing on such petition using at least one of the following methods: (A) In the print or digital edition of a newspaper of general circulation in said township; (B) On the official public notice web site established under section 125.182 of the Revised Code; (C) On the web site and social media account of the township. The notice shall state that such petition has been filed and setting forth the change desired in such road and the date and place of such hearing. Upon receipt of such a petition the board of township trustees shall cause a competent engineer to make a survey of the ground over which the road is proposed to be changed, and to make a report in writing, together with a plat and survey of the proposed change and the engineer's opinion as to its advantage or disadvantage. The report of such engineer shall be filed with the board prior to the hearing of such petition. At the hearing had on the petition the board of township trustees may hear evidence for or against changing the road, and if the board is satisfied that the proposed change will not cause serious injury or disadvantage to the public, it may make a finding of such fact in its journal and authorize the petitioner to change such road in conformity with the prayer of the petition. The board may grant the change as prayed for in the petition, or it may order such change of the route of such road as will, in its judgment, be for the best interest of the public. Upon receiving satisfactory evidence that the road has been changed as authorized by it, and opened to the legal width and improved as required by it, the board of township trustees 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 proceeding, 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 asked for by the petition. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.616 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.616
§ 5534.616. SSgt Gene F. Morrison Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly The bridge spanning Indian creek, located immediately outside the municipal corporation of Versailles in Darke county, and being a part of the road known as state route number forty-seven, shall be known as the "SSgt Gene F. Morrison Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5526.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5526 / § 5526.07
§ 5526.07. Professional liability insurance policy
Status: in_force

June 29, 2001 House Bill 73 - 124th General Assembly (A) Except for any firm providing professional services that relate to research or training, right-of-way acquisition services, or services to assist the department of transportation in the administration of contract claims, a firm that renders professional services to the department, during the period of the performance of professional services for the department and for any other period of time specified in a contract with the department, shall have and maintain, or be covered by, a professional liability insurance policy or policies with a company or companies that are authorized to do business in this state and that afford professional liability coverage for the professional services rendered. The insurance shall be in an amount considered sufficient by the director of transportation. (B) The requirement to have or be covered by professional liability insurance under division (A) of this section may be waived by the director for good cause.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.83 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.83
§ 5534.83. Army PFC Walter Earl Duncan, Jr. Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 Senate Bill 86 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the portion of the road known as state route number thirty-two, running in an easterly and westerly direction, in Pike county only, shall be known as the "Army PFC Walter Earl Duncan, Jr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5593.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5593 / § 5593.01
§ 5593.01. Bridge commissions definitions
Status: in_force

September 4, 1982 House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly As used in Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code: (A) "Bridge" includes all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto including approaches. (B) "Improvements" means such repairs, replacements, reconstructions, additions, and betterments of and to a bridge acquired or constructed under such chapter, including such approach facilities thereto, as such commission determines necessary to place it in a safe and efficient condition for the use of the public. (C) "Cost of bridge" as applied to a bridge to be constructed or acquired by purchase or condemnation includes the estimated cost of construction or the cost of acquisition, cost of improvements, financing charges, interest during the period of construction and for a period not exceeding one year thereafter, interest during any period of disuse before completion of improvements, costs of traffic estimates, engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, and such other expenses as are necessary or incident to the financing authorized by Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, the construction or acquisition of the bridge, and the placing of the bridge in operation. (D) "County bridge commission" or "city bridge commission" means the bridge commission provided for in such sections of any such county or city, or if such commission is abolished, any board or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers given by such sections to such commissions are given by law. (E) "Owner" includes all individuals, incorporated companies, societies, or associations having any title or interest in any bridge properties, rights, easements, or franchises to be acquired. (F) "Approach facilities" means such bridge approaches, entrance plazas, overpasses, underpasses, toll booths, toll plazas, exits, and approach highways as the state bridge commission or any county or city bridge commission determines necessary to place any bridge constructed or acquired under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, in a safe and efficient condition for the public and to control and expedite adequately the flow of traffic to and from the bridge and past the bridge in both directions to places on public roads where traffic becomes normal and uncongested. (G) "Revenues" means all tolls, rentals, gifts, grants, receipts, moneys, and all other funds coming into the possession, or under the control, of the state bridge commission or any county or city bridge commission, by virtue of Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, except the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under authority of such sections.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.41
§ 5501.41. Removal of snow and ice
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the director of transportation may remove snow and ice from state highways, purchase the necessary equipment including snow fences, employ the necessary labor, and make all contracts necessary to enable such removal. The director may remove snow and ice from the state highways within municipal corporations, but before doing so the director must obtain the consent of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation. The board of county commissioners on county highways, and the board of township trustees on township roads, shall have the same authority to purchase equipment for the removal of and to remove snow and ice as the director has on the state highway system. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the director may provide road salt to a political subdivision if all of the following apply: (a) The director has excess road salt. (b) The political subdivision is otherwise unable to acquire road salt. (c) The political subdivision is in an emergency situation. (2) The director shall seek reimbursement from a political subdivision for road salt provided under this division. The reimbursement amount shall equal the price at which the director purchased the road salt. (C)(1) The director shall provide snow and ice removal and road salt application assistance to a village if both of the following apply: (a) The legislative authority of the village requests assistance from the department of transportation. (b) The snow and ice removal and road salt application is for a state highway within the corporate limits of the village. (2) The director shall not seek reimbursement for the assistance provided under division (C)(1) of this section from the village if reimbursement presents a significant financial hardship for the village. (3) Nothing in division (C) of this section requires the department to reimburse or pay a village for snow and ice removal and road salt application that is performed by either an employee of the village or a third party on behalf of the village. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.637 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.637
§ 5533.637. Captain Robert C. Hess Jr. Veterans Bridge
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly The bridge spanning the Hocking River at the eastern edge of the municipal corporation of Athens in Athens county and being part of the highway known as United States route number thirty-three, shall be known as the "Captain Robert C. Hess Jr. - Veterans Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 4:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5526.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5526 / § 5526.01
§ 5526.01. Contracts for professional services definitions
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Firm" means any person or limited liability company that is legally engaged in rendering professional services. (B) "Federal Water Pollution Control Act" has the same meaning as in section 6111.01 of the Revised Code. (C) "Professional services" means any of the following: (1) The practice of engineering as defined in section 4733.01 of the Revised Code; (2) The practice of surveying as defined in section 4733.01 of the Revised Code; (3) The practice of landscape architecture as defined in section 4703.30 of the Revised Code; (4) The evaluation of environmental impacts performed in accordance with the "National Environmental Policy Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 852, 42 U.S.C. 4321, as amended, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, or any other applicable law or regulation; (5) Right-of-way acquisition services such as right-of-way project management, title searches, property valuations, appraisals, appraisal reviews, negotiations, relocation services, appropriation activities, real estate closings, and property management activities that are performed for the purpose of properly acquiring private and public property rights in conjunction with public highway projects and that conform to Chapters 163. and 5501. of the Revised Code; rules 5501:2-5-01 to 5501:2-5-06 of the Ohio Administrative Code; the "Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1894, 42 U.S.C. 4601, et seq., as amended; the "Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987," Public Law No. 100-17, 101 Stat. 132; applicable provisions of Titles 23 and 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and any applicable policies and procedures established by the department of transportation; (6) Services related to the department's administration of construction contract claims, including, but not limited to, the analysis of claims, assistance in negotiations, and assistance during litigation; (7) Architectural services related to bridges; (8) Any other professional service that is determined by the director of transportation or any other designated officials of the department to be necessary for the provision of transportation services or to provide assistance to the department in furtherance of its statutory duties and powers. "Professional services" does not mean the practice of architecture as regulated under Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code, except landscape architecture and architectural services related to bridges as provided in divisions (C)(3) and (7) of this section. (D) "Qualifications" means all of the following: (1) The competence of a firm to perform required professional services as indicated by the technical training, education, and experience of the firm's personnel, in particular the technical training, education, and experience of the firm's personnel assigned to perform professional services for the department; (2) The ability of a firm in terms of its workload and the availability of qualified personnel, equipment, and facilities to perform the required professional services competently and expeditiously; (3) The past performance of a firm as indicated by evaluations of previous clients of the firm with respect to such factors as control of costs, quality of work, and meeting of deadlines; (4) Any other relevant factors as determined by the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.889 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.889
§ 5534.889. Teresa Miller-Martin 9/11 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 portion of the road known as state route number nineteen, running in a northerly and southerly direction, between the intersection of that route and Link road and that route and interstate route number ninety, in Sandusky county, shall be known as the "Teresa Miller-Martin 9/11 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 § 5517.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5517 / § 5517.04
§ 5517.04. Director to repair damage to county or township roads
Status: in_force

June 30, 1991 House Bill 201 - 119th General Assembly The director of transportation shall repair all substantial damage done to county and township roads or to streets in municipal corporations resulting from the transportation of materials or equipment over such roads for use in constructing, reconstructing, or repairing, either by force account or contract, any road, street, or highway project of the department. Temporary repairs on such roads made necessary by reason of such transportation of materials or equipment shall be made during the construction period so as to assure normal conditions for the general public. Final repairs shall be made immediately upon the completion of the work on such road, street, or highway project, or as soon thereafter as weather conditions permit, and may be by contract or by the purchase of materials and employment of labor by the department of transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.623 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.623
§ 5533.623. Deputy Marty Martin Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

October 27, 2011 Senate Bill 187 - 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 seventy-one, running in a northerly and southerly direction within southern Franklin county, between the intersection of that highway and interstate route number two hundred seventy and the intersection of that highway and Stringtown road, shall be known as the "Deputy Marty Martin Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5516.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5516 / § 5516.05
§ 5516.05. Designation of scenic byways - advertising devices
Status: in_force

June 30, 2021 House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of transportation may designate any portion of any of the following as a scenic byway: (1) The interstate system; (2) The national highway system; (3) The primary system; (4) Any state, county, municipal, or township road or highway. (B) The director shall exclude from designation as a scenic byway any segment of a highway in a zoned or unzoned commercial or industrial area that is determined by the director to be inconsistent with the designation of a scenic byway. (C) No advertising device may be erected upon a designated scenic byway, except in accordance with division (A) or (B) of section 5516.02 of the Revised Code, division (A), (B), or (C) of section 5516.06 of the Revised Code, or division (A) of section 5516.061 of the Revised Code. Any advertising device lawfully in existence prior to the designation of a scenic byway, upon such designation, is a nonconforming advertising device under section 5516.07 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 12, 2021 at 9:56 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5528.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5528 / § 5528.30
§ 5528.30. Sale of highway obligations
Status: in_force

June 30, 2000 Senate Bill 245 - 123rd General Assembly The commissioners of the sinking fund designated by Section 8 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and section 129.01 of the Revised Code are hereby authorized in accordance with Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections 5528.30 to 5528.40 of the Revised Code, to issue and sell, in amounts authorized by the general assembly, tax supported obligations, herein called "highway obligations," including bonds and notes of the state for the purpose of the construction, reconstruction, or other improvement of highways, including those on the state highway system and urban extensions thereof, those within or leading to public parks or recreational areas, and those within or leading to municipal corporations, the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, or other improvement of, and the provision of equipment for, buildings, structures, or other improvements for research and development with respect to highways and highway transportation, the acquisition and improvement of real estate and interests therein and necessary planning and engineering, required for such improvements, including participation in such improvements with the federal government, municipal corporations, counties or other governmental entities or any one or more of them which participation may be by grants, loans or contributions to them for any of such improvements. As used in sections 5528.30 to 5528.41 of the Revised Code, any reference to obligations authorized or issued pursuant to or in accordance with Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code, includes only those tax supported obligations so identified in such Section 2i for the purpose stated in this section. Not more than one hundred million dollars principal amount of highway obligations may be issued in any calendar year and not more than five hundred million dollars principal amount thereof may be outstanding at any one time. The principal of all highway obligations and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all taxes levied by the state or any taxing subdivision or district thereof. Highway obligations shall pass as negotiable instruments and shall possess all of the attributes thereof, shall bear interest at such rates as may be fixed in the resolution of the commissioners of the sinking fund awarding them to the successful bidder or bidders, may, at the option of the commissioners of the sinking fund, be issued subject to call, in whole or in part, at such price or prices and accrued interest, and at such times, all as may be determined by the commissioners, and shall mature at such times as may be fixed by the commissioners of the sinking fund in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such obligations, provided that highway obligations shall mature in not more than thirty years from the date of issuance thereof, or, if issued to retire highway obligations previously issued hereunder, within thirty years from the date the debt was originally contracted. Highway obligations shall be signed by such members of the commissioners of the sinking fund as are designated in the resolution authorizing such obligations provided that all but one of such signatures may be by facsimile signatures. Any coupons attached to such obligations shall bear the facsimile signature of the treasurer of state. In case any officer or member of the commissioners of the sinking fund whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any such obligations or on any coupons attached thereto ceases to be such officer or such commissioner before the delivery thereof, such signature or such facsimile is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer or commissioner had remained in office until such delivery. All bonds shall be sold at public sale to the highest bidder or bidders therefor based on the lowest interest cost to absolute maturity. All notes shall be sold at public sale either, as determined in the resolution of the commissioners of the sinking fund authorizing such notes, to the highest bidder or bidders therefor based on the lowest interest cost to absolute maturity or the bidder or combination of bidders bidding the lowest interest rate or combination of rates. Notice of the sale of obligations to be sold at public sale shall be published once, at least ten full days before the date of such sale in one or more newspapers published in and of general circulation in Franklin county and in one or more financial journals. Each of such published notices shall state the day, hour, and place of the sale, the total principal amount, the price or prices, and date of highway obligations to be sold, the dates of payment of principal and interest, whether or not they are callable, information as to their denominations, amounts of principal maturities and rates of interest which they shall bear, and such other information as the commissioners of the sinking fund may determine or authorize including, without limitation thereto, the method of determining the lowest interest cost, limitations on interest rate, and any other conditions and terms of sale. The commissioners of the sinking fund may reject all bids and readvertise and reoffer such obligations or other obligations for sale. Each issue of highway obligations shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by a majority of the full membership of the commissioners of the sinking fund. Such resolution shall set forth the date of the obligations, the principal amount thereof, the permitted discount, if any, the estimated interest rate or rates, which may be a variable rate or rates; the date or dates of payment of principal and interest, the places of payment of principal and interest, the amounts and dates of maturity of principal, whether or not they shall have interest coupons attached, whether or not they shall be callable, any privileges of registration of the principal or of the principal and interest and for exchange between bonds or notes in registered and coupon form and notes of different denomination, the title of the obligations, information as to their denominations, the manner of sale for purposes of this section, and shall provide the method of executing the obligations and for affixing thereto the great seal of this state or a facsimile thereof. The resolution may provide for municipal bond insurance, letters of credit, and other related agreements, the cost of which may be included in the costs of issuance of the obligations, and the pledge, holding, and disposition of the proceeds thereof.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5553.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5553 / § 5553.41
§ 5553.41. Petition to obtain road through lands of another
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to secure for the use of the public a road leading from any land owned by said person, firm, or corporation through the land of another person to a public highway may file a petition with the board of county commissioners describing the road so desired and giving the respective names and places of residence of the owners of all the land through which the proposed road will pass.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.427 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.427
§ 5534.427. Lt. James A. Kirkendall Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 51 - 136th 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 thirty-three between county road number one hundred ninety-one and Boundry road, in Auglaize county, shall be known as the "Lt. James A. Kirkendall Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated October 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.62 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.62
§ 5533.62. U.S.A.F. Pararescue Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 Senate Bill 156 - 125th General Assembly The road known as state route number forty-eight, running in a northerly and southerly direction, commencing in Shelby county and continuing through the counties of Miami, Montgomery, and Warren and ending in Clermont county, shall be known as the "U.S.A.F. pararescue memorial parkway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.732 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.732
§ 5533.732. Dominic "Dee Dee" Modarelli Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly The bridge spanning state route number seven hundred eleven in the municipal corporation of Youngstown, being part of the road known as Burlington street, shall be known as the "Dominic "Dee Dee" Modarelli 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 4:52 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.131 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.131
§ 5534.131. U.S. Army Private First Class Jerry Bockbrader 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 portion of the road known as state route number one hundred ninety-nine, running in a northerly and southerly direction, between the intersection of that route and west south Boundary street and the intersection of that route and state route one hundred five, in Wood county only, shall be known as the "U.S. Army Private First Class Jerry Bockbrader Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:07 PM