Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.02
§ 5537.02. Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created a commission to be known on and after July 1, 2013, as the "Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission." The commission is a body both corporate and politic, constituting an instrumentality of the state, and the exercise by it of the powers conferred by this chapter in the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Ohio turnpike system, and also in entering into agreements with the department of transportation to pay the cost or a portion of the costs of infrastructure projects, are and shall be held to be essential governmental functions of the state. Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code applies to the commission and the commission is a political subdivision of the state for purposes of that chapter. The commission is subject to all provisions of law generally applicable to state agencies which do not conflict with this chapter. (B)(1) The commission shall consist of ten members as follows: (a) Six members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate, no more than three of whom shall be members of the same political party; (b) The director of transportation, or the director's designee, who shall be a voting member, and the director of budget and management, or the director's designee. The directors or their designees, as applicable, shall serve as ex officio members, without compensation; (c) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate; (d) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. (2) The members appointed by the governor shall be residents of the state, shall have been qualified electors therein for a period of at least five years next preceding their appointment. In making the appointments, the governor may appoint persons who reside in different geographic areas of the state, taking into consideration the various turnpike and infrastructure projects in the state. Members appointed to the commission prior to July 1, 2013, shall serve terms of eight years commencing on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June. Thereafter, members appointed by the governor shall serve terms of five years commencing on the first day of July and ending on the thirtieth day of June. Those members appointed by the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives shall serve a term of the remainder of the general assembly during which the senator or representative is appointed. Each appointed member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. If a commission member dies or resigns, or if a senator or representative who is a member of the commission ceases to be a senator or representative, or if an ex officio member ceases to hold the applicable office, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as provided in division (B)(1) of this section. Any member who fills a vacancy occurring prior to the end of the term for which the member's predecessor was appointed shall, if appointed by the governor, hold office for the remainder of such term or, if appointed by the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives, shall hold office for the remainder of the term or for a shorter period of time as determined by the president or the speaker. Any member appointed by the governor shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration date of the member's term until the member's successor takes office, or until a period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first. A member of the commission is eligible for reappointment. Each member of the commission appointed by the governor, before entering upon the member's duties, shall take an oath as provided by Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution. The governor, the president of the senate, or the speaker of the house of representatives, may at any time remove their respective appointees to the commission for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office. (3)(a) A member of the commission who is appointed by the president of the senate or the speaker of the house of representatives shall not participate in any vote of the commission. Serving as an appointed member of the commission under divisions (B)(1)(c), (1)(d), or (2) of this section does not constitute grounds for resignation from the senate or the house of representatives under section 101.26 of the Revised Code. (b) The director of budget and management shall not participate in any vote of the commission. (C) The voting members of the commission shall elect one of the voting members as chairperson and another as vice-chairperson, and shall appoint a secretary-treasurer who need not be a member of the commission. Four of the voting members of the commission constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of four voting members is necessary for any action taken by the commission. No vacancy in the membership of the commission impairs the rights of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the commission. (D) Each member of the commission appointed by the governor shall give a surety bond to the commission in the penal sum of twenty-five thousand dollars and the secretary-treasurer shall give such a bond in at least the penal sum of fifty thousand dollars. The commission may require any of its officers or employees to file surety bonds including a blanket bond as provided in section 3.06 of the Revised Code. Each such bond shall be in favor of the commission and shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office, executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in this state, approved by the governor, and filed in the office of the secretary of state. The costs of the surety bonds shall be paid or reimbursed by the commission from revenues. Each member of the commission appointed by the governor shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars, payable in monthly installments. Each member shall be reimbursed for the member's actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of the member's duties. All costs and expenses incurred by the commission in carrying out this chapter shall be payable solely from revenues and state taxes, and no liability or obligation shall be incurred by the commission beyond the extent to which revenues have been provided for pursuant to this chapter. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.646 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.646
§ 5534.646. Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Historical Corridor
Status: in_force

October 21, 2024 House Bill 253 - 135th General Assembly (A) In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, all of the following shall be known as the "Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Historical Corridor": (1) The northeastbound and southwestbound lanes of United States route number forty-two between the intersection of United States route number forty-two and campus drive and the intersection of United States route number forty-two and United States route number sixty-eight in Greene county; (2) The northbound and southbound lanes of United States route number sixty-eight between the intersection of that route and United States route number forty-two in Greene county and the intersection of United States route number sixty-eight and United States route number sixty-two in Brown county; (3) The northbound and southbound lanes of United States route number sixty-two between the intersection of that route and United States route number sixty-eight and the Simon Kenton bridge in Brown county. (B) The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highways indicating their name. Last updated September 20, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5579.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5579 / § 5579.01
§ 5579.01. Appropriation of drainage rights or easements
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The director of transportation, board of county commissioners, or board of township trustees, may, in connection with any road improvement, appropriate any drainage rights outside the line of a highway, or any easement, right, or interest in any property desired for any proposed improvement. In case such official or boards desire to appropriate the drainage right, easements, right, or interest in any property in connection with any existing highway, the same may be done in the manner provided by sections 5549.04 to 5549.09 of the Revised Code. Any land or property rights required for the construction of a new bridge, or for any additions or repairs to an existing bridge, may be acquired in like manner.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.60 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.60
§ 5534.60. PFC William Boggs, CPL Sam Boggs, and SGT Robert Boggs Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of United States route number sixty-two between Staunton-Sugar Grove road and Greenfield Sabina road, in Fayette county, shall be known as the "PFC William Boggs, CPL Sam Boggs, and SGT Robert Boggs Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.161 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.161
§ 5534.161. Lance Corporal Michael C. Spaulding, USMC, 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, that portion of the highway known as interstate route number seventy-six, commencing at the east avenue exit and proceeding in a southerly direction to the interchange of that interstate and interstate route number two hundred seventy-seven, within the municipal corporation of Akron only, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Michael C. Spaulding, USMC, Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 2:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5535.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5535 / § 5535.04
§ 5535.04. Service highways
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly As an adjunct of any "limited access highway" or "freeway," the director of transportation, board of county commissioners, and municipal authorities may lay out and construct highways and drives, to be designated as service highways, to provide access from areas adjacent to a limited access highway or freeway, when they are deemed necessary in the public interest.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.45
§ 5501.45. Conveyance of lands not needed for highway or recreation purposes
Status: in_force

June 30, 2003 House Bill 87 - 125th General Assembly (A) The director of transportation may convey or transfer the fee simple estate or any lesser estate or interest in, or permit the use of, for such period as the director shall determine, any lands owned by the state and acquired or used for the state highway system or for highways or in connection with highways or as incidental to the acquisition of land for highways, provided that the director determines, after consulting with the director of natural resources, that the property or interest conveyed or made subject to a permit to use is not needed by the state for highway or recreation purposes. Such conveyance, transfer, or permit to use may be to the grantee or permittee or to the grantee or permittee and the grantee's or its successors and assigns and shall be of such portion of such lands as the director shall determine, which shall be described in the deed, transfer, or other instrument or conveyance and in any permit to use, and may include or be limited to areas or space on, above, or below the surface, and also may include the grant of easements or other interests in any such lands for use by the grantee for buildings or structures or for other uses and purposes, and for the support of buildings or structures constructed or to be constructed on or in the lands or areas or space conveyed or made subject to a permit to use. (B) Whenever pursuant to this section separate units of property are created in any lands, each unit shall for all purposes constitute real property and shall be deemed real estate within the meaning of all provisions of the Revised Code, shall be deemed to be a separate parcel for all purposes of taxation and assessment of real property, and no other unit or other part of such lands shall be charged with the payment of such taxes and assessments. (C) With respect to any portion of the state highway system not owned in fee simple by the state, the director may permit the use of any portion thereof in perpetuity or for such period of time as the director shall specify, including areas or space on, above, or beneath the surface, together with rights for the support of buildings or structures constructed or to be constructed thereon or therein, provided that the director determines that the portion made subject to a right to use is not needed by the state for highway purposes. (D) The director shall require, as either a condition precedent or a condition subsequent to any conveyance, transfer, or grant or permit to use, that the plans and specifications for all such buildings or structures and the contemplated use thereof, be approved by the director as not interfering with the use of the state highway system and not unduly endangering the public. The director may require such indemnity agreements in favor of the director and the public as shall be lawful and as shall be deemed necessary by the director. The director shall not unreasonably withhold approval of such plans, specifications, and contemplated use. (E)(1) All such conveyances, transfers, grants, or permits to use that are made to state institutions, agencies, commissions, instrumentalities, political subdivisions, or taxing districts of the state, to institutions receiving financial assistance from the state, or to the federal government shall be upon such consideration as shall be determined by the director to be fair and reasonable, without competitive bidding. Conveyances of real property under this section shall be by deed executed by the director and shall be in the form prescribed by the attorney general. Sections 5301.13 and 5515.01 of the Revised Code, relating to the sale or use of public lands, shall not apply to conveyances, grants, transfers, or permits to use made pursuant to this division. An institution receiving financial assistance from the state shall provide the director with acceptable documentary evidence of the state loan, grant, or other state financial assistance. The director shall keep a record of all such conveyances. (2) As used in this division, "institution receiving financial assistance from the state" includes any public or private organization, especially one of a charitable, civic, or educational character, in receipt of a state loan, grant, or other type of state financial assistance. (F) Except as provided in division (E) of this section, all conveyances, grants, or permits to use that are made to private persons, firms, or corporations shall be conducted in accordance with the procedure set forth in section 5501.311 or 5501.34 of the Revised Code, as applicable. (G) In any case where the director has acquired or acquires, for the state highway system, easements in or permits to use areas or space on, above, or below the surface, the director may extinguish them in whole or in part or subordinate them to uses by others, provided that the director determines that the easements or permit to use so extinguished or subordinated are not needed by the state for highway purposes. The director shall make any extinguishments to the current underlying fee owner of record at no cost. (H) No conveyance, transfer, easement, lease, permit, or other instrument executed pursuant to the authorization given by this section shall prejudice any right, title, or interest in any lands affected thereby which at the date thereof existed in any person, firm, or corporation, other than the state and other than members of the general public having no specific rights in said lands, unless the right, title, or interest was expressly subject to the right of the state to make such conveyance or transfer, grant such right, or execute such instrument, and unless the state by such instrument expressly exercises such right, nor shall any public utility be required to move or relocate any of its facilities that may be located in or on the areas described in any such conveyance, transfer, easement, lease, permit, or other instrument.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5528.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5528 / § 5528.53
§ 5528.53. Highway capital improvement fund
Status: in_force

September 14, 2000 House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly The highway capital improvement fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the proceeds of obligations issued pursuant to section 151.01 and 151.06 of the Revised Code, and issued prior to September 30, 2000, pursuant to section 5528.54 of the Revised Code, except for amounts deposited into special funds, or into escrow funds for the purpose of refunding outstanding obligations. Money to the credit of this fund may be expended to pay costs of projects. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The state may participate in financing projects by grants, loans, or contributions to local government entities. To the extent practicable, Ohio products, materials, services, and labor shall be used in any project financed in whole or in part from the fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.99
§ 5531.99. Penalties
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 5531.15 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) Whoever violates division (C) of section 5531.15 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 department of transportation by rule. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5528.52 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5528 / § 5528.52
§ 5528.52. Designee of commissioner may vote and attend meetings
Status: in_force

August 15, 1996 Senate Bill 257 - 121st General Assembly For meetings of the commissioners of the sinking fund pertaining to obligations, each of the commissioners may designate an employee or officer of that commissioner's office to attend meetings of the commissioners when that commissioner is absent or unable for any reason to attend and such designee, when present, shall be counted in determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting and may vote and participate in all proceedings and actions of the commissioners pertaining to obligations, provided, that such designee shall not execute or cause a facsimile of the designee's signature to be placed on any obligation, or execute any trust agreement or indenture of the commissioners. Such designation shall be in writing, executed by the designating member, and shall be filed with the secretary of the commissioners and such designation may be changed from time to time by a similar written designation. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 5:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5573.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5573 / § 5573.14
§ 5573.14. Trustees may issue bonds in anticipation of tax
Status: in_force

November 8, 1961 House Bill 1122 - 104th General Assembly The board of township trustees, in anticipation of the collection, for road improvements, of taxes and assessments or any part thereof, may, whenever in its judgment it is necessary, sell the bonds of the township in any amount not greater than the aggregate sum necessary to pay the estimated compensation, damages, and costs of such improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5513.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5513 / § 5513.05
§ 5513.05. Article failing to conform to specifications and conditions prescribed by director
Status: in_force

March 13, 1997 Senate Bill 287 - 121st General Assembly (A) If any article furnished by a vendor in the performance of a contract or purchase order fails to conform to the specifications and conditions prescribed by the director of transportation or to any sample of the article submitted by the vendor, the director may reject the article. Without additional expense to the department of transportation, the vendor shall reclaim and remove any rejected article that has been delivered and immediately shall replace all rejected articles with articles that conform to the specifications and conditions or samples. Notwithstanding sections 5513.01 and 5513.02 of the Revised Code, if the vendor does not immediately replace the rejected articles with conforming articles, the director may cancel the contract or purchase order and purchase the article without using a notice and bidding procedure. In an emergency situation as determined by the director, the director immediately may purchase any necessary replacement article. The director may deduct from any moneys due or that may thereafter become due to the vendor who provided the rejected article the difference between the price named in the canceled contract or purchase order with the vendor and the actual cost of the article purchased by the department in substitution for that due from the vendor. (B) Notwithstanding sections 5513.01 and 5513.02 of the Revised Code, if a vendor fails to make prompt delivery of any article, and the delivery is delayed by circumstances other than fire, strike, freight embargo, or an act of God or a government, the director may cancel the contract or purchase order and purchase the article without using a notice and bidding procedure. The director may deduct from any moneys due or that may thereafter become due to the vendor who failed to promptly deliver the article the difference between the price named in the canceled contract or purchase order with the vendor and the actual cost of the article purchased by the department in substitution for that due from the vendor. (C) The department may recover from a vendor who fails to promptly provide conforming articles any incidental or consequential damages as defined in section 1302.89 of the Revised Code incurred by the department in promptly obtaining the conforming articles. (D) The rights and remedies established in this section are not exclusive and are in addition to any other available rights and remedies.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.23
§ 5589.23. Company liable for fines against employees
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly A railroad company or other corporation, the servant, agent, or employee of which, in any manner, obstructs a public road or highway, shall pay all penalties which may be assessed against such servant, agent, or employee for obstructing it. The penalties may be enforced by execution issued against such corporation on the judgment rendered against the servant, agent, or employee.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.211 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.211
§ 5589.211. Abandoned locomotive obstructing street or road
Status: in_force

October 27, 2000 Senate Bill 207 - 123rd General Assembly No railroad company shall obstruct, or permit or cause to be obstructed, a public street, road, or highway, by permitting any part of a train whose crew has abandoned the locomotive to remain across it for longer than five minutes to the hindrance or inconvenience of travelers or a person passing along or upon the street, road, or highway, unless the safety of the train crew requires them to abandon the locomotive. Upon the filing of an affidavit or complaint for violation of this section, summons shall be issued to the railroad company pursuant to division (B) of section 2935.10 of the Revised Code, which summons shall be served on the regular ticket or freight agent of the company in the county where the offense occurred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5543.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5543 / § 5543.03
§ 5543.03. Report to director of transportation
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The county engineer shall make a report to the director of transportation, whenever requested by that official, relative to the highways and bridges in the county, containing such matter and in such form as prescribed by the director, and file a duplicate with the board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5525.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5525 / § 5525.13
§ 5525.13. Limitation of surety bond and insurance
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly Where surety bond is accepted from a surety company by the director of transportation on a contract it shall not be for more than ten per cent of the company's capital and surplus, unless the amount in excess of ten per cent is fully reinsured in some surety company that is authorized to transact business in this state. The director may limit the total amount of insurance in force at any one time in any one company. In the event of the insolvency of any surety, at any time prior to the completion of a contract, the director may require the contractor to furnish forthwith a new bond covering the uncompleted portion of the work.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.628 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.628
§ 5533.628. Captain Daniel Stiles Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number six hundred nineteen, commencing at the boundary of Summit and Stark counties and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of that route and Kaufman avenue in Lake township in Stark county, shall be known as the "Captain Daniel Stiles Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5515.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5515 / § 5515.02
§ 5515.02. Removal of structures constituting obstructions or interferences
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "road" or "highway" has the same meaning as in section 5501.01 of the Revised Code and also includes any part of the right-of-way. (B) All individuals, firms, and corporations using or occupying any part of a road or highway on the state highway system with telegraph or telephone lines, steam, electrical, or industrial railways, oil, gas, water, or other pipes, mains, conduits, or any object or structure, other than by virtue of a franchise or permit granted and in force, shall remove from the bounds of the road or highway, their poles and wires connected therewith, and any tracks, switches, spurs, or oil, gas, water, or other pipes, mains, conduits, or other objects or structures, when in the opinion of the director of transportation they constitute obstructions, or they interfere or may interfere with the contemplated construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, repair, or use by the traveling public of the roads or highways. (C) All individuals, firms, or corporations so occupying any road or highway on the state highway system, under and by virtue of a franchise or permit granted and in force, shall relocate their properties and all parts thereof within the bounds of the road or highway when in the opinion of the director they constitute obstructions, or they interfere with or may interfere with the contemplated construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, repair, or use of the road or highway. The relocation within the bounds of the road or highway shall be in the manner and to the extent prescribed by the director. (D) If, in the opinion of the director, such individuals, firms, or corporations have obstructed any road or highway on the state highway system, or if any of their properties are so located that they do or may interfere with the contemplated construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, repair, or use of the road or highway, the director shall notify such individual, firm, or corporation directing the removal of the obstruction or properties, or the relocation of the properties. If the individual, firm, or corporation does not within five days from the service of the notice proceed to remove or relocate the obstruction or properties and complete the removal or relocation within a reasonable time, the director may remove or relocate the same by employing the necessary labor, tools, and equipment. Any notice required under this section shall be made by personal service, certified mail, or express mail. (E) If, in the director's opinion, the obstruction or properties present an immediate and serious threat to the safety of the traveling public, the director may remove or relocate the obstruction or properties without prior notice. (F) When the director performs a removal or relocation under this section, the costs and expenses shall be paid by the director out of any appropriation of the department of transportation available for the establishment, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of highways, and the amount thereof shall be certified to the attorney general for collection by civil action. (G) No person shall knowingly fail to remove or relocate an obstruction or property when required to do so under this section. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5561.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5561 / § 5561.12
§ 5561.12. Cost of repairs
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly After the completion of construction work, grade crossings and approaches shall be kept in repair as follows: (A) When the public way crosses a railroad or interurban railway, by an overhead bridge, the cost of maintenance must be borne by the county or state, as may be provided by law. (B) When the public way passes under a railroad or interurban railway, the bridge and its abutments shall be kept and maintained by the railroad or interurban railway company in such proportions as are fixed by agreement between the parties, or, in the absence of such agreement, in such proportions as are fixed by the court of common pleas of the county in which the improvement is located, and the public way and its approaches shall be maintained and kept in repair by the county in which they are situated or by the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5540.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5540 / § 5540.06
§ 5540.06. Issuing bonds
Status: in_force

June 30, 2023 House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly (A) The board of trustees of a transportation improvement district may provide by resolution for the issuance, at one time or from time to time, of bonds of the district for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more projects. The bond service charges shall be payable solely from pledged revenues pledged for such payment pursuant to the applicable bond proceedings. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at a rate or rates or at variable rates, and shall mature or be payable at such time or times, with a final maturity not to exceed thirty years from their date or dates, all as determined by the board in the bond proceedings. The board shall determine the form of the bonds, including any interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of bond service charges. (B) The bonds shall be signed by the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the board or by the facsimile signature of that officer, the official seal of the district or a facsimile thereof may be affixed thereto or printed thereon and attested by the secretary-treasurer of the district, which may be by facsimile signature, and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile signature of the chairperson or vice-chairperson of the board. In case any officer whose signature, or a facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bonds or coupons ceases to be such officer before delivery of the bonds, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if the officer had remained in office until such delivery. (C) Subject to the bond proceedings and provisions for registration, the bonds shall have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under Title XIII of the Revised Code. The bonds may be issued in such form or forms as the board determines, including without limitation coupon, book entry, and fully registered form, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, and for the exchange of bonds between forms. The board may sell such bonds by competitive bid on the best bid after advertisement or request for bids or by private sale in the manner, and for the price, it determines to be for the best interest of the district. (D) The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for the payment of the costs of the project or projects for which the bonds were issued, and shall be disbursed in such manner and under such restrictions as the board provides in the bond proceedings. (E) Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the board may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds or bond anticipation notes, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery. The board may provide for the replacement of any mutilated, stolen, destroyed, or lost bonds. (F) Sections 9.98 to 9.983 of the Revised Code apply to the bonds. (G) The bond proceedings shall provide, subject to the provisions of any other applicable bond proceedings, for the pledge to the payment of bond service charges and of any costs of or relating to credit enhancement facilities of all, or such part as the board may determine, of the pledged revenues and the applicable special fund or funds, which pledges may be made to secure the bonds on a parity with bonds theretofore or thereafter issued if and to the extent provided in the bond proceedings. Every pledge, and every covenant and agreement with respect thereto, made in the bond proceedings may in the bond proceedings be extended to the benefit of the owners and holders of bonds and to any trustee and any person providing a credit enhancement facility for those bonds, for the further security for the payment of the bond service charges and credit enhancement facility costs. (H) The bond proceedings may contain additional provisions as to: (1) The redemption of bonds prior to maturity at the option of the board or of the bondholders or upon the occurrence of certain stated conditions, and at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as are provided in the bond proceedings; (2) Other terms of the bonds; (3) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds; (4) The terms of any trust agreement securing the bonds or under which the same may be issued; (5) Any or every provision of the bond proceedings being binding upon the board and state agencies, or other person as may from time to time have the authority under law to take such actions as may be necessary to perform all or any part of the duty required by such provision; (6) Any provision that may be made in a trust agreement; (7) Any other or additional agreements with the holders of the bonds, or the trustee therefor, relating to the bonds or the security for the bonds, including agreements for credit enhancement facilities. (I) Any holder of bonds or a trustee under the bond proceedings, except to the extent that the holder's or trustee's rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, may by any suitable form of legal proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of this state or granted by the bond proceedings. Those rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the board required by this chapter or the bond proceedings; to enjoin unlawful activities; and in the event of default with respect to the payment of any bond service charges on any bonds or in the performance of any covenant or agreement on the part of the board contained in the bond proceedings, to apply to a court having jurisdiction of the cause to appoint a receiver to receive and administer the revenues and the pledged revenues which are pledged to the payment of the bond service charges on such bonds or that are the subject of the covenant or agreement, with full power to pay, and to provide for payment of, bond service charges on such bonds, and with such powers, subject to the direction of the court, as are accorded receivers in general equity cases, excluding any power to pledge additional revenue or receipts or other income, funds, or moneys of the board to the payment of such bond service charges and excluding the power to take possession of, mortgage, or cause the sale or otherwise dispose of any project or other property of the board. (J) Each duty of the board and the board's officers and employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings, is hereby established as a duty of the board, and of each such officer, member, or employee having authority to perform the duty, specifically enjoined by law resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. (K) The board's officers or employees are not liable in their personal capacities on any bonds issued by the board or any agreements of or with the board relating to those bonds. (L) The bonds are lawful investments for banks, savings and loan associations, credit union share guaranty corporations, trust companies, trustees, fiduciaries, insurance companies, including domestic for life and domestic not for life, trustees or other officers having charge of sinking and bond retirement or other funds of the state or its political subdivisions and taxing districts, the commissioners of the sinking fund of the state, the administrator of workers' compensation, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant thereto by any state agency with respect to investments by them, and also are acceptable as security for the repayment of the deposit of public moneys. (M) Provision may be made in the applicable bond proceedings for the establishment of separate accounts in the bond service fund and for the application of such accounts only to the specified bond service charges pertinent to such accounts and bond service fund, and for other accounts therein within the general purposes of such fund. (N) The board may pledge all, or such portion as it determines, of the pledged revenues to the payment of bond service charges, and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves and special funds, as provided in the bond proceedings, and make other provisions therein with respect to pledged revenues, revenues, and net revenues as authorized by this chapter, which provisions shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provisions of law pertaining thereto. (O) The board may pledge all, or such portion as it determines, of the pledged or assigned sales and use taxes received from a qualifying regional transit authority to the payment of debt service charges on any qualifying bonds issued by the transportation improvement district to fund or finance qualifying projects under section 306.353 of the Revised Code. Last updated April 27, 2023 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5523.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5523 / § 5523.18
§ 5523.18. Costs of improvement
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The proportion of the cost of a grade crossing improvement to be paid by the state shall be paid by the director of transportation, upon estimates, out of any fund appropriated to the department of transportation available for the establishment, construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of highways, funds contributed by the local subdivisions, and funds contributed by the federal government. The portion of the costs to be paid by the railroad company shall be paid in the manner and at the time agreed upon, or, in the absence of agreement, as the director directs.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5561.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5561 / § 5561.01
§ 5561.01. Road grade above or below railroad tracks
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Any county may raise or lower the grade of any state or intercounty highway above or below the tracks of railroads and parallel and adjacent interurban railways within the county, and require any railroad company operating a railroad in such county, and any interurban railway company operating an interurban railway parallel and adjacent to the railroad, to raise or lower the grade of its tracks, above or below any state or intercounty highway, and may construct ways or crossings for such highway above the tracks of any railroad and parallel and adjacent interurban railway, or require the railroad company and any interurban railway company operating an interurban railway, parallel and adjacent to such railroad, to construct ways or crossings therefor that are to be passed under its tracks. Such companies may be required to erect permanent piers, abutments, or any other appropriate supports for any of such works on state and intercounty highways within the county, whenever, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, the raising or lowering of the grade of any such tracks, or the raising, lowering, or construction of such highways or supports is necessary; upon the terms of sections 4957.06 and 5561.01 to 5561.15 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.30 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.30
§ 5555.30. Decision of joint board as to improvement
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly After all questions relating to compensation and damages have been disposed of, the joint board shall decide whether it will proceed with the improvement, and if it decides to proceed therewith, it shall adopt the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for the improvement as reported by the county engineer or with such modifications as the joint board and the engineer agree upon.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5513.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5513 / § 5513.03
§ 5513.03. Delegation of authority to purchase
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly The director of transportation may authorize district deputy directors of transportation to purchase materials, small tools, repair parts for machinery and equipment, and supplies at their respective offices. Before conferring such authority upon deputies, the director shall adopt a regulation prescribing the authority to the deputies in this respect, the conditions under which and the manner in which such purchases may be made by deputies, and the notice that deputies shall give to prospective bidders. No deputy shall make any purchase except in conformity with the regulation. The notice that the deputies shall give to prospective bidders shall be at least the equal as to character and time of that required to be given by the director. Copies of all notices that deputies may be required to post shall be mailed to the director via regular first class mail not later than the first day on which such notices are required to be posted by the deputies, and upon receipt by the director such copies shall be posted on the bulletin board in the director's offices.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5557.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5557 / § 5557.07
§ 5557.07. Proceedings when greater width desired by municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Whenever any portion of a road to be improved by the board of county commissioners lies within the corporate limits of a municipal corporation, and the legislative authority of such municipal corporation desires to improve any part of the road within such municipal corporation to a greater width than is contemplated by the proceedings for the improvement by the board, such legislative authority shall, at any time before it approves the surveys and profiles for such improvement, determine by resolution the additional width to which it desires such road, or part thereof, to be improved and cause a copy of the resolution to be filed with the board. The board shall cause the county engineer to prepare the necessary surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for improving such road or part thereof to an additional width. The estimates for the improvement shall set forth the probable cost of so much of the improvement as is made necessary by the proposed increase in width. After such surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications have been completed by the engineer he shall file a copy with the board and all subsequent proceedings shall be conducted in the manner provided in sections 5557.02 to 5557.06 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The legislative authority of the municipal corporation may assume all that part of the estimated cost of such improvement rendered necessary by the increased width, or such part of the additional expense as may be agreed upon between the legislative authority and the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5528.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5528 / § 5528.12
§ 5528.12. Highway improvement bond retirement fund
Status: in_force

December 2, 1964 House Bill 9 - 105th General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury a fund to be known as the "highway improvement bond retirement fund." Moneys to the credit of said fund shall be expended for the purpose of paying interest, principal, and charges for the issuance and retirement of bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code. All moneys credited to such fund are hereby pledged and appropriated to meet payments of interest, principal, and charges for the issuance and retirement of bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code upon the order of the commissioners of the sinking fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5543.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5543 / § 5543.10
§ 5543.10. Constructing sidewalks, curbs, or gutters
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) The county engineer, upon the order of the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees, shall construct sidewalks, curbs, or gutters of suitable materials, along or connecting the public highways, outside any municipal corporation, upon the petition of a majority of the abutting property owners. The expense of the construction of these improvements may be paid by the county or township, or by the county or township and abutting property owners in such proportion as determined by the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees. The board of county commissioners or board of township trustees may assess part or all of the cost of these improvements against the abutting property owners, in proportion to benefits accruing to their property. The board of county commissioners or board of township trustees, by unanimous vote, may order the construction, repair, or maintenance of sidewalks, curbs, and gutters along or connecting the public highways, outside a municipal corporation, without a petition for that construction, repair, or maintenance, and may assess none, all, or any part of the cost against abutting property owners, provided that notice is given by publication for three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, stating the intention of the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees to construct, repair, or maintain the specified improvements and fixing a date for a hearing on them. As part of a sidewalk improvement, the board may include the repair or reconstruction of a driveway within the sidewalk easement. As part of a curb improvement, the board may include construction or repair of a driveway apron. Notice to all abutting property owners shall be given by two publications in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, at least ten days prior to the date fixed in the notice for the making of assessments. The notice shall state the time and place when abutting property owners will be given an opportunity to be heard with reference to assessments. The board of county commissioners or board of township trustees shall determine whether assessments shall be paid in one or more installments. (B) The county engineer may trim or remove any and all trees, shrubs, and other vegetation growing in or encroaching onto the right-of-way of the easement of a public sidewalk along or connecting the public highways and maintained by the county, and the board of township trustees may trim or remove any and all trees, shrubs, and other vegetation growing in or encroaching onto the right-of-way of the easement of a public sidewalk along or connecting the public highways and maintained by the township, as is necessary in the engineer's or board's judgment to facilitate the right of the public to improvement and maintenance of, and uninterrupted travel on, public sidewalks in the county or township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.335 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.335
§ 5533.335. Lance Corporal David Raymond Baker Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 31, 2010 House Bill 27 - 128th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route two, commencing at the intersection of that road and state route forty-four and extending in a northeasterly direction to the exit from state route two for the municipal corporation of Painesville, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal David Raymond Baker Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.916 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.916
§ 5534.916. Officer M. Scott Moyer Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of United States route number twenty-two, between the intersection of that route and state route number one hundred eighty-eight and the intersection of that route number and state route number thirty-seven, in Fairfield county, shall be known as the "Officer M. Scott Moyer Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.06
§ 5555.06. Resolution by board - plans by county engineer
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may by resolution adopted by a unanimous vote find that the public convenience and welfare require the improving of any public road or part thereof by grading, draining, paving, straightening, or widening such road and constructing or reconstructing any bridges and culverts necessary for such improvement. The resolution shall fix the route and termini of such improvement, and shall apportion the cost thereof, which apportionment may be made upon different bases for various portions of any road to be improved. Such cost shall be apportioned and paid in any one of the methods provided by section 5555.41 of the Revised Code. The board shall in said resolution order the county engineer to prepare the necessary surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates of cost, and specifications for the improvement, together with an estimated assessment, based upon the estimates of cost upon the real estate to be charged therewith, of such part of the estimated damages and expenses of such improvement as are to be specially assessed. Such estimated assessment shall be according to the benefits which will result to such real estate. In making such estimated assessment, the engineer may take into consideration any previous special assessment made upon such real estate for road improvements. The board may order the engineer to make alternate surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, providing therein for different widths of roadway, different materials, or other similar variations. The engineer may, without instructions from the board, prepare and submit to the board alternate surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, providing therein for different widths of roadway, different materials, or other similar variations. If alternate surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications are approved by the board of county commissioners or submitted by the engineer on his own motion, the board of county commissioners and the engineer acting together shall constitute a board for the selection of the particular plan, profile, cross sections, estimate, and specifications to be used and shall, after the opening of bids, determine by a majority vote of such board which of said surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications shall be finally adopted for the improvement. After the passage of the resolution provided for in this section, all subsequent proceedings of the board of county commissioners with respect to said improvement may be had by a majority vote.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.495 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.495
§ 5534.495. Patrolman Paul L. McManis 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 northbound and southbound lanes of state route number two hundred sixty-nine between the intersection of that route and Potter road and the intersection of that route and Parker road, in Erie county, shall be known as the "Patrolman Paul L. McManis Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.99 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.99
§ 5505.99. Penalty
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 5505.045 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day of the violation. (B) Whoever violates division (B) of section 5505.045 of the Revised Code shall be imprisoned for not more than six months or fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both. Last updated August 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5553.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5553 / § 5553.11
§ 5553.11. Proceedings after improvement ordered
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 318 - 127th General Assembly If the proceeding is for an improvement other than the vacation of a road and the board of county commissioners, at its final hearing on the proposed improvement, orders the improvement established, it shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.791 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.791
§ 5533.791. Lance Corporal Taylor Prazynski Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly In addition to the designation of the road known as state route number four in section 5533.14 of the Revised Code, that portion of state route number four, running in a northerly and southerly direction within the municipal corporation of Fairfield only, commencing at its intersection with south Gilmore road in the south and proceeding in a northerly direction to its intersection with Symmes road in the north, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Taylor Prazynski Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.646 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.646
§ 5533.646. Pfc. Douglas E. Dickey Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number forty-seven, commencing at the intersection of that state route and state route number forty-nine and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of state route forty-seven and United States route number one hundred twenty-seven in Darke county only, shall be known as the "Pfc. Douglas E. Dickey Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.03
§ 5577.03. Weight of load - width of tire
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person, firm, or corporation shall transport over the improved public streets, alleys, intercounty highways, state highways, bridges, or culverts, in any vehicle propelled by muscular, motor, or other power, any burden, including weight of vehicle and load, greater than the following: (A)(1) In vehicles having metal tires three inches or less in width, a load of five hundred pounds for each inch of the total width of tire on all wheels; (2) When the tires on such vehicles exceed three inches in width, an additional load of eight hundred pounds shall be permitted for each inch by which the total width of the tires on all wheels exceeds twelve inches. (B) In vehicles having tires of rubber or other similar substances, for each inch of the total width of tires on all wheels, as follows: (1) For tires three inches in width, a load of four hundred fifty pounds; (2) For tires three and one-half inches in width, a load of four hundred fifty pounds; (3) For tires four inches in width, a load of five hundred pounds; (4) For tires five inches in width, a load of six hundred pounds; (5) For tires six inches and over in width, a load of six hundred fifty pounds. The total width of tires on all wheels shall be, in case of solid tires of rubber or other similar substance, the actual width in inches of all such tires between the flanges at the base of the tires, but in no event shall that portion of the tire coming in contact with the road surface be less than two thirds the width so measured between the flanges. In the case of pneumatic tires, of rubber or other similar substance, the total width of tires on all wheels shall be the actual width of all such tires, measured at the widest portion thereof when inflated and not bearing a load. In no event shall the load, including the proportionate weight of vehicle that can be concentrated on any wheel, exceed six hundred fifty pounds to each inch in width of the tread as defined in this section for solid tires, or each inch in the actual diameter of pneumatic tires measured when inflated and not bearing a load.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.82 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.82
§ 5501.82. Sovereign immunity
Status: in_force

June 29, 2011 House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly Nothing in sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code shall be construed or deemed to affect any waiver of the sovereign immunity of the state or any officer or employee of the state with respect to the participation in or approval of all or any part of the transportation facility or its operation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.90
§ 5533.90. Lawrence E. Hughes Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 Senate Bill 156 - 125th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number three hundred fifteen running in a north and south direction within Franklin county, commencing at the point where that state route crosses over King avenue and extending northward to the boundary of Franklin county and Delaware county, shall be known as the "Lawrence E. Hughes Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. The director may accept private contributions to pay all or part of the costs of manufacturing, erecting, and maintaining the markers. Any private money the department receives for the purposes of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway operating fund or any other fund of the department as determined by the director. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.839 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.839
§ 5534.839. Corporal Dustin A. Derga 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 interstate route number seventy in Fairfield county shall be known as the "Corporal Dustin A. Derga Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 12:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.924 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.924
§ 5534.924. Dr. Steven Takacs Veteran Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 2, 2026 House Bill 38 - 136th 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 eighty-seven, running in an easterly and westerly direction, between the intersection of that route and state route number forty-four and the intersection of that route and Sperry road, in Geauga county only, shall be known as the "Dr. Steven Takacs Veteran Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.13
§ 5533.13. Governor Thomas Kirker Highway
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The road known as state route number one hundred thirty-six, running in a north and south direction through the counties of Adams and Highland and through the municipal corporations of Sugartree Ridge, Winchester, Cherry Fork, Bentonville, and Manchester shall be known as the "Governor Thomas Kirker highway." The director of transportation shall erect suitable markers upon said highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:24 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.163 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.163
§ 5505.163. Election by retirant prior to 9-21-94
Status: in_force

March 24, 2003 House Bill 373 - 124th General Assembly (A) A retirant who retired prior to September 21, 1994, under section 5505.16 of the Revised Code may elect to receive the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's pension in a lesser amount payable for the remainder of the retirant's life and continuing after death to the retirant's surviving designated beneficiary under one of the optional plans described in division (A)(2)(a), (b), or (c) of section 5505.162 of the Revised Code, provided the annual amount payable to the designated beneficiary shall not exceed the annual amount payable to the retirant, the amount is certified by the actuary employed by the state highway patrol retirement system to be the actuarial equivalent of the retirant's pension, and the state highway patrol retirement board approves the amount. (B) A retirant interested in making the election authorized by division (A) of this section shall file a notice of interest with the board not later than sixty days after June 30, 2000. The board shall advise the retirant with respect to the choices available under the optional plans and have a determination made of the monthly pension payable under the optional plan elected by the member for inclusion in the statement to be filed under division (C) of this section. (C) To make the election authorized by division (A) of this section, a retirant shall file a statement, on a form provided by the board, indicating that the retirant elects to participate in the optional plan specified in the statement. The form must be filed with the board not later than one hundred twenty days after June 30, 2000. (D) A notice or statement mailed to the board shall be considered to have been filed on its postmark date. (E) Any option elected and payments made under this section shall be in addition to any pension payable to the retirant's surviving spouse, children, or parents under section 5505.17 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.20
§ 5534.20. Sgt. Jesse Balthaser U.S.M.C. Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 Senate Bill 182 - 131st General Assembly That portion of the road known as interstate route number seventy, running in an easterly and westerly direction, commencing at the intersection of that road and Wilson road and extending to the intersection of that road and Hague Avenue within the municipal corporation of Columbus only, shall be known as the "Sgt. Jesse Balthaser U.S.M.C. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.825 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.825
§ 5534.825. SGT Arthur A. Mora, Jr. Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route number twenty-five between the intersection of that route and United States route number twenty and the intersection of that route and United States route number twenty-three, in Wood county only, shall be known as the "SGT Arthur A. Mora, Jr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.58
§ 5505.58. Plan member qualifying for disability retirement
Status: in_force

June 15, 2006 Senate Bill 206 - 126th General Assembly (A) A member participating in the deferred retirement option plan who qualifies for disability retirement under division (B)(1) of section 5505.18 of the Revised Code shall elect to receive one of the following: (1) The applicable pension provided for in section 5505.53 of the Revised Code, plus any amounts that have accrued under section 5505.54 of the Revised Code to the member's benefit under the deferred retirement option plan. (2) The disability pension provided for by division (B)(1) of section 5505.18 of the Revised Code. Acceptance of a disability pension requires forfeiture of all amounts accrued under section 5505.54 of the Revised Code to the member's benefit under the deferred retirement option plan, and those amounts shall be treated as if the member had continued in the active service of the state highway patrol and not participated in the plan. The member shall be granted service credit for the period the member was participating in the plan. (B) A member participating in the deferred retirement option plan who qualifies for disability retirement under division (B)(2) of section 5505.18 of the Revised Code shall receive the applicable pension provided for in section 5505.53 of the Revised Code, plus any amounts that have accrued under section 5505.54 of the Revised Code to the member's benefit under the deferred retirement option plan.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.77 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.77
§ 5534.77. Marine Sgt. David R. Christoff Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 347 - 132nd 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 intersections of Elm street and Rosedale place, in the municipal corporation of Rossford in Wood county, shall be known as the "Marine Sgt. David R. Christoff Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5523.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5523 / § 5523.10
§ 5523.10. Purchase or appropriation of property for grade crossing elimination
Status: in_force

October 25, 1978 House Bill 435 - 112th General Assembly The property or rights therein, necessary in making a proposed grade crossing improvement and any relocation of the highway, shall be purchased or appropriated by the director of transportation, who may effect settlement for damages involved. Any appropriation of property by the director shall be in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code. The property, or rights therein, required to make any alterations in the railroad or tracks, shall be purchased or appropriated, and damages resulting shall be paid or determined by the railroad company involved after the manner provided for the appropriation of private property by such companies. Such company and the director may agree that the land or property may be purchased or appropriated and damages resulting may be settled or determined by the director, but he shall not appropriate land held or owned by a company and necessary for the use of the company in maintaining and operating its road. The grant of specific powers by this section does not limit the power of the director to acquire property or rights therein, for any purpose reasonably necessary, incident to the construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and repair of any grade elimination or separation improvement, as the director is authorized by law to acquire for any highway improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.89 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.89
§ 5533.89. Bill Hinig Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 Senate Bill 156 - 125th General Assembly The portion of the road known as United States route two hundred fifty, commencing at interstate route seventy-seven and extending in a southeasterly direction through the municipal corporation of Uhrichsville, shall be known as the "Bill Hinig Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.041 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.041
§ 5577.041. Maximum axle load, wheel load, and gross weights for solid-tired vehicles
Status: in_force

November 21, 1967 House Bill 679 - 107th General Assembly No vehicle, trackless trolley, load, object, or structure having a maximum axle load greater than sixteen thousand pounds when such vehicle is equipped with solid rubber tires shall be operated or moved upon the improved public highways, streets, bridges, or culverts. The maximum wheel load of any one wheel of any such vehicle shall not exceed six hundred fifty pounds per inch width of tire, measured as prescribed by section 5577.03 of the Revised Code, nor shall any solid tire of rubber or other resilient material, on any wheel of any such vehicle, be less than one inch thick when measured from the top of the flanges of the tire channel. The weight of vehicle and load imposed upon the road surface by any two successive axles, spaced four feet or less apart, shall not exceed nineteen thousand pounds for solid tires; or by any two successive axles spaced more than four feet but less than eight feet apart shall not exceed twenty-four thousand pounds for solid tires; or by any two successive axles, spaced eight feet or more apart, shall not exceed twenty-eight thousand pounds for solid tires; nor shall the total weight of vehicle and load exceed, for solid rubber tires, twenty-eight thousand pounds plus an additional six hundred pounds for each foot or fraction thereof of spacing between the front axle and the rearmost axle of the vehicle; nor shall the weight of vehicle and load imposed upon the road surface by any vehicle equipped with solid rubber tires, exceed eighty per cent of the permissible weight of vehicle and load as provided for pneumatic tires. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a vehicle is towing another vehicle, such drawbar or other connection shall be of a length such as will limit the spacing between nearest axles of the respective vehicles to a distance not in excess of twelve feet and six inches. If the provisions of this section are held to exceed the weight limitations or other provisions set forth in the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958," 72 Stat. 902, 23 U.S.C. 127, this section shall become null and void to the extent of such inconsistency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.66 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.66
§ 5502.66. Metropolitan county criminal justice services agency - administrative planning district, criminal or juvenile justice coordinating council
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) In counties in which a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency does not exist, the division of criminal justice services shall discharge the division's duties that the director of public safety requires it to administer by establishing administrative planning districts for criminal justice programs. An administrative planning district shall contain a group of contiguous counties in which no county has a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency. (B) In counties in which a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency does not exist, the department of youth services shall discharge pursuant to section 5139.11 of the Revised Code the department's duty by establishing administrative planning districts for juvenile justice programs. (C) All administrative planning districts shall contain a group of contiguous counties in which no county has a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency. (D) Any county or any combination of contiguous counties within an administrative planning district may form a criminal justice coordinating council or a juvenile justice coordinating council for its respective programs, if the county or the group of counties has a total population in excess of two hundred fifty thousand. The council shall comply with the conditions set forth in divisions (B) and (C) of section 5502.65 of the Revised Code, and exercise within its jurisdiction the powers and duties set forth in division (B) of section 5502.64 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.101
§ 5533.101. LCPL Nicholas B. Erdy Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 243 - 127th General Assembly In addition to the name prescribed by section 5533.10 of the Revised Code, that portion of the highway known as United States route fifty, commencing at mile marker number thirteen and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of that United States route and state route one hundred thirty-three within Clermont county, shall be known as the "LCPL Nicholas B. Erdy Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5543.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5543 / § 5543.05
§ 5543.05. County engineer to assign expense of road or bridge
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly The county auditor shall, before drawing a warrant for any moneys expended by the county on any highways, other than intercounty or state highways, or on any bridges or culverts on the highways, require of the county engineer the assignment of the expense to the highway and section of it, bridge, or culvert in connection with which the expense was incurred. The auditor shall keep such records as are necessary to show clearly at the close of each year the amount of money expended from the county treasury on each section of highway, other than intercounty or state highways, and on each bridge and culvert on the highways. The township fiscal officer shall, before drawing any warrant for money expended upon any road within the township, other than an intercounty or state highway, or on bridges or culverts on the roads, require of the county engineer or board of township trustees the assignment of the expense to the road and section of it, bridge, or culvert in connection with which the expense was incurred. The fiscal officer may keep such additional records as are necessary to show clearly at the close of each year the amount of money expended from the township funds on each section of road, other than intercounty or state highways, within the township, and on each bridge and culvert on the roads. The board of township trustees may require the fiscal officer to keep those additional records. When general equipment or material for use in the entire county or township is purchased, the expense of the equipment or material need not be assigned to any section of road or to any bridge or culvert, but, insofar as practicable, all items of expense shall be assigned to the specific section of road or to the particular bridge or culvert in connection with which they were incurred. The director of transportation may prescribe all necessary and proper forms for maps and reports to be maintained by engineers, boards, auditors, and fiscal officers. All auditors and fiscal officers may be required by the director to transmit to the director, in the form the director prescribes, the cost records they are required by law to keep pertaining to roads, bridges, and culverts within their counties or townships.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5523.20 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5523 / § 5523.20
§ 5523.20. Grade separation when highway is adjacent to or near a railroad
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly When a state highway or an extension or relocation thereof is parallel, adjacent, or near to a railroad, and the director of transportation deems it necessary to separate the grades of any intersecting highway, road, or street with such highway, extension, or relocation thereof, but which separation of grades should not, in the opinion of the director, be accomplished without eliminating an adjacent grade crossing over the tracks or reconstructing an existing separated crossing over or under the tracks of the railroad on such intersecting highway, road, or street, then the director may proceed with such proposed improvement, providing federal aid highway funds are used to pay costs involved, in whole or in part, including the elimination of the grade crossing over the tracks of such railroad, or the reconstruction of such existing separated crossing over or under such tracks, paying construction costs and acquiring and paying for property and rights therein as provided for in section 5531.02 of the Revised Code. Unless otherwise agreed upon, costs of the improvements to be borne by the railroad shall not be in excess of the amount or percentage set forth in an act of congress authorizing or appropriating federal aid highway funds, or other federal funds for highway purposes, which are used to finance the cost of the improvement in whole or in part. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.44 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.44
§ 5555.44. Funds from which costs are paid
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the compensation, damages, and expenses of an improvement, other than the portion thereof to be specially assessed against benefited real estate, are to be paid in part by the county and in part by the townships in which such improvement is situated, under an agreement between the board of county commissioners and the boards of township trustees entered into under section 5555.41 or 5555.43 of the Revised Code, the part of such compensation, damages, and expenses to be paid by the interested townships may be paid from the proceeds of any levy made by the board of county commissioners under section 5555.49 of the Revised Code or from the proceeds of any levy made by the boards of township trustees under section 5573.13 of the Revised Code. When bonds are issued to provide funds for any such improvement, the shares of the county and of the townships and of the real estate specially assessed may be provided by a bond issue by the board of county commissioners under section 5555.51 of the Revised Code; or in lieu of such method of providing the necessary funds, the board of county commissioners may issue bonds under section 5555.51 of the Revised Code in an amount sufficient to provide the share of the county and of the real estate specially assessed and the remainder of the necessary funds, being the share of the interested townships, may be provided by the boards of township trustees by an issue of bonds under section 5573.14 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5553.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5553 / § 5553.18
§ 5553.18. Determining true line of road - petition
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the place of beginning the true course or boundaries of a road is uncertain by reason of the removal of any monument or witness by which such road was originally designated, or the destruction of any record, or from any other cause, the board of county commissioners of the county in which such road is located, upon the filing of a petition signed by at least twelve freeholders of the county residing in the vicinity of such road, shall cause the county engineer to view and find the true line of such road.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.121
§ 5505.121. Amortizing state highway patrol retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued pension liabilities
Status: in_force

March 7, 1997 Senate Bill 82 - 121st General Assembly The state highway patrol retirement board shall establish a period of not more than thirty years to amortize the state highway patrol retirement system's unfunded actuarial accrued pension liabilities. If in any year the period necessary to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability exceeds thirty years, as determined by the annual actuarial valuation required by section 5505.12 of the Revised Code, the board, not later than ninety days after receipt of the valuation, shall prepare and submit to the Ohio retirement study commission and the standing committees of the house of representatives and the senate with primary responsibility for retirement legislation a report that includes the following information: (A) The number of years needed to amortize the unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability as determined by the annual actuarial valuation; (B) A plan approved by the board that indicates how the board will reduce the amortization period of unfunded actuarial accrued pension liability to not more than thirty years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5513.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5513 / § 5513.07
§ 5513.07. Policy of preference for American products
Status: in_force

March 13, 1997 Senate Bill 287 - 121st General Assembly (A) The director of transportation shall adopt a policy for use by the department of transportation in giving preference to United States products. The policy shall include criteria and procedures for determining that a product is produced or mined in the United States and shall address information to be submitted by bidders as to the nature of the product and the location where it is produced or mined. The policy may include waivers and such other requirements or procedures reasonably necessary to implement the system of preferences established pursuant to this section. In adopting the policy, the director shall consider, and to the extent possible and appropriate, shall conform to the requirements of the federal "Buy America Act," 47 Stat. 1520 (1933), 41 U.S.C. 10a-10d, as amended, and to the regulations adopted thereunder. (B) Prior to awarding a contract under section 5513.02 of the Revised Code, the director shall evaluate the bids received to determine if a product is produced or mined in the United States. The director shall first reject bids that offer products that have not been or that will not be produced or mined in the United States, provided that the director is not required to reject such bids if the rejection would result in an excessive price for the product or in acquiring a disproportionately inferior product. When the system of preferences is in effect, no person with responsibility for awarding contracts for the department shall do so in violation of the preference system. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.092 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.092
§ 5533.092. Peter J. Delucia Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 243 - 127th General Assembly The bridge known as the lake Milton bridge, which is located in Mahoning county and is part of interstate route number seventy-six, shall be known as the "Peter J. Delucia Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.441 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.441
§ 5501.441. Toll enforcement agreements
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "private toll transportation facility" means any person, as defined by section 1.59 of the Revised Code, or other business entity engaged in the collecting or charging of tolls on a toll bridge that was previously owned by a municipal corporation. (B) The governor, or the governor's designee, may enter into agreements with other states that govern the reciprocal enforcement of highway, bridge, and tunnel toll violations. Such agreements shall pertain to any public toll transportation facility and may include any private toll transportation facility located in those other states. The governor, or the governor's designee, shall make such agreements in consultation with the director of public safety. (C) Any agreement governing enforcement of toll violations made under the authority of division (B) of this section shall provide for all of the following: (1) That a driver of a motor vehicle that is registered in one state that is a party to the agreement and who is operating in another state that is a party to the agreement receive the same benefits, privileges, and exemptions as are accorded to a driver of a motor vehicle that is registered in that other state; (2) That refusal of an application for motor vehicle registration or transfer of motor vehicle registration, in accordance with the laws of the state in which the toll violation occurred, is one mechanism by which toll violations shall be enforced pursuant to the agreement; (3) That provision of notice between the states regarding toll violations and enforcement of those violations be made by electronic means. (D) In addition to the authority granted under division (B) of this section, the director of public safety may enter into an agreement with any private toll transportation facility located in another state that governs the collection and enforcement of tolls for a highway, bridge, or tunnel operated by the private toll transportation facility. Any agreement entered into under this division applies only to tolls charged to a driver on and after the effective date of this amendment. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.353 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.353
§ 5533.353. Lance Corporal David Mendez Ruiz Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as Pearl road, carrying the designations of United States route forty-two and state route three, commencing at the intersection of that road with Denison avenue within Cuyahoga county and extending in a southerly direction to the intersection of that road with Memphis avenue, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal David Mendez Ruiz Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:40 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.104 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.104
§ 5533.104. Lance Cpl. Aaron Reed Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly In addition to the designation in section 5533.10 of the Revised Code, that portion of the road known as United States route number fifty, commencing at the point where the road that carries the designations of both that United States route and United States route number thirty-five south of the municipal corporation of Chillicothe diverges and proceeding in a southeasterly direction to the intersection of United States route fifty and state route number three hundred twenty-seven within Ross county only, shall be known as the "Lance Cpl. Aaron Reed Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5517.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5517 / § 5517.011
§ 5517.011. Design/build contracts for highways and bridges
Status: in_force

June 30, 2023 House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 5517.01 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation may establish a program to expedite the sale and construction of special projects by combining the design and construction elements of projects for transportation facilities as defined in section 5501.01 of the Revised Code into a single contract. The director shall prepare and distribute a scope of work document upon which the bidders shall base their bids. Except in regard to those requirements relating to providing plans, the director shall award contracts under this section in accordance with Chapter 5525. of the Revised Code. (B) Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 5525. of the Revised Code, the director may use a value-based selection process, combining technical qualifications and competitive bidding elements, including consideration for minority or disadvantaged businesses that may include joint ventures, when letting special projects that contain both design and construction elements of a transportation project into a single contract. If award of a contract to the best-value bidder is not in the best interest of the state, the director may do either of the following after requesting and obtaining the approval of the controlling board: (1) Accept another bid; (2) Reject all bids and then advertise for other bids. (C) The total dollar value of contracts made under this section shall not exceed one billion dollars per fiscal year. The director may provide compensation for preparation of a responsive preliminary design concept to not more than two bidders who, after the successful bidder, submitted the next best bids. The director may establish policies or procedures necessary to determine the amount of compensation to be provided for each project and the method of evaluating the value of the preliminary design concept submitted, but in no instance may the compensation exceed the value of such concept. (D)(1) Notwithstanding division (C) of this section, the director may award contracts under this section for a bridge project that spans the Ohio river for an amount not to exceed one billion five hundred million dollars. The project may include both of the following: (a) The replacement, addition, improvement, or rehabilitation of a bridge or a system of bridges over the Ohio river; (b) The replacement, addition, improvement, or rehabilitation of roadways providing for ingress to and egress from the bridge or system of bridges over the Ohio river within this state and any adjoining state. (2) If the amount of the contracts entered into under division (D)(1) of this section exceeds one billion five hundred million dollars, the director shall appear before the controlling board to request additional contracting authority beyond the one billion five hundred million dollar threshold. The controlling board may approve the request at its discretion. (3) The director may provide compensation for preparation of a responsive preliminary design concept under division (D) of this section to not more than three bidders. The director may establish policies or procedures necessary to determine the amount of compensation to be provided for the project and the method of evaluating the value of the preliminary design concept submitted, but in no instance may the compensation exceed the cost to develop such concept. (4) The authority granted under division (D) of this section is granted for the purposes of any application for available federal funding. Any such federal funding awarded shall be expended only pursuant to appropriations made by the general assembly after August 31, 2022. Last updated April 27, 2023 at 12:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5553.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5553 / § 5553.05
§ 5553.05. Hearing on petition for vacation of road
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly (A) In the resolution required by section 5553.04 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners shall fix a date when it will view the proposed improvement, and also a date for a final hearing thereon. The board shall give notice of the time and place for both such view and hearing by publication once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where such improvement is located or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code. Such notice, in addition to the date and place of such view and place and time of the final hearing, shall state briefly the character of such improvement. (B) If the board adopts a resolution to vacate a public road as provided in section 5553.04 of the Revised Code, or if a petition to vacate a public road is filed, the board shall, in addition to the notice of the time and place for hearing prescribed in division (A) of this section, send written notice of the hearing by first class mail at least twenty days before the date of the public hearing to owners of property abutting upon that portion of the road to be vacated, and to the director of natural resources. Such notice shall be mailed to the addresses of such owners appearing on the county auditor's current tax list or the treasurer's mailing list, and such other list or lists that may be specified by the board. The failure of the delivery of such notice does not invalidate any such vacating of the road authorized in the resolution.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5525.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5525 / § 5525.11
§ 5525.11. Contract upon a unit price basis
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The director of transportation may enter into any contract authorized by law upon a unit price basis. Where a contract is entered into upon a unit price basis, the contractor shall state in his bid the sum for which he offers to perform each unit of each different kind or class of work, and upon completion the quantities of each kind of work shall be measured and the contractor paid only for the quantities of work actually performed by him. Where the director elects to enter into a contract upon a unit price basis he may include in the estimate such reasonable sums as he deems necessary to cover variations in the actual quantities of work as compared with the estimated quantities. In the event the actual compensation earned by the contractor exceeds the estimate, any such excess shall be paid from any funds of the department of transportation which may be expended upon the improvement in question. In the event the actual compensation earned by the contractor is less than the estimate, the saving shall inure to the benefit of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5573.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5573 / § 5573.06
§ 5573.06. Order to proceed with improvement
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly If, after determination of all claims for compensation and damages on account of land or property taken for any road improvement, the board of township trustees is satisfied that the public convenience and welfare require that such improvement be made, and that the costs of such improvement will not be excessive in view of its public utility, such board shall order, by resolution, that such improvement be proceeded with, and shall adopt the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications therefor, as reported by the county engineer, or with such modifications as the board and engineer agree upon. If, in view of the amount of compensation and damages allowed, the board is of the opinion that such improvement should not be made, it shall so order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.687 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.687
§ 5533.687. Trooper Andrew C. Baldridge Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number one hundred three, commencing at the intersection of that state route and state route number fifteen and extending in a westerly direction to the intersection of state route one hundred three and township road number ninety-five in Wyandot county only, shall be known as the "Trooper Andrew C. Baldridge 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 § 5531.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.01
§ 5531.01. Highways affected by river improvements
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The director of transportation may enter into agreements with the secretary of defense or other proper official of the United States in connection with the establishment, construction, reconstruction, relocation, maintenance, and repair, made necessary by river improvements, to highways and lands under jurisdiction and control of the director. The director may relinquish to the United States all property rights of the state in existing highways and lands under his jurisdiction and control, required in connection with river improvements, and may release the United States from all claims for damages to highways and lands resulting from the establishment, construction, operation, and maintenance of such river improvements, if the state is reimbursed therefor by the United States or any department or agency thereof, and the agreements and other papers relating thereto are first submitted to the attorney general for approval. The director shall credit any moneys so received to the proper funds of the department of transportation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5512.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5512 / § 5512.11
§ 5512.11. Transportation review advisory council funding for rail
Status: in_force

June 30, 2021 House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "qualified county" means a county to which both of the following apply: (1) It has a population between one million one hundred thousand and one million three hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census; (2) As of the effective date of this section, an existing public passenger commuter rail service is operated in that county and does not operate in any other county. (B) The director of transportation shall include in the process developed under section 5512.02 of the Revised Code, a policy that makes the purchase and replacement of rail lines used for public passenger commuter rail service operated in a qualified county eligible to receive funding approval from the transportation review advisory council. (C) Purchases made under division (B) of this section are other statutory highway purposes for the purpose of Ohio Constitution, Article XII, Section 5a. Last updated April 13, 2021 at 4:33 PM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.15
§ 5537.15. Protection and enforcement of rights of bondholder and trustees
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly Any holder of bonds issued and outstanding under this chapter, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by this chapter may be restricted or modified by the bond proceedings, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under this chapter or the bond proceedings, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this chapter or the bond proceedings, to be performed by the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission or any officer of the commission, including the fixing, charging, collecting, and application of tolls.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.01
§ 5577.01. Load limits on highways definitions
Status: in_force

June 30, 1993 House Bill 154 - 120th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 of the Revised Code: (1) "Axle" means one or more load-carrying wheels mounted in a single transverse vertical plane. (2) "Spacing between axles" means the distance between any two successive such planes. (3) "Maximum axle load" means the gross weight of vehicle and load imposed by any axle upon the road surface. (4) "Maximum wheel load" means the proportionate gross weight of vehicle and load imposed by any wheel upon the road surface. (5) "Automobile transporter" means any vehicle combination designed and used expressly for the transport of assembled motor vehicles. (6) "Stinger-steered automobile transporter" means any automobile transporter configured as a semitrailer combination in which the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rearmost axle of the power unit. (7) "Boat transporter" means any vehicle combination, including a straight truck towing a trailer typically using a ball and socket connection, designed and used specifically for the transport of boat hulls and boats, whether the hulls or boats are assembled or partially disassembled to facilitate transportation. (8) "Stinger-steered boat transporter" means a boat transporter configured as a semitrailer combination in which the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rearmost axle of the power unit. (9) "Assembled" means, in regard to motor vehicles, capable of being driven. (10) "B-train assembly" means any rigid frame extension that is attached to the rear frame of one semitrailer and provides a fifth wheel connection point for a second semitrailer. (11) "Saddlemount vehicle transporter combination" means any combination of vehicles in which a straight truck or commercial tractor tows one or more straight trucks or commercial tractors, each connected by a saddle to the frame or fifth wheel of the straight truck or commercial tractor in front of it. Such a combination may include a fullmount, in which a smaller vehicle is mounted completely on the frame of either the first or last straight truck or commercial tractor in the saddlemount combination. (B) "Vehicle," as used in section 5577.04 of the Revised Code, means any single vehicle when not in combination, or any combination of vehicles, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.09
§ 5505.09. Bonds of taxing districts may be offered to board
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 House Bill 840 - 106th General Assembly The boards and officers of the several taxing districts of the state in the issuance and sale of evidences of indebtedness of their respective taxing districts, may offer in writing at a fair market price, which price shall not be less than par and accrued interest, to the state highway patrol retirement board, prior to advertising the same for sale, all such issues as may not have been taken by the trustees of the sinking fund of the taxing district issuing such evidences of indebtedness. The board shall, within ten days after the receipt of such written offer, either: (A) Accept the same and purchase such evidences of indebtedness, or any portion thereof, at a fair market price, to be evidenced by a resolution of the board of officers of the taxing district issuing such evidences of indebtedness, but at a price of not less than par and accrued interest; (B) Reject such offer in writing.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5561.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5561 / § 5561.05
§ 5561.05. Hearing - finding - appeal
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly Upon the filing the petition as provided by section 5561.04 of the Revised Code, accompanied by plans, the railroad company or county opposed to the prayer thereof, or directly interested therein, may, within sixty days file an answer to such petition and present other plans for the abolition of such crossing. After the expiration of such period the court of common pleas shall proceed to a hearing upon the petition and any answers that have been filed, which hearing must be advanced upon the docket upon motion of either party. After examination of all plans presented to it and after hearing the evidence, the court shall make a finding as to whether such plans or any of them are reasonable and practicable. If the court finds any of the plans presented are reasonable and practicable, it shall order the changes made in accordance with the most reasonable and practicable plan presented to the court, or as amended by its order entered by consent of the parties. The county shall make such changes in the roads or highways as may be necessary, and the railroad company shall make the changes necessary in the tracks and roadbed, in order to comply with the rulings of the court. If more than one company owns tracks on the crossing in question, the court shall apportion among them the fifteen per cent provided by section 5561.06 of the Revised Code to be paid by such companies, and when making such apportionment the courts shall take into consideration the difference in costs of construction and benefits derived by such companies. If the court finds that none of the plans are reasonable or practicable, the improvement shall not be made upon such plans. Either party may appeal or prosecute error as in other cases, the hearing of which shall be advanced upon the docket upon motion of either party. If the county or railroad company refuses or neglects to comply with the orders or findings made by the court under this section, the court may enforce its orders or findings by mandamus, mandatory injunction, or contempt of court, upon the application of either party to such proceedings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5511.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5511 / § 5511.05
§ 5511.05. Construction and maintenance of access roads
Status: in_force

September 29, 2015 House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly The director of transportation may establish, construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, and maintain roads leading from a state highway to any state park, including all such parks and properties under the control and custody of the department of natural resources and the Ohio history connection, or roads leading from a state highway to any state property used for military purposes, or any road which leads along the side of or through school lands which are owned by the state. The director shall confer with the authority in control of any such park or property before deciding upon the location and character of any such improvement. The director may add such roads to the state highway system. Such additional mileage is in addition to and not subject to section 5511.01 of the Revised Code. The director may establish, construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, and maintain roads within the boundary of any state park, including all such parks and properties under the control and custody of the department of natural resources and the Ohio history connection or used for military purposes, provided the officer or board which has control of or supervision over such property first requests in writing the establishment, construction, reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of such road. Thereafter the director may cause to be prepared the necessary engineering plans and specifications for construction and reconstruction, which plans and specifications shall be subject to the approval of the officer or board which has control of or supervision over such property. Such roads shall be maintained in a manner agreed upon between the director and such officer or board. The director may install and maintain suitable, uniform markers designating intersections with and accesses to state recreational trails, where trails established pursuant to Chapter 1519. of the Revised Code intersect with a state highway. The director may cooperate with the director of natural resources in providing appropriate means for such trails to cross highways. The costs of such establishment, construction, installation, reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance shall be paid from highway operating funds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.881 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.881
§ 5534.881. Lance Corporal James Sprowl Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route number ninety-nine between the intersection of that route and county road number sixty-four and the intersection of that route and county road number one hundred nineteen, in Huron county, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal James Sprowl Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5521.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5521 / § 5521.08
§ 5521.08. Disbursement of funds
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly The director of transportation shall make payments from the funds described in section 5521.07 of the Revised Code in such amounts and at such times as he determines during the progress of the work described in such section, and any surplus remaining after the work has been completed and the portion of the cost assumed by the county or municipal corporation has been fully paid shall be returned to the county or municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.435 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.435
§ 5534.435. Sherriff Fredrick J. Abdalla 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 seven, running in a northerly and southerly direction, in the municipal corporation of Stratton in Jefferson county shall be known as the "Sheriff Fredrick J. Abdalla Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5575.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5575 / § 5575.02
§ 5575.02. Advertisements for bids - award of contract
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly After the board of township trustees has decided to proceed with a road improvement, it shall advertise for bids once, not later than two weeks prior to the date fixed for the letting of contracts, 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. Such notice shall state that copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, and specifications for such improvement are on file with the board, and the time within which bids will be received. The board may let the work as a whole or in convenient sections, as it determines. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder who meets the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code, and shall be let upon the basis of lump sum bids, unless the board orders that it be let upon the basis of unit price bids, in which event it shall be let upon such basis. The board is not required to provide notice of the project cost estimate when advertising for bids under this section. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5541.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5541 / § 5541.03
§ 5541.03. Application by township trustees for road improvement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of township trustees may make application in writing to the board of county commissioners, for the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of any section of highway in the county system. If the board of county commissioners approves such application, it shall direct the county engineer to make the necessary plans for the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of such section of highway, together with an estimate of the cost thereof. The engineer shall promptly prepare such plans and estimates and file them with the board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.332 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.332
§ 5501.332. Deed releasing donated property
Status: in_force

September 30, 2021 House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly Upon the occurrence of the condition stated in a deed pursuant to division (C) of section 5501.331 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall prepare and issue a certification of the occurrence to the grantor or the grantor's successors or assigns, the governor, and the director of administrative services. Upon receipt of the certification, the director of administrative services, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a deed releasing the property donated under section 5501.33 of the Revised Code to the grantor or the grantor's successors or assigns. The deed shall declare the occurrence of the condition and the consequent reversion. The deed shall be executed by the governor, countersigned by the secretary of state, recorded in the office of the director of administrative services, and delivered to the grantor or the grantor's successors or assigns. Last updated August 11, 2021 at 1:34 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.152 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.152
§ 5534.152. Lance Corporal Michael Stangelo, USMC, Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly The bridge spanning state route number twenty-one, located in Lawrence township in Stark county and being a part of the highway known as state route ninety-three, shall be known as "Lance Corporal Michael Stangelo, USMC, Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.81 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.81
§ 5534.81. Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 Senate Bill 86 - 132nd General Assembly The bridge spanning Squaw creek, located in the municipal corporation of Girard in Trumbull county and being part of the highway known as United States route number four hundred twenty-two, shall be known as the "Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5517.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5517 / § 5517.03
§ 5517.03. Closing highways or bridges
Status: in_force

June 30, 2007 House Bill 67 - 127th General Assembly The director of transportation shall, at the time the director indorses the director's approval upon the surveys, plans, profiles, and specifications covering any proposed project, determine whether the making of the improvement will require the closing to traffic of the highway, bridge, or culvert involved and, if the director finds it necessary to close the same to traffic, the extent to which the same shall be closed. Such finding shall be indorsed on the plans. Plans and specifications for the construction of any project, whenever practicable, shall be prepared so as to avoid closing to traffic at any time the entire width of the highway, bridge, or culvert being improved. Upon receipt of written notice from the director ordering the highway, bridge, or culvert, or any part thereof, to be opened for travel, the contractor shall remove all barriers and obstructions and put the highway, bridge, or culvert or such portions thereof as the director orders, in such condition for travel as the director orders. No contractor or other persons shall close a highway or bridge being improved by the state, unless that action has first been determined to be necessary by the director. If the director determines that the making of the improvement will require the closing to traffic of the highway, bridge, or culvert, the director shall further determine whether it is practicable to construct within the limits of the highway or to provide a new location for and construct a temporary highway, bridge, or culvert to be used by travelers in lieu of the closed highway, bridge, or culvert. The director's determination in respect to all matters set forth in this section shall be indorsed in writing upon the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications. If the director determines that it is impracticable to construct a temporary highway or bridge the director shall cause to be included as a part of the plans for improvement, plans, specifications, and estimates for all necessary and proper barriers and uniform detour signs. Signs must be so placed and maintained as to conspicuously indicate the points at which it is necessary for traffic to leave the closed highway, and plainly mark the most direct and practicable route to be followed, indicating the road to be followed by the detoured traffic at all road crossings and forks. The costs and expenses of constructing temporary highways or bridges or placing barriers and detour signs shall be included in and regarded as a part of the costs and expenses of the improvement, and shall be paid accordingly. No contractor or employee of the department of transportation, when the state is proceeding by force account, shall close any highway, bridge, or culvert until such temporary highway or bridge has been constructed or such barriers and detour signs have been placed. Immediately upon the reopening of the highway, bridge, or culvert, the contractor or employee of the department in charge of the work, in case the state is proceeding by force account, shall immediately remove all barriers and detour signs. Only that portion of any highway shall be closed at any one time as is considered reasonably necessary by the director. The right-of-way for temporary highways and bridges shall, where a private right-of-way is necessary, be provided by the director, and all temporary highways, bridges, and culverts and detour signs shall be maintained by the contractor until the permanent highway, bridge, or culvert is completed and reopened for traffic. For the purpose of locating, constructing, and erecting temporary highways or bridges the director, or any persons acting under the director's authority, may enter upon lands adjoining or near to a highway to be closed and agree with the owners of the lands as to damages caused thereby. If the director is unable to agree with the owners as to the amount of damages sustained, the amount thereof shall be ascertained, determined, and paid as set out in the case of the condemnation of highway right-of-way. If the director determines that it is impracticable to construct, either within the limits of the highway or upon a new location over private lands, a temporary highway, bridge, or culvert to be used by travelers, in lieu of the closed highway, bridge, or culvert, the director shall, before closing to traffic the highway, bridge, or culvert to be constructed, improved, or repaired, select the most practicable direct detour route over existing highways and cause detour signs to be placed and maintained along that route. The director shall, before the closing to traffic of the highway, bridge, or culvert to be constructed, improved, or repaired, place in passable condition for traffic the detour route so selected and marked by the director and maintain it in a passable condition for traffic during the entire time that the highway, bridge, or culvert under construction is closed to traffic. The director shall, at the time of the opening to traffic of the highway, bridge, or culvert so constructed, restore the detour route to as good condition as it was at the time of its selection by the director as a detour route. In instances where traffic from the closed highway, bridge, or culvert causes damage by using a route other than the selected detour, the director shall maintain such other route in a passable condition and restore it in the same manner as if it were the selected detour route. The director is not required to maintain and restore more than one such additional detour route, except that upon petition from the appropriate local legislative authority the director shall maintain and restore more than one additional detour route if the director finds that traffic from the closed highway, bridge, or culvert caused damage to the additional detour routes that are the subject of the petition.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5579.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5579 / § 5579.07
§ 5579.07. Expense a lien upon land
Status: in_force

July 4, 1984 Senate Bill 108 - 115th General Assembly The board of township trustees shall make a written report to the county auditor of the board's action under sections 5579.05 and 5579.06 of the Revised Code with a statement of the board's charges for its services, the amount paid for the labor, materials, and equipment, and a proper description of the premises. These amounts, when allowed, shall be entered upon the tax duplicate, shall be a lien upon the land from the date of the entry, and shall be collected as other taxes and returned to the township and placed in the township general fund.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5513.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5513 / § 5513.06
§ 5513.06. Debarring vendor from consideration for contract award
Status: in_force

October 17, 2019 House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly (A) The director of transportation may debar a vendor from consideration for contract awards upon a finding based upon a reasonable belief that the vendor has done any of the following: (1) Abused the solicitation process by repeatedly withdrawing bids before purchase orders or contracts are issued or failing to accept orders based upon firm bids; (2) Failed to substantially perform a contract according to its terms, conditions, and specifications within specified time limits; (3) Failed to cooperate in monitoring contract performance by refusing to provide information or documents required in a contract, failed to respond and correct matters related to complaints to the vendor, or accumulated repeated justified complaints regarding performance of a contract; (4) Attempted to influence a public employee to breach ethical conduct standards; (5) Colluded with other bidders to restrain competition by any means; (6) Been convicted of a criminal offense related to the application for or performance of any public or private contract, including, but not limited to, embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, receiving stolen property, and any other offense that directly reflects on the vendor's business integrity; (7) Been convicted under state or federal antitrust laws; (8) Deliberately or willfully submitted false or misleading information in connection with the application for or performance of a public contract; (9) Has been debarred by a state agency, another state, or by any agency or department of the federal government; (10) Violated any other responsible business practice or performed in an unsatisfactory manner as determined by the director. (B) When the director reasonably believes that grounds for debarment exist, the director shall send the vendor a notice of proposed debarment. If the vendor is a partnership, association, or corporation, the director also may debar from consideration for contract awards any partner of the partnership, or the officers and directors of the association or corporation, being debarred. When the director reasonably believes that grounds for debarment exist, the director shall send the individual involved a notice of proposed debarment. A notice of proposed debarment shall indicate the grounds for the debarment of the vendor or individual and the procedure for requesting a hearing. The notice and hearing shall be in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code. If the vendor or individual does not respond with a request for a hearing in the manner specified in Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, the director shall issue the debarment decision without a hearing and shall notify the vendor or individual of the decision by certified mail, return receipt requested. The debarment period may be of any length determined by the director and the director may modify or rescind the debarment at any time. During the period of debarment, the director shall not include on a bidder list or consider for a contract award any partnership, association, or corporation affiliated with a debarred individual. After the debarment period expires, the vendor or individual, and any partnership, association, or corporation affiliated with the individual, may reapply for inclusion on bidder lists through the regular application process if such entity or individual is not otherwise debarred.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.70 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.70
§ 5533.70. Governor James M. Cox Bicentennial Roadway
Status: in_force

March 5, 2004 House Bill 70 - 125th General Assembly The road known as state route number seven hundred forty-four, commencing in the municipal corporation of Somerville in Butler county and extending eastward to the intersection of that road and state route number one hundred twenty-two in that county, shall be known as the "Governor James M. Cox Bicentennial Roadway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.06
§ 5589.06. Obstructing ditch, drain, or watercourse - duty of superintendent
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall wrongfully obstruct any ditch, drain, or watercourse along, upon, or across a public highway, or divert any water from adjacent lands to or upon a public highway. Whenever the township highway superintendent learns of any obstruction of any ditch, drain, or watercourse along, upon, or across a public highway, or diversion of any water from adjacent lands to or upon a public highway, he shall notify the board of township trustees, which shall cause written notice thereof to be personally served upon the person, firm, or corporation, or upon any agent in charge of the property of the person, firm, or corporation causing such obstruction or diversion. Notice may be served by a constable of the proper township or any person authorized and deputed therefor by the board of township trustees, and shall describe and locate said obstruction or diversion and direct its immediate removal. If the person, company, or corporation does not within five days from the receipt of written notice proceed to remove such obstruction and complete the removal within a reasonable time, the township highway superintendent, upon the order of the board of township trustees, shall remove the obstruction. The expense incurred shall be paid in the first instance out of any money levied, collected, and available for highway purposes and shall then be collected from the person, company, or corporation by civil action by the board of township trustees, and paid into the highway fund of the township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.24 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.24
§ 5502.24. Designation of temporary seats of state and local government in event of emergency
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly (A) The governor may designate by written proclamation an emergency temporary location, or locations, for the seat of government for use in the event an emergency renders it imprudent, inexpedient, or impossible to conduct the affairs of state government at the normal location of the seat thereof. He shall take such action and issue such orders as may be necessary for an orderly transition of the affairs of state government to that emergency temporary location, or locations. The emergency location, or locations, shall be within this state, may be changed at any time, either before or during the emergency, if the governor considers the change advisable, and shall remain as the seat of government until the general assembly by law establishes a new location, or locations, or until the emergency is declared to be ended by the governor and the seat of government is returned to its normal location. During such time as the seat of government remains at the emergency temporary location, or locations, all official acts now or hereafter required by law to be performed at the seat of government by any officer or agency of this state, including the convening and meeting of the general assembly in regular, extraordinary, or emergency session, shall be as valid and binding when performed at the emergency temporary location, or locations, as if performed at the normal location of the seat of government. (B) The governing body of each political subdivision of this state may establish and designate, by ordinance, resolution, or other manner, alternate or substitute sites or places as the emergency location, or locations, of government and may make any necessary arrangements for the use of those sites or places. Whenever due to an emergency it becomes imprudent, inexpedient, or impossible to conduct the affairs of local government at the regular or usual place or places thereof, the governing bodies may meet at those previously designated sites or places, or at any other convenient site or place, on the call of the presiding officer or any two members of the governing bodies. The sites or places may be within or without the territorial limits of the political subdivisions and shall be within this state. All, or any part, of the public business may be transacted and conducted at the sites or places during the emergency situation. During the period when the public business is being conducted at the emergency temporary location, or locations, the governing body and other officers of a political subdivision of this state have and possess and shall exercise, at the location, or locations, all of the executive, legislative, and judicial powers and functions conferred upon that body and officers by or under the laws of this state. Such powers and functions may be exercised in the light of the exigencies of the emergency without regard to or compliance with time-consuming procedures and formalities prescribed by law pertaining thereto, and all acts of that body and officers shall be as valid and binding as if performed within the territorial limits of their political subdivision.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5573.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5573 / § 5573.21
§ 5573.21. Erection of road district outside municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 8, 2001 House Bill 174 - 124th General Assembly The board of township trustees of a township in which there is located a municipal corporation or a part thereof, may, by resolution, erect that portion of the township not included within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation 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 a district has been created, the board shall have all the powers and duties that it has under sections 5571.01 , 5571.06 , 5571.07 , 5571.10 , 5571.15 , 5573.01 to 5573.12 , 5573.14 , and 5575.02 to 5575.09 of the Revised Code, and it shall proceed in like manner in the constructing, reconstructing, resurfacing, improving, maintaining, repairing, and dragging of township roads, or part thereof, in such cases as provided for the board in township road construction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5525.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5525 / § 5525.04
§ 5525.04. Financial statement and financial audit
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly No bidder shall be given a certificate of qualification unless the bidder's financial statement and the investigation made by the director of transportation show that the bidder possesses net current assets or working capital sufficient, in the judgment of the director, to render it probable that the bidder can satisfactorily execute the bidder's contracts and meet all contractual obligations. Any applicant desiring a certificate of qualification in an amount of ten million dollars or more shall submit on forms prescribed by the director a financial audit prepared and attested as correct by an independent certified public accountant. Any applicant desiring a certificate of qualification in an amount that is less than ten million dollars shall submit a financial review on forms prescribed by the director. The aggregate amount of work set forth in either type of certificate of qualification shall not exceed ten times the applicant's net current assets or working capital. At the time of award of the contract, a bidder's qualification is determined by the bidder's qualification amount minus all of the bidder's pending work. Applicants for qualification shall expressly authorize the director to obtain any information that the director considers pertinent, with respect to the financial worth, assets, and liabilities of the applicant, from banks or other financial institutions, surety companies, dealers in material, equipment, or supplies, or other persons having business transactions with the applicant. Applicants shall expressly authorize all such financial institutions or other persons to furnish any such information requested from them by the director. All information filed with or furnished to the director by applicants or other persons, in connection with the administration of sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code, shall be kept in confidence by the director and not revealed to any person, except upon proper order of a court. Failure to submit the required information or to expressly grant the director authority to obtain the required information shall result in the denial of a certificate of qualification. The director or the director's subordinates shall have access to the books of account and financial records of all applicants, unless the financial statement furnished by any applicant is prepared and attested as correct by a certified public accountant. If an applicant for either type of certificate of qualification is or has been an employer in this state the application shall be accompanied by satisfactory evidence that the applicant has complied with Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code. The director may require all qualified bidders to file financial statements at such intervals as the director prescribes. Sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code shall be administered without reference to the residence of applicants, and the rules of the director shall apply equally to residents and nonresidents of this state. Sections 5525.02 to 5525.09 of the Revised Code, do not apply to the purchase of material, equipment, or supplies. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.518 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.518
§ 5534.518. State Representative Andy Thompson 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 northbound and southbound lanes of state route number eight hundred twenty-one between state route number sixty and county road number three hundred seventy-five, in Washington county, shall be known as the "State Representative Andy Thompson Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5593.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5593 / § 5593.13
§ 5593.13. Bridge commission to fix and collect tolls - use
Status: in_force

September 4, 1982 House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly The bridge commission of any county or city may fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of each bridge acquired or constructed by it. Tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted in respect to the aggregate of tolls from the bridge or bridges for which a single issue of bonds is issued, as to provide a fund sufficient, with other revenue from such bridge or bridges to pay: (A) The cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge or bridges; (B) The principal of and the interest on such bonds as such principal and interest becomes due and payable, and to create reserve for such purposes. Such tolls are not subject to supervision or regulation by any other commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state. The tolls and all other revenues derived from each bridge or bridges in connection with which the bonds of any issue have been issued, except such part thereof as are necessary to pay such cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and to provide such reserves therefor as are provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, shall be set aside, at such regular intervals as are provided in the resolution or agreement, in a sinking fund which is hereby pledged to and charged with the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds as they become due, and the redemption price of the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The tolls or other revenues or moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the commission are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the commission, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the commission. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of such sinking fund is subject to the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such trust agreement. Except as is otherwise provided in such resolution or trust agreement, such sinking fund shall be a fund for all such bonds, without distinction or priority of one over another.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5503.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5503 / § 5503.03
§ 5503.03. Equipment - rules - promotions
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly The state highway patrol and the superintendent of the state highway patrol shall be furnished by the state with such vehicles, equipment, and supplies as the director of public safety deems necessary, all of which shall remain the property of the state and be strictly accounted for by each member of the patrol. The patrol may be equipped with standardized and tested devices for weighing vehicles, and may stop and weigh any vehicle which appears to weigh in excess of the amounts permitted by sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 of the Revised Code. The superintendent, with the approval of the director, shall prescribe rules for instruction and discipline, make all administrative rules, and fix the hours of duty for patrol officers. The superintendent shall divide the state into districts and assign members of the patrol to such districts in a manner that the superintendent deems proper. The superintendent may transfer members of the patrol from one district to another, and rank members of the patrol. All ranks below the level of superintendent shall be classified. All promotions to a higher grade shall be made from the next lower grade. When a patrol officer is promoted by the superintendent, the officer's salary shall be increased to that of the lowest step in the pay range for the new grade which shall increase the officer's salary or wage by at least nine per cent of the base pay wherever possible.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.39
§ 5533.39. Walter Smokey Alston Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

November 22, 1999 House Bill 297 - 123rd General Assembly The road known as state route number one hundred seventy-seven, within the community of Darrtown in Butler county only, shall be known as the "Walter 'Smokey' Alston Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.39 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.39
§ 5502.39. Emergency management agency service and reimbursement fund
Status: in_force

July 1, 2015 House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency management agency service and reimbursement fund. The fund shall consist of the money collected under sections 5502.21 to 5502.38 of the Revised Code. All money in the fund shall be used to pay the costs of administering programs of the emergency management agency.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5557.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5557 / § 5557.02
§ 5557.02. Road improvement into, within, or through municipal corporation
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may construct a proposed road improvement into, within, or through a municipal corporation, when the consent of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation has been first obtained. Such consent shall be evidenced by the proper action of the legislative authority, entered upon its records, and the legislative authority may assume and pay such proportion of the cost of that part of the proposed improvement within the municipal corporation as agreed upon between the board and legislative authority. If no part of the cost of the proposed improvement is assumed by the municipal corporation, no action on its part, other than the giving of the consent above referred to, shall be necessary, and all other proceedings in connection with such improvement shall be conducted in the same manner as though the improvement were situated wholly outside a municipal corporation.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.69
§ 5534.69. Sergeant James F. Allen III Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 Senate Bill 134 - 132nd General Assembly The eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number two hundred sixty-one between the intersection of that route and state route number ninety-four and the intersection of state route number two hundred sixty-one and state route number twenty-one, in Medina and Summit counties, shall be known as the "Sergeant James F. Allen III Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.203 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.203
§ 5505.203. Payroll deduction plan for payments for service credits
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly (A) The state highway patrol retirement board may establish by rule a payroll deduction plan for payment of the following: (1) The cost of restoring service credit under section 5505.20 of the Revised Code or purchasing any service credit members of the state highway patrol retirement system are eligible to purchase under this chapter; (2) Charges for participation in programs established under section 5505.33 of the Revised Code; (3) Deposits under section 5505.281 of the Revised Code and any charges for participation in the program established under that section. (B) In addition to any other matter considered relevant by the board, the rules shall specify all of the following: (1) The types of service credit that may be paid for through payroll deduction, including the section of the Revised Code that authorizes the purchase of each type of service credit for which payment may be made by payroll deduction; (2) The procedure to be followed by a member to inform the member's employer and the system that the member wishes to purchase service credit under this chapter or pay for participation in programs established under section 5505.33 of the Revised Code through payroll deduction; (3) The procedure to be followed by the system and employers to determine for each request the amount to be deducted, the number of deductions to be made, and the interval at which deductions will be made. The rules may provide for a minimum amount for each deduction or a maximum number of deductions for the purchase of any type of credit. (4) The procedure to be followed by employers in transmitting amounts deducted from the salaries of their employees to the system; (5) The procedure to be followed by the system in crediting service credit to members who choose to purchase it through payroll deduction. (C) If the board establishes a payroll deduction plan under this section, it shall certify to the member's employer for each member for whom deductions are to be made, the amount of each deduction and the payrolls from which deductions are to be made. The employer shall make the deductions as certified and transmit the amounts deducted in accordance with the rules established by the board under this section. (D) Rules adopted under this section shall not affect any right to purchase service credit conferred by any other section of the Revised Code, including the right of a member under any such section to purchase only part of the service credit the member is eligible to purchase. (E) No payroll deduction made pursuant to this section may exceed the amount of a member's net compensation after all other deductions and withholdings required by law.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.638 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.638
§ 5533.638. Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart Veterans Bridge
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly The bridge at the intersection of United States route number thirty-three and state route number seven in Meigs county, shall be known as the "Staff Sergeant Jimmy G. Stewart - 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 § 5533.92 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.92
§ 5533.92. Carl B. Stokes Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 243 - 127th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number two, running in an easterly and westerly direction within Cuyahoga county only, shall be known as the "Carl B. Stokes Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.02
§ 5502.02. Spending to administer and enforce motor vehicle and traffic laws
Status: in_force

June 30, 2003 House Bill 87 - 125th General Assembly All expenditures for the administration and enforcement of motor vehicle and traffic laws by the department of public safety shall be paid out of moneys derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles as provided in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution. Last updated May 11, 2022 at 1:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.011 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.011
§ 5534.011. Staff Sgt. Richard T. Pummill 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 one hundred twenty-five, commencing at the intersection of that route and Markley road and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of that route and five mile road, within Hamilton county only, shall be known as the "Staff Sgt. Richard T. Pummill Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.18 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.18
§ 5534.18. Army Pfc. Michael Dominic Paonessa 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 interstate route number seventy-seven, running in a northerly and southerly direction, commencing at the location where that interstate route passes underneath east wilbeth road and proceeding in a northerly direction to the location where that interstate route passes underneath lovers lane within Summit county only, shall be known as the "Army Pfc. Michael Dominic Paonessa Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.67 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.67
§ 5534.67. Corporal Nathan R. Anderson Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 207 - 131st General Assembly The bridge spanning Schenck creek that is part of state route number thirty-six and that is located in Monroe township in Knox county shall be known as the "Corporal Nathan R. Anderson Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.35 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.35
§ 5534.35. Army Specialist Dennis Ramon 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 six, commencing at the intersection of that route and state route number four and proceeding in a westerly direction to the intersection of state route number six with Fremont avenue in Erie county, shall be known as the "Army Specialist Dennis Ramon Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.16
§ 5591.16. Majority action of commissioners required
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All resolutions required in sections 5591.03 to 5591.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, to be adopted by a county, or to carry out a contract, shall be adopted by a majority of all members elected or appointed to the board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.101 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.101
§ 5531.101. Motor fuel excise tax revenue - state infrastructure bank loans
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Municipal corporations, counties, and townships may not use revenue described under division (A)(3) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code to repay loans made by the state infrastructure bank under section 5531.09 of the Revised Code if both of the following apply: (1) The loans were made for highway, road, or street projects begun prior to March 31, 2003. (2) The revenue: (a) Results from the increase in the tax imposed under former section 5735.29 of the Revised Code pursuant to the amendment of the section by Am. Sub. H.B. 87 of the 125th General Assembly; and (b) Is distributed under section 5735.27 of the Revised Code. (B) While the loans described in division (A)(1) of this section are outstanding, the tax commissioner shall notify municipal corporations, counties, and townships receiving the revenue described in division (A)(2) of this section of the amount that cannot be used for the loan repayments. Last updated January 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5516.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5516 / § 5516.11
§ 5516.11. Regulation of advertising devices through zoning rules and regulations
Status: in_force

June 30, 2021 House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly This chapter does not affect the authority of a state, county, municipal, or other local zoning authority to zone areas for commercial or industrial purposes under its respective zoning laws. Whenever a state, county, municipal, or other local zoning authority has adopted comprehensive zoning and established rules and regulations controlling the size, lighting, and spacing of outdoor advertising devices, that are equivalent to and consistent with the intent of this chapter, such rules and regulations will be accepted in lieu of the controls provided in division (A) of section 5516.02 and in section 5516.061 of the Revised Code in the commercial and industrial zones within the geographical jurisdiction of such authority. Whenever a zoning authority establishes new comprehensive zoning rules or regulations, a copy thereof shall be furnished to the director of transportation within thirty days after its passage. Chapter 5516. of the Revised Code shall not be construed to allow the erection of an advertising device in an area zoned by state, county, municipal, or other local authorities to exclude such devices. Last updated April 12, 2021 at 10:14 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.68 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.68
§ 5555.68. Completion of improvement on failure of contractor
Status: in_force

August 1, 1980 Senate Bill 157 - 113th General Assembly If, in the opinion of the board of county commissioners, the contractor has not commenced his work within a reasonable time, does not carry such work forward with reasonable progress, is improperly performing his work, or has abandoned or failed to complete a contract entered into, the board shall make a finding to that effect, enter such finding on its journal, and so notify the contractor in writing, and the right of the contractor to control and supervise the work shall immediately cease. The board shall forthwith give written notice to the sureties on any bond of the contractor of such action. If, within ten days after receipt of such notice, such sureties, or any one or more of them, notify the board in writing of their intention to enter upon and complete the work covered by such contract, such sureties shall be permitted to do so and the board shall allow them twenty days after the receipt of such notice in writing from such sureties within which to enter upon the work and resume construction, unless the time is extended by the board upon good cause shown. If such sureties, entering upon the work, do not carry such work forward with reasonable progress or improperly perform, abandon, or fail to complete the work covered by such contract, the board shall complete the work in the manner provided in this section. If, after receiving notice of the action of the board in terminating the control of the contractor over the work covered by his contract, the sureties on such contractor's bond do not within ten days give the board the written notice provided in this section, the board shall complete the work. The board shall first advertise the work for letting as provided by section 5555.61 of the Revised Code, and the estimated cost at which the work shall be advertised shall be the difference between the original contract price and the amount paid to the original contractor, and at such letting the contract for the completion of the work shall not be let at a price in excess of such estimate. If no bids to complete the work are received, the board shall cause that part of the work still uncompleted to be re-estimated, shall re-advertise it at the amended estimate, and shall let the work for not more than such re-estimate. In reletting uncompleted work in the manner provided in this section, the contract shall be awarded by the board in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. If the cost of completing the contract exceeds the amount of the balance of the fund set up for the original contract, the board may pay such excess out of any available funds for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of highways. When the estimated cost of completing a defaulted contract does not exceed five thousand dollars, the board may complete it by force account, or by contract let without advertising.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5571 / § 5571.15
§ 5571.15. Board of township trustees may improve roads without petition
Status: in_force

March 12, 2001 House Bill 549 - 123rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the board of township trustees, without the presentation of a petition, may take the necessary steps to construct, reconstruct, resurface, or improve a public road or part thereof, upon the passage of a resolution by unanimous vote declaring the necessity for the construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or improvement. The cost thereof may be paid by any of the methods provided in section 5573.07 of the Revised Code, as determined by the board in the resolution. (B) If the primary reason for the reconstruction, resurfacing, or improvement of a public road or part thereof is to improve the drainage of water from the surface of the road, as declared by the resolution, and there is no presentation of a petition, the board may proceed upon the passage of the resolution by majority vote. The cost in such case may be paid by either of the methods provided in division (B) of section 5573.07 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.13
§ 5534.13. U.S. Army Private First Class James P. White, Jr. "J.P." Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 440 - 130th General Assembly That portion of state route two hundred two, running in a northerly and southerly direction from the intersection of that route and Chambersburg road to the intersection of that route and Taylorsville road in the municipal corporation of Huber Heights, shall be known as the "U.S. Army Private First Class James P. White, Jr. "J.P." Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5549.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5549 / § 5549.23
§ 5549.23. Sale of crushed stone, gravel, and sand - application of money
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly From any real estate purchased and controlled as provided by sections 5549.22 and 5549.24 of the Revised Code, stone, crushed stone, stone screenings, dirt, gravel, sand, or other similar material may be sold by the board of township trustees in control thereof to residents of the counties in which are situated the townships owning such real estate, and for use in the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of a public schoolhouse, public road or any other public improvement, located in such counties. Such materials shall be sold at prices fixed by the board or joint board of township trustees in control thereof, which prices shall not be less than the full cost of producing such materials. The moneys arising from such sales, in excess of the actual cost of production, shall be placed in the road maintenance and repair fund of the township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.80 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.80
§ 5533.80. Crile-Lower Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

October 13, 2004 House Bill 59 - 125th General Assembly The road known as state route number ninety-three, running in a northerly and southerly direction through Coshocton county only, shall be known as the "Crile-Lower Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.16
§ 5534.16. Lance Corporal Ryan E. Miller Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 Senate Bill 182 - 131st General Assembly That portion of interstate route two hundred seventy running in a northerly direction from mile marker thirty-three to mile marker thirty-four shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Ryan E. Miller Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5571 / § 5571.03
§ 5571.03. Compensation of trustees
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the board of township trustees determines to proceed in the method provided by division (A) or (B) of section 5571.02 of the Revised Code, the trustee designated to have charge of the maintenance and repair of roads and culverts within the township, or within a road district thereof, shall receive the compensation provided by section 505.24 of the Revised Code for each day of service in the discharge of such duties, but the total compensation of any trustee to be paid from the treasury under this section and all other sections of the Revised Code shall not exceed the maximum provided by such section in any year.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.32 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.32
§ 5501.32. Purchase of real property for highway purposes
Status: in_force

April 5, 2001 Senate Bill 295 - 123rd General Assembly The director of transportation may purchase property in fee simple in the name of the state by warranty deed, and all or any part of a tract of land when the acquisition of a part of the land needed for highway purposes will result in substantial damages to the residue by severance, controlled access, or isolation. The warranty deed shall contain a description of the property suitable for platting on tax maps. Any instrument by which real property is acquired pursuant to this section shall identify the agency of the state that has the use and benefit of the real property as specified in section 5301.012 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5523.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5523 / § 5523.02
§ 5523.02. Relocation of state highway to eliminate grade crossings
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly When it is necessary, in the elimination of existing grade crossings, to change the location of any highway on the state highway system or any extension of the system, the director of transportation may relocate the highway or any part thereof, or the extension or any part thereof, and may vacate the whole or any portion of such highway or extension no longer needed by reason of such relocation, and cause the improvement contemplated to be placed in the relocated highway or extension. In the relocation of any such highway, the portion of the highway within the limits of the right-of-way of railroad companies participating in the cost of the improvement shall be vacated and closed to the public upon the opening of the relocated portion of the highway or extension to the public. The director at such time shall declare the relocated highway, or portion or extension thereof, open to travel, and the portion of such highway no longer needed, including grade crossings over any steam, electric, or other railroad proposed to be eliminated, the director shall declare vacated and closed to the public. The director shall transmit a certified copy of the declaration to the companies affected, and upon receipt thereof, such companies may erect fences or other barriers barring the public from use of the crossings. The director shall file a certified copy of the declaration with the board of county commissioners of any county in which any part of the project is located.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5521.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5521 / § 5521.13
§ 5521.13. Highway improvement projects proposed by political subdivision
Status: in_force

April 11, 1991 House Bill 737 - 118th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whenever a political subdivision submits to the director of transportation any documents, reports, plans, or other materials relating to a proposed highway improvement project on the state highway system or relating to a road construction or improvement in accordance with section 5535.15 of the Revised Code, the director shall review and approve such documents, reports, plans, or other materials within sixty days after the date of submission if all of the following apply: (1) The entire cost of the project is to be funded privately or by a local subdivision; (2) The documents, plans, reports, or other materials relating to the project comply with applicable design development criteria of the Ohio department of transportation and the federal highway administration; (3) Except in regard to a project proposed under section 5535.15 of the Revised Code, the proposed project has been approved in concept by the appropriate local legislative authority. (B) If the director of transportation determines that the materials submitted to him in connection with a proposed highway improvement project do not comply with criteria described in division (A)(2) of this section, he shall, within sixty days after the date the material was submitted for his review, give written notification of his determination to the person or political subdivision that submitted the materials, and specify in the notification the reasons for his determination. (C) After receiving notification pursuant to division (B) of this section, the person or political subdivision shall, within thirty days, modify, revise, or submit such additional information as is necessary to rectify the deficiencies in the submissions cited by the director, and the director shall, within the next thirty days, review the revisions, modifications, and additional information submitted, and either approve the submissions or notify the person or political subdivision of the criteria described in division (A)(2) of this section that are not satisfied. The procedure established by this division shall be followed until the project is approved. (D) The department may require a person or political subdivision to pay a fee for the department's review of materials submitted to it under this section. These fees shall be computed on a reasonable cost basis. Any money collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating fund. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.703 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.703
§ 5502.703. Ohio school safety and crisis center
Status: in_force

September 12, 2022 House Bill 99 - 134th General Assembly (A) The Ohio school safety and crisis center is hereby created within the department of public safety and shall be operated by the mobile training team established under section 5502.70 of the Revised Code. (B) The mobile training team shall develop curriculum and provide instruction and training, including firearms training, that individuals may complete to satisfy the criterion specified in division (D)(1)(d)(i) of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code to be permitted to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone under division (D)(1)(d) of that section. Except as otherwise specified in division (D)(1)(d)(i) of that section, an individual shall successfully complete the curriculum, instruction, and training so developed as a requirement to be permitted to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone under the authority of division (D)(1)(d) of that section. The curriculum, instruction, and training shall follow the private investigator and security guard firearms training guidelines adopted under section 4749.06 of the Revised Code and include both of the following: (1) Initial instruction and training, which shall not exceed twenty-four hours; (2) Annual requalification training, which shall not exceed eight hours. Nothing in this section prohibits a school district board of education or governing body of a school from requiring additional training for an individual to which this section applies. (C)(1) The curriculum of the initial and requalification instruction and training required under this section shall include instruction in all of the following: (a) Mitigation techniques; (b) Communications capabilities and coordination and collaboration techniques; (c) Neutralization of potential threats and active shooters; (d) Accountability; (e) Reunification; (f) Psychology of critical incidents; (g) De-escalation techniques; (h) Crisis intervention; (i) Trauma and first aid care; (j) The history and pattern of school shootings; (k) Tactics of responding to critical incidents in schools; (l) At least four hours of training in scenario-based or simulated training exercises; (m) Completion of tactical live firearms training; (n) Realistic urban training. (2) The board or governing body of the school that authorizes an individual to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone, under division (D)(1)(d) of section 2923.122 of the Revised Code, shall pay all fees for the training described in divisions (B) and (C)(1) of this section that the individual receives. (3) A school district board of education or governing body of a school may adopt alternate curriculum, instruction, and training, provided it includes all of the topics specified in division (C)(1) of this section. A district board or governing body shall submit any alternate curriculum, instruction, and training adopted under division (C)(3) of this section to the school safety and crisis center for approval prior to granting authorization to an individual to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone under the control of the district board or governing authority. The school safety center shall approve any curriculum, instruction, and training within thirty days after receipt if the curriculum, instruction, and training comply with divisions (B) and (C) of this section. (D) Each school district board of education or governing body of a school shall provide to the school safety and crisis center a current list of the qualified personnel authorized to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordnance into a school safety zone under the control of the district board or governing body who have completed training under this section. The list is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. (E) The department of public safety, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules to implement this section. Last updated October 17, 2022 at 11:07 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5549.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5549 / § 5549.21
§ 5549.21. Purchase of machinery, materials, and supplies
Status: in_force

April 3, 2025 House Bill 315 - 135th General Assembly The board of township trustees may purchase or lease such machinery and tools as are necessary for use in constructing, reconstructing, maintaining, and repairing roads and culverts within the township, and shall provide suitable places for housing and storing machinery and tools owned by the township. It may purchase such material and employ such labor as is necessary for carrying into effect this section, or it may authorize the purchase or employment of such material and labor by one of its number, or by the township highway superintendent, at a price to be fixed by the board. All payments on account of machinery, tools, material, and labor shall be made from the township road fund or the township's general fund. Except as otherwise provided in sections 505.08 , 505.101 , and 5513.01 of the Revised Code, all purchases of materials, machinery, and tools shall, if the amount involved exceeds the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, be made from the lowest responsible bidder after advertisement, as provided in section 5575.01 of the Revised Code. If, in compliance with section 505.10 of the Revised Code, the board wishes to sell machinery, equipment, or tools owned by the township to the person from whom it is to purchase other machinery, equipment, or tools, the board may offer, if the amount of the purchase alone involved does not exceed the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, to sell such machinery, equipment, or tools and have the amount credited by the vendor against the purchase of the other machinery, equipment, or tools. If the purchase price of the other machinery, equipment, or tools alone exceeds the amount specified in section 9.17 of the Revised Code, the board may give notice to the competitive bidders of its willingness to accept offers for the purchase of the old machinery, equipment, or tools, and those offers shall be subtracted from the selling price of the other machinery, equipment, or tools as bid, in determining the lowest responsible bidder. Notice of the willingness of the board to accept offers for the purchase of the old machinery, equipment, or tools shall be made as a part of the advertisement for bids. Last updated February 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5515.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5515 / § 5515.07
§ 5515.07. Use and control of rest areas - commercial activities prohibited
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) The director of transportation, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules consistent with the safety of the traveling public and consistent with the national policy to govern the use and control of rest areas within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways and other state highways and in other areas within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways. (B)(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this section or as otherwise authorized by applicable federal law or federal regulations, no person shall engage in selling or offering for sale or exhibiting for purposes of sale, goods, products, merchandise, or services within the bounds of rest areas within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways and other state highways, or in other areas within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways, unless the director issues a permit in accordance with section 5515.01 of the Revised Code. Notwithstanding any rules adopted by the director to the contrary or any other policy changes proposed by the director, each district deputy director of the department of transportation shall continue to implement any program allowing organizations to dispense free coffee or similar items after obtaining a permit that operated within the district prior to January 1, 1997. Each district deputy director shall operate such program within the district in the same manner as the program was operated prior to that date. (2) In accordance with rules adopted under division (A) of this section, the director may cause vending machines to be placed within each rest area that is able to accommodate the machines. The vending machines shall dispense food, drink, and other appropriate articles. (3) The prohibition under division (B)(1) of this section does not apply to the sale of goods, products, merchandise, or services required for the emergency repair of motor vehicles or emergency medical treatment, or to the department of transportation as provided in section 5515.08 of the Revised Code. (C) The director shall not close any rest area that is located within the limits of the right-of-way of a scenic byway designated under section 5516.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5557.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5557 / § 5557.03
§ 5557.03. Copy of surveys, profiles, and proposed proportion of cost filed with legislative authority
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If any part of the cost of the proposed road improvement is assumed by the municipal corporation, the board of county commissioners, after the approval by it of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications, shall cause a copy of the surveys, profiles, and the proposed proportion of cost to be paid by the municipal corporation, to be filed with the legislative authority. The legislative authority shall examine the surveys, profiles, and the proposed proportion of cost to be paid by such municipal corporation. If after such examination the legislative authority is satisfied that the public convenience and welfare require that the improvement be made, it shall, by resolution, so determine, and shall approve the surveys, profiles, and the proposed proportion of cost to be paid by such municipal corporation. After the consent of such legislative authority has been obtained, an agreement shall be entered into by the legislative authority with the board determining what proportion of the cost of such improvement is to be paid by the municipal corporation, which may include the payment of any part of the compensation for land taken and damages to property caused by such improvement, as allowed by the board or fixed as provided by law. All claims for compensation and damages shall be presented to and heard and determined by the board, and all proceedings with reference thereto shall be had by such board in the same manner as though the improvement were located entirely outside a municipal corporation. For the purpose of providing, by taxation, a fund for the payment of the proportion of the cost of the improvement to be paid by the municipal corporation and also the compensation and damages incident thereto, such municipal corporation may levy taxes upon all the taxable property of the municipal corporation, under the same restrictions imposed in the case of taxes levied for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of the municipal corporation's share of the cost of street improvements under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation. The legislative authority of the municipal corporation may assess against abutting property owners any part of the proportion of the cost of such improvement, and the compensation and damages to be paid by it. Assessments shall be made in one of the methods provided for in the case of street improvements wholly within the municipal corporation, and under the exclusive control of the legislative authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.403 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.403
§ 5505.403. Transferring contributions to 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 and a person who is a member or former member of the state highway patrol retirement system but not a current contributor and who is not receiving a pension or benefit from the state highway patrol retirement system elects to receive credit under the Cincinnati retirement system for service for which the person contributed to the state highway patrol retirement system or purchased or obtained as military service credit, the state highway patrol retirement system shall transfer the amounts specified in division (B) or (C) of this section to the Cincinnati retirement system. (B) If a person has not received a refund of accumulated contributions from the state highway patrol retirement system, the retirement system shall, for each year of service credit, transfer to the Cincinnati retirement system the sum of the following: (1) An amount equal to the person's contributions to the state highway patrol retirement system and payments made by the member for military service credit; (2) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the state highway patrol retirement system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the person been a member of the Cincinnati retirement system at the time the credit was earned; (3) Interest on the amounts specified in divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section for the period 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 was made. (C) If the person has received a refund of accumulated contributions to the state highway patrol retirement system, the retirement system shall, for each year of service credit, transfer to the Cincinnati retirement system the sum of the following: (1) Interest on the amount refunded to the former 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; (2) An amount equal to the lesser of the employer's contributions to the state highway patrol retirement system for the year of service or the amount that would have been contributed by the employer for the service had the person been a member of the Cincinnati 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. (D) The amount transferred under division (C)(1) of this section shall not include any amount of interest the Cincinnati retirement system paid to the person when it made the refund. (E) On receipt of notice from the Cincinnati retirement system that the Cincinnati retirement system has received payment from a person described in division (C) of this section, the state highway patrol retirement system shall transfer the amount described in that division. (F) 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. (G) The transfer of any amount under this section cancels an equivalent amount of service credit. (H) At the request of the Cincinnati retirement system, the state highway patrol retirement system shall certify to the Cincinnati retirement system a copy of the records of the service and contributions of a member or former member of the state highway patrol retirement system who elects to receive service credit under the Cincinnati retirement system. (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 board may adopt rules establishing procedures for the transfer of contributions under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.06
§ 5577.06. Prohibition against violation
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly No person shall violate any rule or regulation promulgated by the director of transportation in accordance with section 5577.05 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5563.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5563 / § 5563.02
§ 5563.02. Appeal - notice - bond
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly Any person, firm, or corporation interested therein, may appeal from the final order or judgment of the board of county commissioners, made in any road improvement proceeding and entered upon their journal, determining any of the following matters: (A) The order establishing the proposed improvement; (B) The order dismissing or refusing to grant the prayer of the petition for the proposed improvement. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to appeal from the final order or judgment of the board upon any such questions, shall, at the final hearing upon matters of compensation or damages, give notice in writing of an intention to appeal, specifying therein the matters to be appealed from. In case the petition for an improvement is dismissed, or the prayer thereof is not granted, then a person, firm, or corporation desiring to appeal therefrom must give notice as provided by this section on the date when the order is made dismissing said petition, or refusing to grant the prayer thereof, and file the bond required within the time prescribed. The board shall fix the amount of the bond to be given by the appellant, which amount shall be reasonable, and cause an entry thereof to be made upon its journal. The appellant, within ten days thereafter, shall file with the county auditor a bond in the amount so fixed, with sureties to be approved by the county auditor. Such bond shall be conditioned to pay all costs made on the appeal, if the appellant fails to sustain such appeal or it is dismissed. Minors or other persons under disability, or their respective guardians, may appeal to the probate court or the common pleas court without giving bond for the payment of costs. The court shall cause an entry showing such disability to be made on the journal. The estates of such persons shall be liable for all costs adjudged against them or their legal representatives.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5512.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5512 / § 5512.07
§ 5512.07. Transportation review advisory council
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) There is hereby created the transportation review advisory council. No member of the general assembly shall be a member of the council. The council shall consist of nine members, one of whom is the director of transportation. Six members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. One member shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and one member shall be appointed by the president of the senate. In making their appointments, the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate shall consult with each other so that of the total number of eight appointed members, at least two are affiliated with the major political party not represented by the governor. In making the governor's appointments, the governor shall appoint persons who reside in different geographic areas of the state. Within ninety days after June 30, 1997, the governor, speaker, and president shall make the initial appointments to the council. Appointed members shall have no conflict of interest with the position. For purposes of this section, "conflict of interest" means taking any action that violates any provision of Chapter 102. or 2921. of the Revised Code. Each of the members the governor appoints shall have experience either in the area of transportation or in that of business or economic development. (B) Of the governor's initial appointments made to the council, one shall be for a term ending one year after June 30, 1997, one shall be for a term ending two years after June 30, 1997, one shall be for a term ending four years after June 30, 1997, and one shall be for a term ending five years after June 30, 1997. Within ninety days after September 16, 1998, the governor shall make two appointments to the council. Of these appointments, one shall be for a term ending June 30, 2001, and one shall be for a term ending June 30, 2002. The speaker's and president's initial appointments made to the council shall be for a term ending three years after June 30, 1997. Thereafter, all terms of office, including the terms for those persons who are appointed to succeed the persons whose appointments are made within ninety days after September 16, 1998, shall be for five years, with each term ending on the same day of the same month as did the term that it succeeds. Each member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments. Any member appointed to fill another member's unexpired term shall hold office for the remainder of that unexpired term. A member shall continue in office subsequent to the expiration of the member's term until the member's successor takes office. (C) The director of transportation is the chairperson of the council. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.043
§ 5577.043. Permissible weight variations for certain vehicles
Status: in_force

July 27, 2011 Senate Bill 187 - 129th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, the following vehicles under the described conditions may exceed by no more than seven and one-half per cent the weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code and no penalty prescribed in section 5577.99 of the Revised Code shall be imposed: (1) A surface mining truck transporting minerals from the place where the minerals are loaded to any of the following: (a) The construction site where the minerals are discharged; (b) The place where title to the minerals is transferred; (c) The place of processing. (2) A vehicle transporting hot mix asphalt material from the place where the material is first mixed to the paving site where the material is discharged; (3) A vehicle transporting concrete from the place where the material is first mixed to the site where the material is discharged; (4) A vehicle transporting manure, turf, sod, or silage from the site where the material is first produced to the first place of delivery; (5) A vehicle transporting chips, sawdust, mulch, bark, pulpwood, biomass, or firewood from the site where the product is first produced or harvested to the first point where the product is transferred. (B) In addition, if any of the vehicles listed in division (A) of this section and operated under the conditions described in that division do not exceed by more than seven and one-half per cent the gross vehicle weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code and do not exceed the wheel or axle load limits of those sections by more than seven and one-half per cent, no penalty prescribed in section 5577.99 of the Revised Code for a wheel or axle overload shall be imposed. (C) If any of the vehicles listed in division (A) of this section and operated under the conditions described in that division exceed the weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code by more than the percentage allowance of either division (A) or (B) of this section, both of the following apply without regard to the allowance provided by division (A) or (B) of this section: (1) The applicable penalty prescribed in section 5577.99 of the Revised Code; (2) The civil liability imposed by section 5577.12 of the Revised Code. (D) Divisions (A) and (B) of this section do not apply to the operation of a vehicle listed in division (A) of this section on either of the following: (1) A highway that is part of the interstate system; (2) A highway, road, or bridge that is subject to reduced maximum weights under section 4513.33 , 5577.07 , 5577.071 , 5577.08 , 5577.09 , or 5591.42 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.358 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.358
§ 5533.358. Air Force Master Sergeant Brad Clemmons Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as Ross county road one hundred four, commencing within the municipal corporation of Chillicothe at the intersection of that road and United States route number fifty and proceeding in a southerly direction to the intersection of that road and United States route number twenty-three, shall be known as the "Air Force Master Sergeant Brad Clemmons Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5540.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5540 / § 5540.15
§ 5540.15. Demonstrating ways to facilitate public-private cooperation and flexibility in financing, constructing, maintaining, or operating transportation projects
Status: in_force

June 30, 1993 House Bill 154 - 120th General Assembly The department of transportation shall undertake a demonstration project to study, develop, and demonstrate ways to facilitate public-private cooperation and flexibility in financing, constructing, maintaining, or operating transportation projects. In so doing it shall take all steps necessary and appropriate to facilitate the efforts of a transportation improvement district established in accordance with this chapter for the expeditious completion of the Butler county regional highway, the Allen road interchange, and the State Route 747 expansion in Butler county. Such steps may include advising and providing technical assistance to the district, and may also include designating the county engineer to serve as the department's agent to review project designs and determine if they meet state and federal specifications.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.781 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.781
§ 5533.781. Persian Gulf Veterans Bridge
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 440 - 130th General Assembly The bridge spanning the mosquito creek, located within the municipal corporation of Niles in Trumbull county and being part of the highway known as state route number forty-six and state route number one hundred sixty-nine, and having a scheduled completion date of approximately November of the year 2013, shall be known as the "Persian Gulf Veterans Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5511.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5511 / § 5511.10
§ 5511.10. Signs in area of part of national park system
Status: in_force

June 30, 2017 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, signs that indicate the presence of an area that is part of the national park system and are erected on highways that are part of the state highway system shall display the arrowhead symbol of the national park service as described in 36 C.F.R. 11.1 next to the name of the area. (B) All signs erected as of the effective date of this section that indicate the presence of an area that is part of the national park system but that do not display the arrowhead symbol of the national park service shall not be required to display the symbol. When the sign is replaced according to the standard procedures and schedule of replacement as established by the department of transportation, the new sign shall comply with division (A) of this section. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.963 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.963
§ 5534.963. SM1 Cornelius Anthony McCafferty, 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 portion of the road known as state route number thirty-nine, running in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction, between the intersection of that route and state route number four hundred thirty and the intersection of that route and interstate route number seventy-one, in Richland county, shall be known as the "SM1 Cornelius Anthony McCafferty, Jr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM