Ohio Rev. Code § 5517.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5517 / § 5517.02
§ 5517.02. Estimates - force account projects
Status: in_force

June 30, 2025 House Bill 54 - 136th General Assembly (A) Before undertaking the construction, reconstruction by widening or resurfacing, or improvement of a state highway, or a bridge or culvert thereon, or the installation of a highway traffic signal on a state highway, the director of transportation, except as provided in section 5517.021 of the Revised Code, shall make an estimate of the cost of the work using the force account project assessment form developed by the auditor of state under section 117.16 of the Revised Code. When a force account project assessment form is required, the estimate shall include costs for subcontracted work and any competitively bid component costs. (B)(1) After complying with division (A) of this section, the director may proceed without competitive bidding with maintenance or repair work by employing labor, purchasing materials, and furnishing equipment, if the total estimated cost of the completed operation, or series of connected operations, does not exceed the following, as adjusted under division (B)(2) of this section: (a) Thirty thousand dollars per centerline mile of highway, exclusive of structures and highway traffic signals; (b) Sixty thousand dollars for any single highway traffic signal or any other single project. (2) On the first day of July of every odd-numbered year beginning in 2015, the director shall increase the amounts established in division (B)(1) of this section by an amount not to exceed the lesser of three per cent, or the percentage amount of any increase in the department of transportation's construction cost index as annualized and totaled for the prior two calendar years. The director shall publish the applicable amounts on the department's internet web site. (C) The director may proceed by furnishing equipment, purchasing materials, and employing labor in the erection of temporary bridges or the making of temporary repairs to a highway or bridge rendered necessary by flood, landslide, or other extraordinary emergency. If the director determines inability to complete such emergency work by force account, the director may contract for any part of the work, with or without advertising for bids, as the director considers for the best interest of the department of transportation. (D) When a project proceeds by force account under this section or section 5517.021 of the Revised Code, the department of transportation shall perform the work in compliance with any project requirements and specifications that would have applied if a contract for the work had been let by competitive bidding. The department shall retain in the project record all records documenting materials testing compliance, materials placement compliance, actual personnel and equipment hours usage, and all other documentation that would have been required if a contract for the work had been let by competitive bidding. (E) The director shall proceed by competitive bidding to let work to the lowest competent and responsible bidder after advertisement as provided in section 5525.01 of the Revised Code in both of the following situations: (1) When the scope of work exceeds the limits established in section 5517.021 of the Revised Code; (2) When the estimated cost for a project, other than work described in section 5517.021 of the Revised Code, exceeds the amounts established in division (B) of this section, as adjusted. Last updated April 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.07
§ 5505.07. Secretary, actuary, and employees - compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly (A) The state highway patrol retirement board may employ a secretary and secure the services of employees for the transaction of business of the state highway patrol retirement system. Effective ninety days after the effective date of this amendment, the board may not employ a state retirement system investment officer, as defined in section 1707.01 of the Revised Code, who does not hold a valid state retirement system investment officer license issued by the division of securities in the department of commerce. The compensation of all persons engaged by the board and all other expenses of the board necessary for the proper operation of the pension fund shall be paid at such rates and in such amounts as the board approves. Every expense voucher of an employee, officer, or board member of the state highway patrol retirement system shall itemize all purchases and expenditures. (B) The clerical procedures required in the operation of the retirement system shall be performed by the staff of the secretary appointed by the board. The cost of such clerical procedures and the services performed by the secretary of the retirement system shall be paid by the retirement system. (C) The board shall appoint an actuary who shall be its technical advisor. (D) The board shall from time to time adopt such mortality and other tables of experience, and such rate or rates of interest, as are required in the proper operation of the retirement system. (E) The board shall determine by appropriate rules the service to be credited any member in any calendar year. The board shall perform other functions and adopt rules as required for the proper execution of Chapter 5505. of the Revised Code. Last updated October 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.17
§ 5501.17. Assistants to prepare plans and surveys - contracts with planning commissions
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly The director of transportation may employ such assistants as are necessary to prepare plans and surveys. Compensation paid for the preparation of plans, surveys, and specifications shall be regarded as a part of the cost and expense of the improvement for which they were made and shall be paid from funds set aside for the improvement. The director may appoint additional clerks and stenographers, and such other engineers, inspectors, technicians, and other employees as are necessary to carry out Chapters 4561., 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code. All such technicians employed under the authority of this section shall be eligible to receive pay during periods of on the job training or while attending special training schools conducted by the department of transportation. Such employees and appointees, in addition to their salaries, shall receive their actual necessary traveling expenses when on official business. The director may contract with regional, county, or municipal planning commissions or county engineers having adequate staffs, and with planning agencies of adjacent states, for the preparation of comprehensive transportation and land use studies and major thoroughfare reports, or parts thereof, and pay the commissions, county engineers, or planning agencies of adjacent states for such work from funds available to the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.634 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.634
§ 5533.634. Sergeant Justin T. Walsh Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 273 - 127th General Assembly The southbound portion of the road known as state route number fifty-nine, between the border of Cuyahoga Falls and Silver Lake and the route eight entrance ramp, shall be known as the "Sergeant Justin T. Walsh Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along that portion of the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5512.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5512 / § 5512.06
§ 5512.06. Biennial reports to governor and general assembly
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly The director of transportation, with the approval of the transportation review advisory council, shall submit biennial reports to the governor and the general assembly on the conduct of the project selection process for prioritizing transportation capacity projects, and on the progress of those projects undertaken.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.618 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.618
§ 5534.618. Hubbard First Responders Bridge
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly The bridge spanning Mud Run, between the intersection of Mock street and East Park avenue, located in the municipal corporation of Hubbard in Trumbull county and being a part of U.S. Route 62, shall be known as the "Hubbard First Responders Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.47 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.47
§ 5501.47. Bridge inspections
Status: in_force

June 30, 2021 House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly (A) The director of transportation is responsible for inspection of all bridges on the state highway system inside and outside of municipalities, all bridges connecting Ohio with another state for which the department of transportation has inspection authority, and all other bridges or portions of bridges for which responsibility for inspection is by law or agreement assigned to the department. Such inspection shall be made on a schedule established by the director, but at least once every twenty-four months, by a professional engineer or other qualified person under the supervision of a professional engineer, in accordance with the manual of bridge inspection described in division (B) of this section. The director shall cause to be maintained in each district of the department an updated inventory of all bridges within such district that are on the state highway system, including those located within municipalities, and all other bridges for which the department has responsibility for inspection. The inventory record shall indicate who is responsible for inspection and for maintenance, and the authority for such responsibilities. On those bridges where there exists joint maintenance responsibility, the director shall furnish a copy of reports to each party responsible for a share of maintenance. "Maintenance" as used in this division means actual performance of maintenance work. (B)(1) As used in this division: (a) "Inspection" means the inspection described in the manual of bridge inspection adopted by the department. (b) "Highway" means those highway systems in section 5535.01 of the Revised Code, highways, streets, and roads within municipalities, and any other highway, street, and road on which the public travels. (c) "Bridge" means any structure of ten feet or more clear span or ten feet or more in diameter on, above, or below a highway, including structures upon which railroad locomotives or cars may travel. (2) The director shall have general responsibility for initiating, developing, and maintaining procedures and practices that provide for and promote professional inspection of bridges. The director shall: (a) Prepare, maintain, and update a manual of bridge inspection that will provide standards applicable to the inspection of all bridges on, above, or below highways. The manual shall include, but is not limited to, standards relating to frequency of inspection, qualifications of persons inspecting or supervising inspections, and procedures and practices facilitating professional inspection of bridges. (b) Develop and furnish inspection forms and other forms relating to inspection, and approve forms used in lieu of the departmental forms; (c) Assist and cooperate with governmental units, upon request, with inspection, disseminate information to appropriate governmental officials and agencies with regard to responsibility and inspection practices, and confer with public officials and other individuals on inspection of bridges; such assistance may be in the form of contracts with counties or municipal corporations for transportation department inspection services; (d) Inspect any bridge on a highway, with a designated representative of the owner, where the director has reason to believe that the report of inspection does not reflect the condition of such bridge or that the inspection did not accord with the standards contained in the manual of bridge inspection. Last updated April 12, 2021 at 9:54 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5512.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5512 / § 5512.09
§ 5512.09. Staff assistance and office space for council
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly At the request of the transportation review advisory council, the department of transportation shall provide staff assistance and office space for the council.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.22
§ 5534.22. Army PFC Kevin C. Ott 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 United States route number sixty-two, running in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction within Pickaway county only, shall be known as the "Army PFC Kevin C. Ott Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.421 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.421
§ 5534.421. Sheriff Gene Fischer 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 United States route number thirty-five, running in a westerly and easterly direction, between the intersection of that route and United States route number forty-two and the intersection of that route and United States route number sixty-eight, in Greene county, shall be known as the "Sheriff Gene Fischer Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 2:47 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5503.031 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5503 / § 5503.031
§ 5503.031. Officer pay ranges
Status: in_force

July 1, 2023 House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly Beginning July 1, 2023, the following officers of the state highway patrol shall be paid in accordance with the indicated pay ranges from schedule E-1 of division (B) of section 124.152 of the Revised Code: (A) A sergeant or equivalent officer who is an exempt employee under section 124.152 of the Revised Code shall be paid in accordance with pay range 14. (B) A lieutenant or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 15. (C) A staff lieutenant or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 16. (D) A captain or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 17. (E) A major or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 18. (F) A lieutenant colonel or equivalent officer shall be paid in accordance with pay range 19. Last updated April 27, 2023 at 12:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.76
§ 5501.76. Issuance of obligations
Status: in_force

June 29, 2011 House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly Obligations may be issued under section 5531.10 of the Revised Code for the purpose of providing funds to carry out sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code with respect to the development or financing of a transportation facility.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5559.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5559 / § 5559.06
§ 5559.06. Copies of plans - notice of hearing
Status: in_force

September 29, 2011 House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly Upon the completion of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for an improvement under section 5559.02 of the Revised Code by the county engineer, the engineer shall transmit to the board of county commissioners copies of such surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications. The board shall then publish, in a newspaper of general circulation within the county, once a week for two consecutive weeks or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, a notice that such improvement is to be made and that copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, estimates, and specifications for it are on file in the office of the board for the inspection and examination of all persons interested. Such notice shall also state the time and place for hearing objections to the improvement. In the event that land or property is to be taken for such improvement, such taking shall be in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5519.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5519 / § 5519.01
§ 5519.01. Appropriation of property
Status: in_force

October 26, 1999 House Bill 19 - 123rd General Assembly If the director of transportation is unable to purchase property for any purpose related to highways, roads, or bridges authorized by Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code, or, if the Ohio rail development commission is unable to purchase property for any purpose necessary for the implementation of rail service under Chapter 4981. of the Revised Code, the director shall issue, or the commission shall enter on the records of the commission, a finding that it is necessary, for the public convenience and welfare, to appropriate such property as the director or commission considers needed for such purposes. The finding shall contain a definite, accurate, and detailed description of the property, and the name and place of residence, if known or with reasonable diligence ascertainable, of the owner of the property appropriated. The commission shall submit to the director a copy of its record finding that the appropriation of property is necessary. The commission shall not proceed with the appropriation unless it is first approved by the director. The director or commission, in such finding, shall fix what the director or commission considers to be the value of such property appropriated, together with damages to the residue, and deposit the value thereof, together with the damages, with the probate court or the court of common pleas of the county within which the property, or a part thereof, is situated. The power to appropriate property for any purpose authorized by such chapters shall be exercised in the manner provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code. 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 § 5540.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5540 / § 5540.09
§ 5540.09. Bonds not a debt of state
Status: in_force

June 30, 2005 House Bill 66 - 126th General Assembly (A) The bonds do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision of the state. Bond service charges on outstanding bonds are payable solely from the pledged revenues pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter and as provided in the bond proceedings. All bonds shall contain on their face a statement to that effect. (B) All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter shall be payable solely from revenues provided under this chapter. Except as provided in Section 515.03 of H.B. 66 of the 126th General Assembly, this chapter does not authorize the board of trustees of a district to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political subdivision of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.763 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.763
§ 5533.763. Army Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as United States route sixty-two, commencing in the village of Millwood in Knox county and extending in a northeasterly direction to the boundary of Knox and Holmes counties, shall be known as the "Army Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.07 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.07
§ 5577.07. Reduction of weight and speed during times of thaws and moisture
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly When thaws or excessive moisture render the improved highways of this state or any sections of them insufficient to bear the traffic thereon, or when such highways would be damaged or destroyed by heavy traffic during the period of thawing or excessive moisture, the maximum weight of vehicle and load, or the maximum speed, or both, for motor vehicles, as prescribed by law shall be reduced in the following manner: (A) On state highways, the director of transportation shall prescribe such reduction which shall not be more than twenty-five per cent; (B) On improved highways and all other roads in the county, other than state highways, the board of county commissioners shall prescribe such reduction as the condition of the road or highway justifies, but in no case shall the reduction be more than fifty per cent. The schedule of the reduction of maximum weights and speeds shall be filed, for the information of the public, in the office of the board of each county in which the schedule is operative and in the office of the director. The director or board, at least one day before such reduction becomes effective, shall cause to be placed and retained on such highways, at both ends and at the points of intersections by principal roads, during the period of such reduced limitation of weight, speed, or both, signs, of substantial construction, which will conspicuously indicate the limitations of weight and speed, which are allowed on the highway and the date on which such limitations shall go into effect. No person shall operate upon any such highway, a motor vehicle whose maximum weight or speed is in excess of the limitations prescribed. The expense of the purchase and erection of signs, provided for in this section, shall be paid from funds for the maintenance and repair of roads.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.50
§ 5533.50. John Kalaman and Robert O'Toole Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 16, 1998 House Bill 626 - 122nd General Assembly The road known as interstate six hundred seventy-five, running in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction through the counties of Montgomery, Greene, and Clark shall be known as the "John Kalaman and Robert O'Toole Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:50 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.201 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.201
§ 5505.201. Full credit for time served as police officer or firefighter
Status: in_force

February 20, 2002 Senate Bill 119 - 124th General Assembly Except for service credit transferred under section 5505.41 of the Revised Code, a member of the state highway patrol retirement system shall, in computing years of active service in the highway patrol under sections 5505.16 , 5505.17 , and 5505.18 of the Revised Code, be given full credit for time served as a police officer or firefighter covered under Chapter 742. and former Chapters 521. and 541. of the Revised Code, provided such member pays to the state highway patrol retirement system the amount received by the member under division (I) of former section 521.11 , division (I) of former section 741.18 , division (I) of former section 741.49 , or division (G) of section 742.37 of the Revised Code, with compound interest thereon at a rate to be determined by the state highway patrol retirement board from the date of such receipt to the date of such deposit. A member may choose to purchase only part of such credit in any one payment, subject to board rules. Upon certification by the state highway patrol retirement board to the board of trustees of the Ohio police and fire pension fund of such payment by the member, the Ohio police and fire pension fund shall pay from the appropriate employers' contribution fund under section 742.59 of the Revised Code to the state highway patrol retirement system an amount equal to the payment of the member.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.252 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.252
§ 5533.252. Sgt. Steven Conover - Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly The road known as state route number seventy-three, within Clinton county only, shall be known as the "Sgt. Steven Conover - Veterans Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:33 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.081 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.081
§ 5577.081. Surface mining vehicles over load limit to use designated roads
Status: in_force

September 29, 2017 House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Except when transferring unfinished aggregate material between facilities that are under the control of the same owner or operator that is subject to Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code or when unloading or loading finished aggregate product within a ten-mile radius of a surface mining operation that is permitted and regulated under that chapter, all vehicles entering or leaving such an operation that have a gross vehicle weight as defined in division (JJ) of section 4501.01 of the Revised Code that is in excess of sixty-six thousand pounds shall use the specific roads designated pursuant to sections 303.14 and 303.141 or 519.14 and 519.141 of the Revised Code as the primary means of ingress to and egress from the facilities or operation. (B) The owner or operator of a surface mining operation that is permitted under Chapter 1514. of the Revised Code and that is subject to the use of specific roads as the primary means of ingress to and egress from the operation pursuant to sections 303.14 and 303.141 or 519.14 and 519.141 of the Revised Code shall post a sign in a conspicuous location to inform the drivers of trucks entering and leaving the operation of the roads to use as the primary means of ingress to and egress from the operation. (C)(1) Whoever violates this section shall receive a written warning in such a manner that it becomes a part of the person's permanent record that is maintained by the bureau of motor vehicles and assists in monitoring violations of this section. (2) A person who commits a second offense within one year after committing the first offense is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (3) A person who commits a third or subsequent offense within one year after committing the first offense is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (D) Fine money that is collected under division (C) of this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the mining regulation and safety fund created in section 1513.30 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.815 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.815
§ 5534.815. Army Cpt. Stephen J. Chaney Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 347 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the road known as state route number four, running in a southwesterly and northeasterly direction, between the intersection of that route and Barks road west and that route and Gooding road, in Marion county only, shall be known as the "Army Cpt. Stephen J. Chaney Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.51
§ 5501.51. Reimbursing utility for facilities relocated by highway project
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly (A) The state shall reimburse a utility for the cost of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by the construction of a highway project only in the event that the utility can evidence a vested interest in the nature of a fee interest, an easement interest, or a lesser estate in the real property it occupies in the event that the utility possesses a vested interest in such property. The utility shall present evidence satisfactory to the state substantiating the cost of relocation. The director may audit all financial records which the director determines necessary to verify such actual costs. (B) The director of transportation may establish and enforce such rules and procedures as the director may determine to be necessary to assure consistency governing any and all aspects of the cost of utility relocations. The director may adopt such amendments to such rules as are necessary and within the guidelines of this section. (C) As used in this section: (1) "Cost of relocation" includes the actual cost paid by a utility directly attributable to relocation after deducting any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility. (2) "Utility" includes all of the following: (a) Publicly, privately, and cooperatively owned utilities that are subject to the authority of the public utilities commission of Ohio; (b) A cable operator as defined in the "Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984," 98 Stat. 2780, 47 U.S.C. 522, as amended by the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 151, and includes the provision of other information or telecommunications services, or both; (c) An electric cooperative and a municipal electric utility, both as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code; (d) County-owned or county-operated water and sewer facilities.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5577.044 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5577 / § 5577.044
§ 5577.044. Weight restrictions for vehicles fueled by natural gas
Status: in_force

June 30, 2023 House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding sections 5577.02 and 5577.04 of the Revised Code, a vehicle fueled solely by compressed natural gas or liquid natural gas or powered primarily by means of an electric battery may exceed by not more than two thousand pounds the gross vehicle weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code or the axle load limits of those sections. (B) If a vehicle described in division (A) of this section exceeds the weight provisions of sections 5577.01 to 5577.09 of the Revised Code by more than the allowance provided for in division (A) of this section, both of the following apply: (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. (C) Division (A) of this section does not apply to the operation of a vehicle on 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. Last updated April 27, 2023 at 12:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.828 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.828
§ 5534.828. CPL Benjamin C. Dillon, RLTW, Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of interstate route number seventy-six between mile marker number forty-four and mile marker number forty-five, in Portage county only, shall be known as the "CPL Benjamin C. Dillon, RLTW, Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.76 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.76
§ 5534.76. Lance Corporal Christopher J. Dyer USMC, Lima Co, 3/25 Marines Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 Senate Bill 134 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of interstate route number seventy-five, from mile marker thirteen to mile marker fifteen in Hamilton county only, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Christopher J. Dyer USMC, Lima Co, 3/25 Marines Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.608 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.608
§ 5534.608. Specialist Ronald Gene Johnson Memorial Overpass
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 578 - 134th General Assembly The overpass spanning United States route number two hundred fifty that is part of Johnson drive and that is located in the municipal corporation of Uhrichsville in Tuscarawas county shall be known as the "Specialist Ronald Gene Johnson Memorial Overpass." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:04 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.641 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.641
§ 5534.641. Veterans Legacy 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 forty-four between United States route number three hundred twenty-two and state route number eighty-seven, in Geauga county, shall be known as the "Veterans Legacy Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:06 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.043 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.043
§ 5505.043. Election not required where candidate unopposed
Status: in_force

April 6, 2007 House Bill 272 - 126th General Assembly (A) The state highway patrol retirement board is not required to hold an election for a position on the board as a retirant member or employee member if only one candidate has been nominated for the position in accordance with rules governing the election adopted under section 5505.047 of the Revised Code. The candidate shall take office as if elected and the term of office shall be four years beginning in August of the year the candidate was nominated. (B) The board is not required to hold an election for a vacated position on the board as a retirant member or employee member if either of the following is the case: (1) Only one candidate has been nominated for the vacancy in accordance with rules governing the election adopted under section 5505.047 of the Revised Code, in which case the candidate shall fill the unexpired term. (2) Less than ninety days remain in the member's term on the day that member's position becomes vacant.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5552.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5552 / § 5552.05
§ 5552.05. Initiating process of adopting township access management regulations
Status: in_force

October 24, 2002 House Bill 366 - 124th General Assembly (A) The process of adopting township access management regulations provided for in division (A) of section 5552.02 of the Revised Code may be initiated in any of the following ways: (1) The board of township trustees may adopt a resolution proposing the consideration of access management regulations on its own initiative. (2) The board of township trustees shall adopt a resolution proposing the consideration of access management regulations if the county engineer certifies to the board a written request for the board to do so. (B) Upon adoption of a resolution proposing the consideration of access management regulations under division (A) of this section, the board of township trustees shall request the county engineer to draft proposed regulations. The engineer shall prepare proposed regulations and, when they are complete, send a copy of them to each member of the advisory committee appointed under division (C) of this section along with a notice of the time and place of the first meeting of the advisory committee. That meeting shall take place within thirty days after the completion of the engineer's proposed regulations. (C) Upon adoption of a resolution under division (A) of this section, the board of township trustees shall establish an advisory committee to review the county engineer's proposed regulations prepared under division (B) of this section. The board shall appoint to the committee the county engineer or the engineer's designee, a registered surveyor in private practice, a representative of the homebuilding industry, a licensed realtor, a representative of a county or regional planning commission with jurisdiction in the county, a professional engineer with expertise in traffic engineering, a representative of the metropolitan planning organization, where applicable, three residents of the township, and any other person the board chooses to appoint. At its initial meeting held as provided in the notice sent by the county engineer under division (B) of this section, the advisory committee shall elect one member to serve as the chairperson of the committee. Within two hundred seventy days after that initial meeting, the advisory committee shall provide the board of township trustees with a copy of the engineer's proposed regulations, the committee's recommendations about each of the proposed regulations, and any other recommendations about the access management regulations the committee considers appropriate. (D) Upon receiving the advisory committee's recommendations under division (C) of this section, the board of township trustees shall hold hearings as provided in section 5552.06 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.656 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.656
§ 5534.656. Specialist Five Frederick Wayne Taylor Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northeastbound and southwestbound lanes of state route number seven between archers fork road and Grandview hill road, in Washington county, shall be known as the "Specialist Five Frederick Wayne Taylor Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5540.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5540 / § 5540.12
§ 5540.12. Deposit and use of moneys
Status: in_force

June 30, 1993 House Bill 154 - 120th General Assembly All moneys received by the board of trustees of a transportation improvement district under this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, as revenues, or otherwise are to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter and in any applicable bond proceedings. Such moneys shall be kept in depositories as selected by the board in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, insofar as such sections are applicable, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. The bond proceedings shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, revenues or pledged revenues are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes thereof, subject to applicable provisions of this chapter and the bond proceedings.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.11
§ 5537.11. Bonds not a debt of state
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly (A) The bonds do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision of the state. Bond service charges on outstanding bonds are payable solely from the pledged revenues pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter and as provided in the bond proceedings. All turnpike and infrastructure revenue bonds shall contain on their face a statement to that effect. (B) All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter shall be payable solely from revenues provided under this chapter and from state taxes. This chapter does not authorize the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political subdivision of the state.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5571 / § 5571.09
§ 5571.09. Suits by board of township trustees
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of township trustees may bring and maintain all suits involving an injury to any townhsip road, ditch, drain, or watercourse under the jurisdiction of such board and for the prevention of injury thereto. In case such road, ditch, drain, or watercourse is under the jurisdiction of two or more boards of township trustees, such joint board may bring and maintain such action. Such board or joint board may recover, by suit or otherwise, any real estate or interest therein, legal or equitable, belonging to the township, or any money or other property due the township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.643 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.643
§ 5533.643. Robert E. Hagan Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 Senate Bill 156 - 125th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number seven hundred eleven, commencing at interstate six hundred eighty in Mahoning county and extending in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of United States route four hundred twenty-two shall be known as the "Robert E. Hagan Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 4:49 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5540.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5540 / § 5540.02
§ 5540.02. Creation of transportation improvement district
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) A transportation improvement district may be created by the board of county commissioners of a county. The board, by resolution, shall determine the structure of the board of trustees of the transportation improvement district it creates by adopting the structure contained either in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section. (B) A transportation improvement district is a body both corporate and politic, and the exercise by it of the powers conferred by this chapter in the financing, construction, maintenance, repair, and operation of a project are and shall be held to be essential governmental functions. (C)(1) If the board of county commissioners so elects, a transportation improvement district shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of the following members: (a) Two members appointed by the board of county commissioners; (b) Three members appointed by the legislative authority of the most populous municipal corporation in the district; (c) Two members appointed by the legislative authority of the second most populous municipal corporation in the district; (d) Two members appointed by the board of township trustees of the township in the county that is most populous in its unincorporated area; (e) The county engineer; (f) One member appointed by the legislative authority of any township or municipal corporation that cannot otherwise appoint a member to the board pursuant to this section, and that is wholly or partially within the area of the transportation improvement district as the district was originally designated by the board of county commissioners; (g) If the area of a transportation improvement district is expanded by the board of county commissioners, the legislative authority of any township or municipal corporation that is wholly or partially within the area of expansion and that cannot otherwise appoint a member to the board pursuant to this section, with the consent of the board of trustees of the district, may appoint one member to the board; (h) One member appointed by the regional planning commission for the county, who shall be a nonvoting member of the board. One of each of the appointments made by the board of county commissioners, the legislative authority of a municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees under divisions (C)(1)(a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section, shall be members of the chamber of commerce for the respective political subdivision. Whenever the addition of members to the board of trustees of a transportation improvement district pursuant to division (C)(1)(f) or (g) of this section results in an even number of total voting members on the board, the board of trustees of the district may appoint an additional person to its membership to maintain an odd number of voting members. (2) As an alternative to the structure prescribed in division (C)(1) of this section, a board of county commissioners, by resolution, may elect that the transportation improvement district it creates be governed by a board of trustees consisting of five members appointed by the board of county commissioners. (D) Each appointed member of the board shall hold office for a term of two years but subject to removal at the pleasure of the authority that appointed the member. Members may be reappointed. Except as otherwise provided in this division, any vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Any vacancy on a board appointed under division (C)(1) of this section lasting longer than thirty days due to the failure of the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a board of township trustees to make an appointment shall be filled by the board of trustees of the transportation improvement district. (E) The voting members of the board shall elect from the entire board membership a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary-treasurer. A majority of the voting members of the board constitutes a quorum, the affirmative vote of which is necessary for any action of the district. No vacancy in the membership of the board impairs the right of a quorum to exercise all the rights and perform all duties of the district. (F) The board of county commissioners of any county, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, and the board of township trustees of any township may make appropriations from moneys available to them and not otherwise appropriated to pay costs incurred by the district in the exercise of its functions under this chapter, provided those moneys are available to use for that purpose. (G) An organizational meeting of the board of trustees of a transportation improvement district created under this section shall be held at the time and place designated by the board member who has served the most years as a member of the board of county commissioners that created the transportation improvement district. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM