Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.41
§ 5591.41. County may establish a free ferry
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If a county bridge has been destroyed by fire, flood, or any other cause, the board of county commissioners may cause to be established a free ferry in lieu thereof. The board may also cause to be established a free ferry over any of the interior streams of the state where it is not expedient to build a bridge, and may cause it to be maintained and operated. The cost of maintaining and operating such ferry shall not exceed the interest on the probable cost of constructing a bridge across the stream.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.49 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.49
§ 5502.49. Exemption from corporate franchise tax
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly No civil defense structure or equipment for which a civil defense certificate has been issued shall be considered as an asset of any corporation in determining the value of its issued and outstanding shares or the value of the property owned and used by it in this state for the purpose of the franchise tax.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.835 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.835
§ 5534.835. TSgt. Grover Lee Swearingen Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route number forty-one between the municipal corporations of Peebles and West Union, in Adams county, shall be known as the "TSgt. Grover Lee Swearingen Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.511 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.511
§ 5533.511. Chief Petty Officer Raymond Border Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 440 - 130th General Assembly In addition to the designation in section 5533.51 of the Revised Code, that portion of United States route number thirty-six, commencing at the intersection of that route and state route number eighty-three and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of that United States route and state route number ninety-three within Coshocton county only, shall be known as the "Chief Petty Officer Raymond Border Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.15 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.15
§ 5531.15. Rules for control and regulation of toll projects
Status: in_force

September 11, 2014 House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly (A) The director of transportation, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, may adopt such rules as the director considers advisable for the control and regulation of traffic on any toll project, for the protection and preservation of property under the jurisdiction and control of the department of transportation, for the maintenance and preservation of good order within the property under its control, and for the purpose of establishing owner or operator liability for failure to comply with toll collection rules. (B) The rules shall provide that all of the following persons shall be afforded ready access, while in the performance of their official duties, to all property under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation and without the payment of any user fee: (1) Public police officers; (2) Operators of municipal, township, county, and state maintenance vehicles; (3) Operators of United States military vehicles traveling in a convoy; (4) Operators of official emergency response vehicles. (C) No person shall violate any such rules of the department of transportation. (D)(1) All fines collected for the violation of applicable laws of the state and the rules of the department of transportation or money arising from bonds forfeited for such violation shall be disposed of in accordance with section 5503.04 of the Revised Code. (2) All fees or charges assessed by the department of transportation in accordance with this section against an owner or operator of a vehicle as a civil violation for failure to comply with toll collection rules shall be revenues of the department.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.42 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.42
§ 5591.42. Carrying capacity of bridges - warning notice
Status: in_force

November 2, 1989 House Bill 258 - 118th General Assembly The board of county commissioners together with the county engineer or an engineer to be selected by the board, or the director of transportation, may ascertain the safe carrying capacity of the bridges on roads or highways under their jurisdiction. Where the safe carrying capacity of any such bridge is ascertained and found to be less than the load limit prescribed by sections 5577.01 to 5577.12 of the Revised Code, warning notice shall be conspicuously posted near each end of the bridge. The notice shall caution all persons against driving on the bridge a loaded conveyance of greater weight than the bridge's carrying capacity.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.34 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.34
§ 5534.34. Oregon Jerusalem Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 6, 2017 Senate Bill 207 - 131st General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the road known as state route number two commencing at the intersection of that route and United States interstate route number two hundred eighty and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of state route number two and South Yondota road in Lucas county shall be known as the " Oregon Jerusalem Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.08
§ 5533.08. Eighty-third Division Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The highway known as United States highway number twenty-one, running in a north and south direction across the state through the counties of Cuyahoga, Summit, Stark, Tuscarawas, Guernsey, Noble, and Washington and through the municipal corporations of Cleveland, Massillon, New Philadelphia, Cambridge, Caldwell, and Marietta shall be known as the "Eighty-third Division Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon said highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.45 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.45
§ 5502.45. Appeal
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly Any party aggrieved by the issuance, the refusal to issue, the revocation, or the modification of a civil defense certificate may appeal to the common pleas court of the county in which the property to which the same relates, or would relate, is located. The party desiring to appeal shall file a notice of appeal with the certifying authority setting forth the order appealed from and the grounds of his appeal. A copy of such notice of appeal shall also be filed by appellant with the court. Such notice of appeal shall be filed within fifteen days after mailing of notice as provided in section 5505.44 of the Revised Code. The filing of a notice of appeal shall not operate as a suspension of the order of the certifying authority. Within ten days after receipt of notice of appeal the certifying authority shall prepare and certify to the court a complete record of its proceedings in the matter. Upon demand by any party the certifying authority shall furnish at the cost of such party a copy of the stenographic report of testimony offered and evidence submitted at any hearing. In the hearing of the appeal the court shall be confined to the record as certified to it. The court shall determine the rights of the parties in accordance with sections 5502.42 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code, and may affirm, reverse, vacate, or modify the action of the certifying authority complained of in the appeal. The court shall certify its judgment to the parties to the appeal or take such other action in connection therewith as may be required to give its judgment effect.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5535.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5535 / § 5535.01
§ 5535.01. Classes of highways
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The public highways of the state shall be divided into three classes: state roads, county roads, and township roads. (A) State roads include the roads and highways on the state highway system. (B) County roads include all roads which are or may be established as a part of the county system of roads as provided in sections 5541.01 to 5541.03 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, which shall be known as the county highway system. Such roads shall be maintained by the board of county commissioners. (C) Township roads include all public highways other than state or county roads. The board of township trustees shall maintain all such roads within its township. The board of county commissioners may assist the board of township trustees in maintaining all such roads. This section does not prevent the board of township trustees from improving any road within its township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.16
§ 5501.16. Chief clerk and secretaries
Status: in_force

March 17, 1989 House Bill 357 - 117th General Assembly The director of transportation may appoint a chief clerk, who shall be exempt from civil service requirements or regulations. The director may appoint a secretary to the director and a secretary to each assistant director. Secretaries so appointed shall be exempt from civil service requirements or regulations.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5563.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5563 / § 5563.01
§ 5563.01. Execution of order to open road
Status: in_force

September 24, 1963 Senate Bill 91 - 105th General Assembly No order of the board of county commissioners for locating, establishing, altering, straightening, widening, or changing the direction of a public road, shall be executed until ten days have elapsed after the board has made its final order in the matter of compensation and damages, on account of such improvement. If, at the end of ten days, any person, firm, or corporation interested, has effected an appeal, then the order shall not be executed until the matters appealed from have been disposed of in the probate court or the common pleas court. Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to appeal to the probate court or the common pleas court, when the improvement is located in two or more counties, may appeal to the probate or common pleas court of either county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.515 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.515
§ 5534.515. Gunnery Sergeant James W. Speedy Memorial Interchange
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 interchange of the roads known as interstate route number seventy-seven and interstate route number seventy, in Guernsey county, shall be known as the "Gunnery Sergeant James W. Speedy Memorial Interchange." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers at the interchange indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:03 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.17
§ 5533.17. Gold Star Mothers' Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

November 2, 1959 House Bill 603 - 103rd General Assembly The road known as Ohio route number eighty-two, running in an easterly and westerly direction through the counties of Lorain, Cuyahoga, Summit, Portage, and Trumbull and through the municipal corporations of Broadview Heights, Brecksville, Aurora, and Warren shall be known as the "Gold Star Mothers' Memorial Highway." Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5543.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5543 / § 5543.19
§ 5543.19. Construction or reconstruction by force account
Status: in_force

June 30, 2023 House Bill 23 - 135th General Assembly (A) The county engineer may, when authorized by the board of county commissioners and not required by this section or other law to use competitive bidding, employ such laborers and vehicles, use such county employees and property, lease such implements and tools, and purchase such materials as are necessary in the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of roads by force account. In determining whether construction or reconstruction, including widening and resurfacing, of roads may be undertaken by force account, the county engineer shall first cause to be made an estimate of the cost of such work using the force account project assessment form developed by the auditor of state under section 117.16 of the Revised Code. When the total estimated cost of the work exceeds seventy thousand dollars per mile, the county commissioners shall invite and receive competitive bids for furnishing all the labor, materials, and equipment necessary to complete the work in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. (B) The county engineer may, when authorized by the board of county commissioners and not required by this section or other law to use competitive bidding, employ such laborers and vehicles, use such county employees and property, lease such implements and tools, and purchase such materials as are necessary in the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of bridges and culverts by force account. In determining whether such construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, or repair of bridges or culverts may be undertaken by force account, the county engineer shall first cause to be made an estimate of the cost of such work using the force account project assessment form. When the total estimated cost of the work exceeds two hundred thirty-three thousand dollars, the board of county commissioners shall invite and receive competitive bids for furnishing all the labor, materials, and equipment necessary to complete the work, in accordance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. The county engineer shall obtain the approval required by section 5543.02 of the Revised Code. (C) On the first day of July of every year beginning in 2024, the threshold amounts established in this section shall increase by an amount not to exceed the lesser of five per cent, or the percentage amount of any increase in the department of transportation's construction cost index as annualized and totaled for the prior calendar year. The director of transportation shall notify each appropriate county engineer of the increased amount. (D) "Force account," as used in this section means that the county engineer will act as contractor, using labor employed by the engineer using material and equipment either owned by the county or leased or purchased in compliance with sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code and excludes subcontracting any part of such work unless done pursuant to sections 307.86 to 307.92 of the Revised Code. The term "competitive bids" as used in this section requires competition for the whole contract and in regard to its component parts, including labor and materials. Neither plans nor specifications shall be drawn to favor any manufacturer or bidder unless required by the public interest. Last updated April 27, 2023 at 12:14 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.334 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.334
§ 5533.334. Lance Corporal Thomas O. Keeling Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 31, 2010 House Bill 27 - 128th General Assembly In addition to the name prescribed by section 5533.32 of the Revised Code, that portion of the highway known as interstate number seventy-one, running in a northerly and southerly direction within the municipal corporation of Strongsville only, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Thomas O. Keeling Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.14
§ 5589.14. Prosecution of offenses
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The prosecuting attorney shall prosecute all offenders under sections 5589.02 to 5589.13 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, upon application of any official or individual filing any affidavit before any magistrate of the county charging an offense under such sections. This section shall not prevent the prosecuting attorney or any other official from prosecuting offenders under such sections upon his own initiative.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.764 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.764
§ 5533.764. Army Private Jason L. Sparks Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as United States route twenty, commencing at the boundary of Lyme and Ridgefield townships in Huron county and extending in an easterly direction through the village of Monroeville to the municipal corporation of Norwalk, shall be known as the "Army Private Jason L. Sparks 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 § 5534.702 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.702
§ 5534.702. Murray Ebner, Holocaust Survivor and Korean War Veteran, Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 578 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of interstate route number two hundred seventy between Hamilton road and Morse road, in Franklin county, shall be known as the "Murray Ebner, Holocaust Survivor and Korean War Veteran, Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5529.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5529 / § 5529.03
§ 5529.03. Acquiring land for rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities
Status: in_force

June 29, 2001 House Bill 73 - 124th General Assembly (A)(1) The director of transportation may acquire by gift, purchase, or appropriation, any interest, estate, or right in and to real property adjacent to highways of this state as necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty adjacent to those highways, or for the establishment of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the right-of-way of those highways to accommodate the traveling public. Nothing in this section authorizes the director to appropriate fee simple title to real property further than three hundred feet from the nearest edge of the highway right-of-way. (2) Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to the purchase or appropriation of any interest in property under section 5501.31 of the Revised Code that is required for land to replace wetlands or to the purchase of property under that section to replace, preserve, or conserve any environmental resource. (B) The director may convey or lease any such property adjacent to the highway right-of-way to any person or entity in the manner and subject to such reservations, conditions, covenants, or other contractual arrangements as the director determines will not substantially interfere with the scenic character or beauty of the area traversed by the highway. (C) The director may employ consulting engineers and enter into contracts for consulting engineering services with any qualified person or firm to prepare plans and estimates and generally supervise the construction and landscaping for scenic enhancement and roadside beautification projects, and in the awarding of such contracts compliance with sections 5501.17 and 5525.01 of the Revised Code is not required. (D) 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 § 5534.829 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.829
§ 5534.829. Cpl. Fredrick Wayne Miller Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number thirty-nine, between the intersection of that route and United States route number sixty-two near the municipal corporation of Berlin, Ohio and the intersection of that route and Joet road, in Holmes county, shall be known as the "Cpl. Fredrick Wayne Miller Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.09
§ 5589.09. Failure, neglect or refusal to drag road
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person, charged with the duty of causing any unimproved or gravel road or part thereof to be dragged, shall willfully fail, neglect, or refuse to cause the same to be done, in such manner and within the time fixed by the sections of the Revised Code applicable thereto, or by the proper authority.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.664 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.664
§ 5534.664. Lance Corporal Austin B. Schwenk Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route number forty-four between Prouty road and Mentor avenue, in Lake county, shall be known as the "Lance Corporal Austin B. Schwenk Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5561.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5561 / § 5561.03
§ 5561.03. Hearing by director of transportation
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly As a condition precedent to the exercise of jurisdiction under sections 4957.06 and 5561.01 to 5561.15 of the Revised Code, by a board of county commissioners, such board shall transmit to the director of transportation a full written description of the grade crossing which it is proposed to abolish, showing its location, the reasons which tend to make necessary its elimination, the names of the railroads or interurban railways owning the tracks crossing such state or intercounty highway, and the manner in which the improvement proposed should be accomplished. On receipt of such description the director shall conduct a hearing as to the necessity and the expediency of the proposed improvement, after thirty days' notice in writing of the time and place of holding such hearing has been given to the board and to the railroad or interurban railway companies concerned in such proposed elimination. Notice shall be served by the sheriff upon the railroad or interurban railway companies, in the manner provided for the service of summons in civil actions. If after such hearing, the director is of the opinion that such improvement is reasonably necessary and expedient, he shall so certify in writing to the board, sending a copy of such certificate to all railroad or interurban railway companies involved. But if the director is not of such opinion he shall so state in his certificate, and thereupon no further proceedings shall be taken upon such application to the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.608 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.608
§ 5533.608. Master Sergeant Adam F. Benjamin Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly The road known as state route number ten, commencing at the western-most point of that road in Lorain county and extending in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of that road with state route number eighty-three, shall be known as the "Master Sergeant Adam F. Benjamin Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.897 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.897
§ 5534.897. Joseph K. Vrabel "Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame" Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number two hundred twenty-four, located in the municipal corporation of Poland, in Mahoning county, shall be known as the "Joseph K. Vrabel 'Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame' Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 3:00 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.08
§ 5531.08. Using money in highway operating fund for construction costs
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) In order to expedite a highway project involving the expenditure of federal and state funds and to utilize all privileges provided by the "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991," 105 Stat. 1914, 49 U.S.C.A. 101, the director of transportation may designate a project team for the purposes of certifying design review and performing field and office inspections and cost estimates, on behalf of the federal highway administration. (B)(1) Upon a written determination by the director that it would be in the best interests of the traveling public, the director, upon the written request of a county, township, or municipal corporation, may utilize moneys in the highway operating fund created by section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to pay that portion of the construction cost of a highway project which the county, township, or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay. (2) The director shall not utilize moneys in the highway operating fund for a highway project in the manner described in division (B)(1) of this section unless all of the following apply: (a) The preliminary engineering design of the project is complete, all necessary rights-of-way have been obtained, and all federal, state, and local environmental studies and permits have been performed or obtained; (b) The director of transportation has submitted the proposed project to the director of development for an evaluation of the potential economic benefit to the area. The county, township, or municipal corporation certifies to the director of development that the project will create not less than five permanent living wage jobs. This requirement shall be fulfilled during the three-year period following the completion date of the project, and the county, township, or municipal corporation may define the geographic area within which the jobs will be created. (c) The quotient resulting from the division of the total amount of moneys utilized to cover the portion of the construction cost of the highway project that a county, township, or municipal corporation would normally be required to pay, divided by the number of permanent living wage jobs certified to the director of development by the county, township, or municipal corporation pursuant to division (B)(2)(b) of this section is less than or equal to ten thousand dollars. (C) Upon a written determination by the director of transportation that it would be in the best interests of the traveling public, the director, upon the written request of a county, township, or municipal corporation, may declare a waiver of that portion of the cost of a highway project which the county, township, or municipal corporation normally would be required to pay. (D) The director of development shall do all of the following: (1) Review all requests submitted by a county, township, or municipal corporation to the director of transportation pursuant to division (B) of this section for the expenditure of moneys from the highway operating fund; (2) Submit findings and recommendations to the director of transportation upon completion of the review process; (3) Monitor the results of a highway project for which moneys in the highway operating fund are utilized in order to ascertain whether the number of permanent living wage jobs certified to the director of transportation pursuant to division (B)(2)(b) of this section actually are created as a result of the highway project within the three-year period following the completion of the project, and submit reports relating to this subject to the director as necessary. (E) The director of transportation may award eligible federal funds or state general revenue funds to local units of government, including regional transit authorities providing public transportation service and metropolitan planning organizations. These funds may be used for such purposes as alleviating traffic congestion or improving air quality in nonattainment areas of the state as defined by the "Clean Air Act of 1990," 104 Stat. 2399, 42 U.S.C.A. 7401. The funds also may be used to acquire or construct park-and-ride facilities, to purchase traffic devices to improve vehicular flow, and for other travel demand management activities that meet the mandates of the Clean Air Act in nonattainment areas of the state. (F) As used in this section, "living wage job" means an employment position paying an annual average gross wage amount per full-time person of not less than twenty thousand dollars per year. Last updated January 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.33
§ 5502.33. Political activity prohibited
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly No agency for emergency management established under sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code shall participate in any form of political activity, nor shall it be employed directly or indirectly for any political purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.10
§ 5589.10. Digging, excavating, piling earth, or building fence on highway
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall dig up, remove, excavate, or place any earth or mud upon any portion of any public highway or build a fence upon the same without authority to do so. Each day that such person continues to dig up, remove, or excavate any portion of the public highway constitutes a separate offense.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5528.37 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5528 / § 5528.37
§ 5528.37. Repealing, increasing or reducing of licenses and fees
Status: in_force

November 5, 1969 Senate Bill 150 - 108th General Assembly The general assembly may from time to time repeal or reduce any fee, excise, or tax pledged pursuant to section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, to the payment of the interest on or principal of the obligations issued pursuant to said section 2i and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code, and may levy any new or increased fee, excise, or tax relating to the registration, operation, or use of vehicles on the public highways, or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles, or any other excises and taxes of the state, to be available to meet the pledge of the state to the highway obligations, except ad valorem taxes on real or personal property and income taxes, provided that nothing in this section authorizes any impairment of the obligation of this state to levy and collect sufficient excises and taxes to pay highway obligations issued pursuant to section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code for which other provision is not made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5540.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5540 / § 5540.04
§ 5540.04. Acquiring and disposing of property
Status: in_force

June 30, 1993 House Bill 154 - 120th General Assembly (A) A transportation improvement district may acquire by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, appropriation, or otherwise and in such manner and for such consideration as it considers proper, any public or private property necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of a project. The district may pledge net revenues, to the extent permitted by this chapter with respect to bonds, to secure payments to be paid by the district under such a lease, lease-purchase agreement, or lease with option to purchase. Title to real and personal property shall be held in the name of the district. In any proceedings for appropriation under this section, the procedure to be followed shall be in accordance with that provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise agreed to by the owner, full compensation shall be paid for public property so taken. (B) This section does not authorize a district to take or disturb property or facilities belonging to any public utility or to a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce, which property or facilities are required for the proper and convenient operation of the public utility or common carrier, unless provision is made for the restoration, relocation, replication, or duplication of the property or facilities elsewhere at the sole cost of the district. (C) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, disposition of real property shall be by sale, lease-purchase agreement, lease with option to purchase, or otherwise in such manner and for such consideration as the district determines if to a governmental agency, and otherwise in the manner provided in section 5501.45 of the Revised Code for the disposition of property by the director of transportation. Disposition of personal property shall be in such manner and for such consideration as the district determines.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.752 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.752
§ 5533.752. Sergeant Brian Dulle Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly That portion of the road known as United States route forty-two, running in a northeasterly direction between the municipal corporations of Lebanon and Waynesville in Warren county, shall be known as the "Sergeant Brian Dulle Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.48 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.48
§ 5555.48. Payment of county's share - tax levy
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement to be paid by the county shall be paid out of any road improvement fund available therefor. For the purpose of providing by taxation a fund for the payment of the county's proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, and repairing roads under sections 5555.01 to 5555.72 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners may levy annually a tax not exceeding two mills upon each dollar of the taxable property of the county. Said levy shall be in addition to all other levies authorized by law for county purposes, and subject only to the limitation on the combined maximum rate for all taxes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.531 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.531
§ 5533.531. Earle Baltes Highway
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly The road known as state route one hundred eighteen, commencing at the southernmost boundary of the municipal corporation of St. Henry and extending southward to the intersection of that state route and state route forty-seven, shall be known as "Earl Baltes Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:51 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5516.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5516 / § 5516.14
§ 5516.14. Application for vegetation permit
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 210 - 122nd General Assembly The director may issue a permit to any sign owner who has a lawful permit issued pursuant to section 5516.10 of the Revised Code to remove, cut, and trim vegetation located on the right-of-way of any highway of the interstate or primary system adjacent to the permitted advertising device and replace the same as directed, whenever such vegetation prevents clear visibility from the main traveled way of such highway. The director shall adopt rules for the enforcement of this section. The rules may include requirements for appropriate vehicle identification signage, appropriate bond or insurance, distance limits, and any other conditions as may be required by the director. An application for a vegetation permit shall be made on forms designated by the director and a separate application must be submitted for each sign face. Each application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable application fee in an amount to be determined by the director. Permits issued hereunder shall run for a period of one year and may be renewed upon application made upon forms prescribed by the director and upon the payment of a nonrefundable renewal fee in an amount to be determined by the director. Any permits that are not renewed shall be returned to the director for cancellation by the expiration date. The director may modify any vegetation permit as is considered necessary for the safety of the traveling public. The director may revoke, cancel, or disapprove a permit or an application pursuant to section 5516.12 of the Revised Code for any violation of this section or the rules adopted thereunder.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.311 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.311
§ 5501.311. Leases or lease-purchase of transportation facilities
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 House Bill 233 - 131st General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding sections 123.01 and 127.16 of the Revised Code the director of transportation may lease or lease-purchase all or any part of a transportation facility to or from one or more persons, one or more governmental agencies, a transportation improvement district, or any combination thereof, and may grant leases, easements, or licenses for lands under the control of the department of transportation. The director may adopt rules necessary to give effect to this section. (B) Plans and specifications for the construction of a transportation facility under a lease or lease-purchase agreement are subject to approval of the director and must meet or exceed all applicable standards of the department. (C) Any lease or lease-purchase agreement under which the department is the lessee shall be for a period not exceeding the then current two-year period for which appropriations have been made by the general assembly to the department, and such agreement may contain such other terms as the department and the other parties thereto agree, notwithstanding any other provision of law, including provisions that rental payments in amounts sufficient to pay bond service charges payable during the current two-year lease term shall be an absolute and unconditional obligation of the department independent of all other duties under the agreement without set-off or deduction or any other similar rights or defenses. Any such agreement may provide for renewal of the agreement at the end of each term for another term, not exceeding two years, provided that no renewal shall be effective until the effective date of an appropriation enacted by the general assembly from which the department may lawfully pay rentals under such agreement. Any such agreement may include, without limitation, any agreement by the department with respect to any costs of transportation facilities to be included prior to acquisition and construction of such transportation facilities. Any such agreement shall not constitute a debt or pledge of the faith and credit of the state, or of any political subdivision of the state, and the lessor shall have no right to have taxes or excises levied by the general assembly, or the taxing authority of any political subdivision of the state, for the payment of rentals thereunder. Any such agreement shall contain a statement to that effect. (D) A municipal corporation, township, or county may use service payments in lieu of taxes credited to special funds or accounts pursuant to sections 5709.43 , 5709.47 , 5709.75 , and 5709.80 of the Revised Code to provide its contribution to the cost of a transportation facility, provided such facility was among the purposes for which such service payments were authorized. The contribution may be in the form of a lump sum or periodic payments. (E) Pursuant to the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 152, 47 U.S.C. 332 note, the director may grant a lease, easement, or license in a transportation facility to a telecommunications service provider for construction, placement, or operation of a telecommunications facility. An interest granted under this division is subject to all of the following conditions: (1) The transportation facility is owned in fee simple or easement by this state at the time the lease, easement, or license is granted to the telecommunications provider. (2) The lease, easement, or license shall be granted on a competitive basis in accordance with policies and procedures to be determined by the director. The policies and procedures may include provisions for master leases for multiple sites. (3) The telecommunications facility shall be designed to accommodate the state's multi-agency radio communication system, the intelligent transportation system, and the department's communication system as the director may determine is necessary for highway or other departmental purposes. (4) The telecommunications facility shall be designed to accommodate such additional telecommunications equipment as may feasibly be co-located thereon as determined in the discretion of the director. (5) The telecommunications service providers awarded the lease, easement, or license, agree to permit other telecommunications service providers to co-locate on the telecommunications facility, and agree to the terms and conditions of the co-location as determined in the discretion of the director. (6) The director shall require indemnity agreements in favor of the department as a condition of any lease, easement, or license granted under this division. Each indemnity agreement shall secure this state and its agents from liability for damages arising out of safety hazards, zoning, and any other matter of public interest the director considers necessary. (7) The telecommunications service provider fully complies with any permit issued under section 5515.01 of the Revised Code pertaining to land that is the subject of the lease, easement, or license. (8) All plans and specifications shall meet with the director's approval. (9) Any other conditions the director determines necessary. (F) In accordance with section 5501.031 of the Revised Code, to further efforts to promote energy conservation and energy efficiency, the director may grant a lease, easement, or license in a transportation facility to a utility service provider that has received its certificate from the Ohio power siting board or appropriate local entity for construction, placement, or operation of an alternative energy generating facility service provider as defined in section 4928.64 of the Revised Code. An interest granted under this division is subject to all of the following conditions: (1) The transportation facility is owned in fee simple or in easement by this state at the time the lease, easement, or license is granted to the utility service provider. (2) The lease, easement, or license shall be granted on a competitive basis in accordance with policies and procedures to be determined by the director. The policies and procedures may include provisions for master leases for multiple sites. (3) The alternative energy generating facility shall be designed to provide energy for the department's transportation facilities with the potential for selling excess power on the power grid, as the director may determine is necessary for highway or other departmental purposes. (4) The director shall require indemnity agreements in favor of the department as a condition of any lease, easement, or license granted under this division. Each indemnity agreement shall secure this state from liability for damages arising out of safety hazards, zoning, and any other matter of public interest the director considers necessary. (5) The alternative energy service provider fully complies with any permit issued by the Ohio power siting board under Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code and complies with section 5515.01 of the Revised Code pertaining to land that is the subject of the lease, easement, or license. (6) All plans and specifications shall meet with the director's approval. (7) Any other conditions the director determines necessary. (G) Money the department receives under this section shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating fund. (H) A lease, easement, or license granted under division (E) or (F) of this section, and any telecommunications facility or alternative energy generating facility relating to such interest in a transportation facility, is hereby deemed to further the essential highway purpose of building and maintaining a safe, energy-efficient, and accessible transportation system. Last updated May 13, 2021 at 1:59 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5561.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5561 / § 5561.11
§ 5561.11. Appropriation of property
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly The land or property required to make alterations in the road or other way, or any right, title, or interest in a road or other way, required for the erection of piers or supports necessitated by a proposed grade crossing improvement, and the land or property required to make any alteration in the railroad, necessitated by the proposed improvements, shall be purchased or appropriated by the county or railroad company in the manner provided for in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code. The county shall not appropriate land held or owned by a railroad company and necessary for the use of the company in maintaining and operating its road.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.603 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.603
§ 5534.603. Army Sergeant Patrick Ryan Carroll Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 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 one hundred sixty-two, running in an easterly and westerly direction, between Fitchville and the boundary of the municipal corporation of New London, in Huron county only, shall be known as the "Army Sergeant Patrick Ryan Carroll Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 2:39 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.03
§ 5591.03. Joint county and railroad bridges
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When the board of county commissioners is of the opinion that the welfare and convenience of the public will be served by the use of a bridge designed to carry the tracks of a railroad company, a union depot company, or any of said companies, and general highway traffic, the board may contract with such companies for the joint construction, use, and maintenance of such a bridge with provision for general highway traffic, in conjunction with and as a part of such railroad bridge, either at, above, or below the grade or elevation at which said railroad tracks are constructed.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.01
§ 5591.01. Definition of joint bridge
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly "Joint bridge" as used in sections 5591.01 to 5591.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, means a bridge constructed, used, or maintained, or to be constructed, used, or maintained for general highway traffic above, below, or at the grade of any bridge constructed or to be constructed by any railroad or union depot company, and in connection therewith.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.802 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.802
§ 5534.802. SGT David Sexton Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 Senate Bill 134 - 132nd General Assembly The northbound and southbound lanes of state route number sixty-one between the intersection of that route and state route number one hundred thirteen and the intersection of state route number sixty-one and Mason road, in Erie county, shall be known as the "SGT David Sexton Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.11 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.11
§ 5534.11. Army Cpl. Nathan B. Carse Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2015 House Bill 440 - 130th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route three hundred nine, running in an easterly and westerly direction, commencing at the intersection of that road and south Phillips road and extending to the intersection of that road and south Pevee road in Allen county only, shall be known as the "Army Cpl. Nathan B. Carse Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.685 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.685
§ 5533.685. Officer Brett Markwood Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 31, 2010 House Bill 27 - 128th General Assembly That portion of the road known as United States route twenty-two, running in a southwesterly and northeasterly direction in Fairfield county, commencing at the intersection of that road with United States route thirty-three and ending at the intersection of that road with memorial drive, shall be known as the "Officer Brett Markwood Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.091 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.091
§ 5533.091. The Luke 'Doc' Emch and Matt 'Doc' Conte Corpsmen Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 House Bill 273 - 127th General Assembly In addition to the designation in section 5533.09 of the Revised Code, that portion of the road known as interstate route seventy-six, running in an easterly and westerly direction, within Brimfield township, in Portage county, shall be known as "The Luke 'Doc' Emch and Matt 'Doc' Conte Corpsmen Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.21
§ 5537.21. Project continuing to be operated and maintained as toll road
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly (A) When bond service charges on all outstanding bonds issued in connection with any turnpike project have been paid or provision for that payment has been made, as provided in the applicable bond proceedings, or in the case of a turnpike project in connection with which no bonds have been issued, the project shall continue to be or be operated, and improved and maintained, by the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission as a part of the Ohio turnpike system and as a toll road, and all revenues received by the commission relating to that project shall be applied as provided in division (B) of this section. (B) Subject to the bond proceedings for bonds relating to any turnpike project or infrastructure project, tolls relating to a turnpike project as referred to in division (A) of this section shall be so fixed and adjusted such that the aggregate of available revenues relating to that turnpike project are in amounts at least sufficient to pay the costs described in division (C)(2)(a) of section 5537.13 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.177 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.177
§ 5505.177. Qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement maintained and established
Status: in_force

July 13, 2000 Senate Bill 190 - 123rd General Assembly The state highway patrol retirement board may establish and maintain a qualified governmental excess benefit arrangement that meets the requirements of division (m) of section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended, and any regulations adopted thereunder. If established, the arrangement shall be a separate portion of the state highway patrol retirement system and be maintained solely for the purpose of providing to retired members that part of a benefit otherwise payable under this chapter that exceeds the limits established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," as amended. Members participating in an arrangement established under this section shall not be permitted to elect to defer compensation to the arrangement. Contributions to and benefits paid under an arrangement shall not be payable from a trust that is part of the system unless the trust is maintained solely for the purpose of providing such benefits. The board shall adopt rules to administer an arrangement established under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.56 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.56
§ 5501.56. System safety program plan
Status: in_force

July 1, 2015 House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly (A) Each transit agency shall do all of the following: (1) Develop a system safety program documentation that complies with the safety program documentation standards adopted by the department of transportation under section 5501.55 of the Revised Code and includes standards and laws for the personal safety and security of passengers and employees; (2) Conduct an annual internal safety audit and submit the audit to the department for input and approval; (3) Report accidents and hazardous conditions, as defined in the guidelines developed by the director of transportation under section 5501.55 of the Revised Code, to the department within a time period specified by the department; (4) Minimize, control, correct, or eliminate any identified and investigated hazardous condition within a time period specified by the department and in accordance with a plan approved by the department; (5) Provide all necessary assistance to the department as required to allow the department to conduct or participate in appropriate on-site investigations of accidents and hazardous conditions or audits at the transit agency. (B) Any part of a transit agency's system safety program that concerns security for the system is confidential and is not subject to disclosure, inspection, or copying under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Security information shall be disclosed only at the discretion of the director or as otherwise provided in section 5501.55 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5552.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5552 / § 5552.08
§ 5552.08. Permits
Status: in_force

October 24, 2002 House Bill 366 - 124th General Assembly (A) A permit issued under access management regulations adopted under section 5552.02 of the Revised Code shall prescribe the limitations on, as well as the permitted uses of, the permit. No modifications or amendments to the permit shall be made once it is issued. To be subject to a different permit, a person shall apply for a new permit that specifically supersedes the existing permit. (B) A board of county commissioners or a board of township trustees, as applicable, may charge a permit fee not to exceed the actual cost of administering the permit.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.26
§ 5591.26. Suits for injuries to bridges, roads, and buildings - action by property owners - disposition of money recovered
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly If a bridge, any state or county road, or any public building, the property of or under the control or supervision of a county, is injured or destroyed, or when any state or county road or public highway has been injured or impaired by placing or continuing therein, without authority, any obstruction, or by the changing of the line, filling up or digging out of the bed thereof, or in any manner rendering it less convenient or useful than it had been previously, by a person or corporation, such person or corporation shall be subject to an action for damages. The board of county commissioners of the proper county may sue for and recover of such person or corporation the damages which have accrued by reason thereof, or such as are necessary to remove the obstruction or repair the injury. If the board fails or refuses to bring such action for ten days after being petitioned to do so by at least ten owners of property adjoining such county road or living within one mile of such bridge or public building, any one or more of such owners of property may bring suit, in the name of the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the property is situated, and recover the damages which have accrued, or which are necessary to remove the obstruction or repair the injury. The money so recovered shall be paid into the treasury of the proper county and appropriated by the board thereof in repairing such bridge, building, or road, or removing such obstruction, or to reimburse the county for such expenditures. In case of a recovery, the court may make such order as is deemed necessary to repair the injury or remove the obstruction complained of. The statute of limitations shall not operate in favor of a person or corporation committing any act, injury, or obstruction concerning any such road or public highway.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5595.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5595 / § 5595.02
§ 5595.02. Regional transportation improvement projects
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may undertake a regional transportation improvement project for the purpose of completing transportation improvements within the territory of the counties. The project shall be administered by a governing board in accordance with a cooperative agreement. (B)(1) The cooperative agreement shall provide for the creation of a governing board consisting of the following individuals: (a) One county commissioner from each county that is a party to the agreement or a designee appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county for the purpose of serving on the governing board; (b) The county engineer of each such county or a designee appointed by the county engineer for the purpose of serving on the governing board. (2) The cooperative agreement may authorize the chief executive officer of the JobsOhio network partner that covers the majority of the area encompassed by the regional transportation improvement project or a designee appointed by the chief executive officer to serve as an additional member of the governing board. (3) Membership on the board is not a direct or indirect interest in a contract or expenditure of money by the county. The board is a public body for the purposes of section 121.22 of the Revised Code and a public office for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code applies to the board. (C) The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project 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 transportation improvements are essential governmental functions. (D) A board of county commissioners, in accordance with the cooperative agreement, may make appropriations to pay costs incurred by the governing board in the exercise of its functions under this chapter so long as such costs are approved by the director of transportation under section 5595.12 of the Revised Code. Last updated July 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5525.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5525 / § 5525.23
§ 5525.23. Binding dispute resolution for contract controversies
Status: in_force

June 29, 2001 House Bill 73 - 124th General Assembly (A) The director of transportation may include in any construction contract a provision authorizing a binding dispute resolution method for any controversy subsequently arising out of the contract. The binding dispute resolution method may proceed only upon agreement of all parties to the controversy. If all parties do not agree to proceed to binding dispute resolution, a party having a claim against the department of transportation shall exhaust its administrative remedies specified in the construction contract prior to filing any action against the department in the court of claims. No appeal from the determination of a technical expert lies to any court, except that the court of common pleas of Franklin county may issue an order vacating such a determination upon the application of any party to the binding dispute resolution if any of the following applies: (1) The determination was procured by corruption, fraud, or undue means. (2) There was evident partiality or corruption on the part of the technical expert. (3) The technical expert was guilty of misconduct in refusing to postpone the hearing, upon sufficient cause shown, or in refusing to hear evidence pertinent and material to the controversy, or of any other misbehavior by which the rights of any party have been prejudiced. (B) The director, not later than the first day of February of every year, shall provide the governor, the attorney general, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives with a written list detailing the claims resolved in the manner provided by division (A) of this section during the preceding calendar year. (C) As used in this section, "binding dispute resolution" means a binding determination after review by a technical expert of all relevant items, which may include documents, and by interviewing appropriate personnel and visiting the project site involved in the controversy. "Binding dispute resolution" does not involve representation by legal counsel or advocacy by any person on behalf of any party to the controversy.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.38 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.38
§ 5502.38. Emergency response provisions not affected by emergency planning provisions
Status: in_force

October 29, 1995 Senate Bill 162 - 121st General Assembly Except as provided in this section, sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those sections do not apply to any activity carried out under Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code. A countywide or regional director/coordinator of emergency management appointed under section 5502.26 or 5502.27 , or a director/coordinator appointed under 5502.271 of the Revised Code, respectively, may serve on the local emergency planning committee appointed under Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code for the emergency planning district that includes his county or counties and may, if so appointed, also serve as chairperson of that committee. Any director/coordinator serving on such a committee shall incorporate any plans developed by the committee into his county's or counties' planning and preparedness activities with regard to hazards involving hazardous materials.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5526.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5526 / § 5526.06
§ 5526.06. Contracts for professional services rules
Status: in_force

June 29, 2001 House Bill 73 - 124th General Assembly (A) The director of transportation may adopt, amend, or rescind rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code for the purpose of implementing sections 5526.02 to 5526.05 of the Revised Code. (B) Sections 5526.02 to 5526.05 of the Revised Code do not apply to any of the following: (1) A project with an estimated cost of less than fifty thousand dollars; (2) A project that is determined by the director to be an emergency requiring immediate action under section 5526.08 of the Revised Code. When contracting for professional services for the purpose of addressing the emergency, the director shall comply with that section. (3) A project requiring special expertise where there exist fewer than three qualified firms.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.22 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.22
§ 5505.22. Pension and accumulated contributions exempt from tax
Status: in_force

January 1, 2016 House Bill 64 - 131st General Assembly The right of any individual to a pension, or to the return of accumulated contributions, payable as provided under this chapter, and all moneys and investments of the state highway patrol retirement system and income from moneys or investments are exempt from any state tax, except the tax imposed by section 5747.02 of the Revised Code, and are exempt from any county, municipal, or other local tax, except income taxes imposed pursuant to section 5748.02 , 5748.08 , or 5748.09 of the Revised Code, and, except as provided in sections 3105.171 , 3105.65 , 3115.501 , 3119.80 , 3119.81 , 3121.02 , 3121.03 , 3123.06 , 5505.26 , 5505.262 , and 5505.263 of the Revised Code, shall not be subject to execution, garnishment, attachment, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or any other process of law whatsoever, and shall be unassignable except as specifically provided in this chapter.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.05
§ 5589.05. Interfering with drawbridge on Muskingum improvement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person, except a commissioner, engineer, superintendent, lock tender, bridge tender, or collector and without express direction or permission from one of them, shall open or interfere with a drawbridge on the Muskingum improvement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.86 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.86
§ 5534.86. The American Legion Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 Senate Bill 134 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number seven hundred three, between the intersections of that route and state route number twenty-nine in Mercer county and state route number three hundred sixty-four in Auglaize county, shall be known as "The American Legion Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.703 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.703
§ 5534.703. Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Willard L. Shupe 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 eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number five hundred fifty-four, between state route number one hundred sixty and Roush Hollow road, in Gallia county, shall be known as the "Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Willard L. Shupe Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.342 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.342
§ 5533.342. Corporal Ernest G. Madden Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 3, 2014 House Bill 19 - 130th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number forty-five, commencing at the intersection of that route and Lisbon street in the municipal corporation of Wellsville and extending in a northerly direction through Yellow Creek township in Columbiana county to the Madison township line, shall be known as the "Corporal Ernest G. Madden Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5535.02 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5535 / § 5535.02
§ 5535.02. Types of highways - definition
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly A "limited access highway" or "freeway" is a road, highway, or street, especially designed for through traffic, over which abutters have no easement or right of access by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such highway. Access may be allowed only at highway intersections designated by the director of transportation, board of county commissioners, or municipal authorities on roads within their jurisdiction, so as to eliminate cross traffic of vehicles.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.322 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.322
§ 5533.322. Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the highway known as interstate route number seventy-one, running in a northerly and southerly direction, through the municipal corporation of Grove City, within Jackson township, in Franklin county, between Stringtown road and state route six hundred sixty-five, shall be known as the "Master Sergeant Shawn T. Hannon Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.72 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.72
§ 5555.72. Record of cost
Status: in_force

July 1, 1985 House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly When the board of county commissioners constructs, reconstructs, widens, resurfaces, repairs, or improves a road by force account, and the estimated cost of the work, as defined in section 5543.19 of the Revised Code, exceeds three thousand dollars per mile, such board shall cause to be kept by the county engineer a complete and accurate account in detail of the cost of doing such work. Such account shall include labor, materials, freight, hauling, fuel, and all other items of cost, including a reasonable allowance for the use of tools and equipment owned by the county and for depreciation on such tools. The engineer shall keep such account, and within ninety days after the completion of any such work he shall prepare a detailed and itemized statement of such cost and file it with the board, which shall thereupon examine such statement, correct it if necessary, and cause such statement to be filed in its office. Such statement shall be kept on file for not less than two years and shall be open to public inspection.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5557.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5557 / § 5557.05
§ 5557.05. Levying assessment against property benefited by road improvement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly The board of county commissioners may provide for a road improvement within a municipal corporation by levying against the property benefited by such improvement in the same manner as provided in sections 5555.41 , 5555.45 , 5555.46 , and 5555.47 of the Revised Code. The municipal corporation shall pay to the county treasurer its estimated portion of the cost of such an improvement, to be borne by the municipal corporation as a whole, as fixed in the agreement between the legislative authority and the board, out of any funds available, and may issue such bonds therefor and under such conditions as provided for in section 5557.04 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.31 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.31
§ 5534.31. Corporal William F. Bratt Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 Senate Bill 182 - 131st General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number seven, commencing at the eastern boundary of the municipal corporation of Wellsville and proceeding in an easterly direction to the western boundary of the municipal corporation of East Liverpool, within Columbiana county only, shall be known as the "Corporal William F. Bratt Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.643 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.643
§ 5534.643. PFC Jerry D. Leak 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 road known as state route number one hundred twenty-three, running in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction from mile marker fifteen to mile marker sixteen in the municipal corporation of Lebanon in Warren county, shall be known as the "PFC Jerry D. Leak Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:07 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5528.54 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5528 / § 5528.54
§ 5528.54. Issuing general obligations to finance state projects
Status: in_force

September 29, 2007 House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly (A) The commissioners of the sinking fund are authorized to issue and sell, as provided in this section and in amounts from time to time authorized by the general assembly, general obligations of this state for the purpose of financing or assisting in the financing of the costs of projects. The full faith and credit, revenues, and taxing power of the state are and shall be pledged to the timely payment of bond service charges on outstanding obligations, all in accordance with Section 2m of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.51 to 5528.53 of the Revised Code, and so long as such obligations are outstanding there shall be levied and collected excises, taxes, and other revenues in amounts sufficient to pay the bond service charges on such obligations and costs relating to credit enhancement facilities. (B) Not more than two hundred twenty million dollars principal amount of obligations, plus the principal amount of obligations that in any prior fiscal years could have been, but were not issued within that two-hundred-twenty-million-dollar fiscal year limit, may be issued in any fiscal year, and not more than one billion two hundred million dollars principal amount of obligations may be outstanding at any one time, all determined as provided in sections 5528.51 to 5528.53 of the Revised Code. (C) The state may participate in financing projects by grants, loans, or contributions to local government entities. (D) Each issue of obligations shall be authorized by resolution of the commissioners. The bond proceedings shall provide for the principal amount or maximum principal amount of obligations of an issue, and shall provide for or authorize the manner for determining the principal maturity or maturities, not exceeding the earlier of thirty years from the date of issuance of the particular obligations or thirty years from the date the debt represented by the particular obligations was originally contracted, the interest rate or rates, the date of and the dates of payment of interest on the obligations, their denominations, and the establishment within or outside the state of a place or places of payment of bond service charges. Sections 9.96 , 9.98 , 9.981 , 9.982 , and 9.983 of the Revised Code are applicable to the obligations. The purpose of the obligations may be stated in the bond proceedings as "financing or assisting in the financing of highway capital improvement projects as provided in Section 2m of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution." (E) The proceeds of the obligations, except for any portion to be deposited into special funds, or into escrow funds for the purpose of refunding outstanding obligations, all as may be provided in the bond proceedings, shall be deposited into the highway capital improvement fund established by section 5528.53 of the Revised Code. (F) The commissioners may appoint or provide for the appointment of paying agents, bond registrars, securities depositories, and transfer agents, and may retain the services of financial advisers and accounting experts, and retain or contract for the services of marketing, remarketing, indexing, and administrative agents, other consultants, and independent contractors, including printing services, as are necessary in the judgment of the commissioners to carry out sections 5528.51 to 5528.53 of the Revised Code. Financing costs are payable, as provided in the bond proceedings, from the proceeds of the obligations, from special funds, or from other moneys available for the purpose. (G) The bond proceedings, including any trust agreement, may contain additional provisions customary or appropriate to the financing or to the obligations or to particular obligations including, but not limited to: (1) The redemption of obligations prior to maturity at the option of the state or of the holder or upon the occurrence of certain conditions at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as are provided in the bond proceedings; (2) The form of and other terms of the obligations; (3) The establishment, deposit, investment, and application of special funds, and the safeguarding of moneys on hand or on deposit, in lieu of otherwise applicable provisions of Chapter 131. or 135. of the Revised Code, but subject to any special provisions of this section with respect to particular funds or moneys, and provided that any bank or trust company that acts as a depository of any moneys in special funds may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as required by the commissioners; (4) Any or every provision of the bond proceedings binding upon the commissioners and such state agency or local government entities, officer, board, commission, authority, agency, department, or other person or body 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; (5) The maintenance of each pledge, any trust agreement, or other instrument composing part of the bond proceedings until the state has fully paid or provided for the payment of the bond service charges on the obligations or met other stated conditions; (6) In the event of default in any payments required to be made by the bond proceedings, or any other agreement of the commissioners made as part of a contract under which the obligations were issued or secured, the enforcement of such payments or agreements by mandamus, suit in equity, action at law, or any combination of the foregoing; (7) The rights and remedies of the holders of obligations and of the trustee under any trust agreement, and provisions for protecting and enforcing them, including limitations on rights of individual holders of obligations; (8) The replacement of any obligations that become mutilated or are destroyed, lost, or stolen; (9) Provision for the funding, refunding, or advance refunding or other provision for payment of obligations that will then no longer be outstanding for purposes of sections 5528.51 to 5528.56 of the Revised Code or of the bond proceedings; (10) Any provision that may be made in bond proceedings or a trust agreement, including provision for amendment of the bond proceedings; (11) Any other or additional agreements with the holders of the obligations relating to any of the foregoing; (12) Such other provisions as the commissioners determine, including limitations, conditions, or qualifications relating to any of the foregoing. (H) The great seal of the state or a facsimile of that seal may be affixed to or printed on the obligations. The obligations requiring signatures by the commissioners shall be signed by or bear the facsimile signatures of two or more of the commissioners as provided in the bond proceedings. Any obligations may be signed by the person who, on the date of execution, is the authorized signer although on the date of such obligations such person was not a commissioner. In case the individual whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature appears on any obligation ceases to be a commissioner before delivery of the obligation, such signature or facsimile is nevertheless valid and sufficient for all purposes as if that individual had remained the member until such delivery, and in case the seal to be affixed to or printed on obligations has been changed after the seal has been affixed to or a facsimile of the seal has been printed on the obligations, that seal or facsimile seal shall continue to be sufficient as to those obligations and obligations issued in substitution or exchange therefor. (I) The obligations are negotiable instruments and securities under Chapter 1308. of the Revised Code, subject to the provisions of the bond proceedings as to registration. Obligations may be issued in coupon or in fully registered form, or both, as the commissioners determine. Provision may be made for the registration of any obligations with coupons attached as to principal alone or as to both principal and interest, their exchange for obligations so registered, and for the conversion or reconversion into obligations with coupons attached of any obligations registered as to both principal and interest, and for reasonable charges for such registration, exchange, conversion, and reconversion. Pending preparation of definitive obligations, the commissioners may issue interim receipts or certificates which shall be exchanged for such definitive obligations. (J) Obligations may be sold at public sale or at private sale, and at such price at, above, or below par, as determined by the commissioners in the bond proceedings. (K) In the discretion of the commissioners, obligations may be secured additionally by a trust agreement between the state and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having a place of business within the state. Any trust agreement may contain the resolution authorizing the issuance of the obligations, any provisions that may be contained in the bond proceedings, and other provisions that are customary or appropriate in an agreement of the type. (L) Except to the extent that their rights are restricted by the bond proceedings, any holder of obligations, or a trustee under 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. Such rights include the right to compel the performance of all duties of the commissioners and the state. Each duty of the commissioners and its employees, and of each state agency and local government entity and its officers, members, or employees, undertaken pursuant to the bond proceedings, is hereby established as a duty of the commissioners, and of each such agency, local government entity, officer, member, or employee having authority to perform such duty, specifically enjoined by the law and resulting from an office, trust, or station within the meaning of section 2731.01 of the Revised Code. The persons who are at the time the commissioners of the sinking fund, or its employees, are not liable in their personal capacities on any obligations or any agreements of or with the commissioners relating to obligations or under the bond proceedings. (M) Obligations are lawful investments for banks, societies for savings, savings and loan associations, deposit guarantee associations, 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 special funds of political subdivisions and taxing districts of this state, the commissioners of the sinking fund, the administrator of workers' compensation, subject to the approval of the workers' compensation board and the industrial commission, the state teachers retirement system, the public employees retirement system, the school employees retirement system, and the Ohio police and fire pension fund, notwithstanding any other provisions of the Revised Code or rules adopted pursuant thereto by any state agency with respect to investments by them, and are also acceptable as security for the deposit of public moneys. (N) Unless otherwise provided in any applicable bond proceedings, moneys to the credit of or in the special funds established by or pursuant to this section may be invested by or on behalf of the commissioners only in notes, bonds, or other direct obligations of the United States or of any agency or instrumentality thereof, in obligations of this state or any political subdivision of this state, in certificates of deposit of any national bank located in this state and any bank, as defined in section 1101.01 of the Revised Code, subject to inspection by the superintendent of financial institutions, in the Ohio subdivision's fund established pursuant to section 135.45 of the Revised Code, in no-front-end-load money market mutual funds consisting exclusively of direct obligations of the United States or of an agency or instrumentality thereof, and in repurchase agreements, including those issued by any fiduciary, secured by direct obligations of the United States or an agency or instrumentality thereof, and in common trust funds established in accordance with section 1109.20 of the Revised Code and consisting exclusively of direct obligations of the United States or of an agency or instrumentality thereof, notwithstanding division (A)(4) of that section. The income from investments shall be credited to such special funds or otherwise as the commissioners determine in the bond proceedings, and the investments may be sold or exchanged at such times as the commissioners determine or authorize. (O) Unless otherwise provided in any applicable bond proceedings, moneys to the credit of or in a special fund shall be disbursed on the order of the commissioners, provided that no such order is required for the payment from the bond service fund or other special fund when due of bond service charges or required payments under credit enhancement facilities. (P) The commissioners may covenant in the bond proceedings, and any such covenants shall be controlling notwithstanding any other provision of law, that the state and the applicable officers and agencies of the state, including the general assembly, shall, so long as any obligations are outstanding in accordance with their terms, maintain statutory authority for and cause to be charged and collected taxes, excises, and other receipts of the state so that the receipts to the bond service fund shall be sufficient in amounts to meet bond service charges and for the establishment and maintenance of any reserves and other requirements, including payment of financing costs, provided for in the bond proceedings. (Q) The obligations, and the transfer of, and the interest, interest equivalent, and other income and accreted amounts from, including any profit made on the sale, exchange, or other disposition of, the obligations shall at all times be free from taxation, direct or indirect, within the state. (R) This section applies only with respect to obligations issued and delivered prior to September 30, 2000. Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.10 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.10
§ 5537.10. Turnpike bonds need not comply with other laws applicable to issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

March 29, 2007 House Bill 699 - 126th General Assembly This chapter provides an additional and alternative method for doing the things and taking the actions authorized by this chapter. This chapter shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers existing on or after September 1, 1949. Except for section 126.11 of the Revised Code, the issuance of bonds under this chapter need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.271 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.271
§ 5502.271. Program for emergency management
Status: in_force

May 15, 2002 Senate Bill 184 - 124th General Assembly The chief executive of any political subdivision that has not entered into a written agreement establishing either a countywide emergency management agency under section 5502.26 of the Revised Code or a regional authority for emergency management under section 5502.27 of the Revised Code shall establish a program for emergency management within that political subdivision that meets all of the following criteria: (A) Is in accordance with sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code, rules adopted under those sections, local ordinances pertaining to emergency management, the "Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act," 88 Stat. 143, 42 U.S.C. 5121, et. seq., as amended, and all applicable rules and regulations adopted under that act; (B) Includes, without limitation, development of an all-hazards emergency operations plan that has been coordinated with all agencies, boards, and divisions having emergency management functions within the political subdivision; (C) Includes the preparation and conduct of an annual exercise of the political subdivision's all-hazards emergency operations plan; (D) Is not inconsistent with the program for emergency management established for the county in which the political subdivision is located by a countywide emergency management agency under section 5502.26 of the Revised Code or a regional authority for emergency management under section 5502.27 of the Revised Code. All agencies, boards, and divisions having emergency management functions within the political subdivision shall cooperate in the development of the all-hazards emergency operations plan and shall cooperate in the preparation and conduct of the annual exercise. The chief executive shall appoint a director/coordinator of emergency management who shall pursue a professional development training program in accordance with rules adopted under section 5502.25 of the Revised Code. The director/coordinator of emergency management may be an official or employee of the political subdivision, but shall not be the chief executive of the political subdivision. The director/coordinator shall be responsible for coordinating, organizing, administering, and operating emergency management in accordance with the political subdivision's program established under this section, subject to the direction and control of the chief executive.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.176 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.176
§ 5505.176. Increase in pension for certain retirees prior to 9-16-98
Status: in_force

June 30, 2000 Senate Bill 189 - 123rd General Assembly (A) The state highway patrol retirement system shall increase the pension payable to each person receiving a pension granted prior to September 16, 1998, that was calculated under division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code on the basis of total service credit of more than twenty-five years. The increase shall be an amount determined by multiplying the pension payable to the member on September 16, 1998, by the product obtained by multiplying by one-half of one per cent the member's years and fraction of a year of service in excess of twenty-five years, except that the increased pension shall not exceed the limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended. The increased pension shall be effective on October 1, 1998, and shall be used in determining the amount of the additional benefit paid under section 5505.174 of the Revised Code. (B) The state highway patrol retirement system shall increase the pension payable to each person receiving a pension granted prior to the effective date of this amendment that was calculated under division (A)(1) of section 5505.17 of the Revised Code on the basis of total service credit of more than twenty years. The increase shall be an amount determined by multiplying the pension payable to the member on the effective date of this amendment by the product obtained by multiplying by one-quarter of one per cent the member's years and fraction of a year of service in excess of twenty years but not in excess of twenty-five years, except that the increased pension shall not exceed the limit established by section 415 of the "Internal Revenue Code of 1986," 100 Stat. 2085, 26 U.S.C.A. 415, as amended. The increased pension shall be effective on the first day of the first month following the effective date of this amendment and shall be used in determining the amount of the additional benefit paid under section 5505.174 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.41 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.41
§ 5533.41. General Walter Churchill Highway
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 287 - 123rd General Assembly That portion of the road known as United States route number twenty-three, running in a north and south direction, commencing at the junction of interstate route four hundred seventy-five and extending through the municipal corporation of Sylvania to the Michigan border shall be known as the "General Walter Churchill Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its nmae. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.84 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.84
§ 5533.84. Nehemia and Permelia Atwood Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 Senate Bill 156 - 125th General Assembly The following portions of the following highways, located within Gallia county, shall be known as the "Nehemiah and Permelia Atwood Memorial Highway": (A) State route number five hundred eighty-eight, commencing within the municipal corporation of Rio Grande and running in an easterly direction to the municipal corporation of Rodney to the intersection of that state route and Jackson pike; (B) Jackson pike, commencing at the intersection of that highway and state route number five hundred eighty-eight and running in an easterly direction to the intersection of Jackson pike and state route number one hundred sixty. The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon those portions of those highways indicating their name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:01 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5595.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5595 / § 5595.03
§ 5595.03. Resolution by board
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly (A) A resolution of a board of county commissioners undertaking a regional transportation improvement project must include a cooperative agreement containing all of the following: (1) A description or analysis of the deficiencies of the existing transportation system in the counties participating in the project and of projected needs or deficiencies of the system in ensuing years under reasonable assumptions about development, population trends, and other factors affecting transportation infrastructure in the counties; (2) A comprehensive list of the transportation improvements to be completed as part of the project, including a general description of each improvement, schedules of the projected beginning and end of each improvement, and the estimated cost of each improvement; (3) Directives regarding the operations and reporting requirements of the governing board; (4) Subject to division (F) of this section, the period for which the agreement is to be in effect; (5) Any other terms the board of county commissioners considers necessary or conducive to communicate the intentions of the cooperative agreement and to ensure its effective implementation by the governing board. (B) The governing board of a qualified RTIP may negotiate and enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning the completion of opportunity corridor improvements. (C) A board of county commissioners that intends to undertake a regional transportation improvement project shall hold at least one public hearing on the proposed cooperative agreement before adopting a resolution approving the agreement. The board of county commissioners shall provide at least thirty days' public notice of the time and place of the public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. During the thirty-day period before the public hearing, the proposed cooperative agreement shall be made available for public inspection at the offices of each county that will be a party to the agreement. (D) If the cooperative agreement is approved by each county that will be a party to the agreement, one of the participating counties shall send a copy of the agreement to the director of transportation. The director shall evaluate the agreement and determine if the transportation improvements specified in the agreement are in the best interest of the transportation facilities of this state, as defined in section 5501.01 of the Revised Code. If the director approves the agreement, the director shall send notice of approval to each county that is a party to the agreement. Unless otherwise provided in the cooperative agreement, the agreement is effective immediately upon approval by the director. If the director does not approve the agreement, the director shall send notice of denial to each county that is a party to the agreement. The notice of denial shall include the reason or reasons for the denial and recommendations for ways in which the agreement may be changed to meet the approval of the director. If the director does not make a determination within ninety days after receiving a cooperative agreement under this section, the director is deemed to have approved the agreement and, unless otherwise provided in the agreement, the agreement is effective immediately. No cooperative agreement is effective without actual or constructive approval by the director under this section. (E) The cooperative agreement governing a regional transportation improvement project may be amended at any time by majority vote of the governing board and of the boards of county commissioners of each of the participating counties and with the approval of the director of transportation obtained in the same manner as approval of the original agreement. (F) The period for which a cooperative agreement adopted or amended under this section is in effect shall not exceed fifteen years following the effective date of the original agreement or, if the agreement authorizes the governing board to issue securities, twenty years following the first issuance of securities by the governing board. Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.93 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.93
§ 5534.93. Officer Bill Johnson Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 23, 2018 Senate Bill 134 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the portion of state route number seventy-three, running in an easterly and westerly direction between the intersection of state route number seventy-three and state route number seven hundred forty-one and the intersection of state route number seventy-three and interstate route number seventy-five in Warren county only, shall be known as the "Officer Bill Johnson Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.701 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.701
§ 5534.701. Peter and Sarah Fossett Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly The bridge connecting the southbound lanes of interstate route number seventy-five and the westbound lanes of interstate route number seventy-four in Hamilton county shall be known as the "Peter and Sarah Fossett Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.13
§ 5589.13. Fines credited to maintenance and repair fund
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly All fines collected for violations of sections 5589.02 to 5589.14 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, shall be paid into the county treasury and placed to the credit of the fund for the maintenance and repair of the highways within such county.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.816 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.816
§ 5534.816. Air Force 2nd Lt. William Vaughan Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 134th General Assembly The bridge spanning interstate route number eighty, located in Mahoning county and being a part of the highway known as state route number forty-six, shall be known as the "Air Force 2nd Lt. William Vaughan Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 2:44 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.05
§ 5505.05. Oath - expenses - liability insurance
Status: in_force

August 25, 1995 House Bill 226 - 121st General Assembly (A) Each member of the state highway patrol retirement board, upon appointment or election, shall take an oath of office that he will support the constitutions of the United States and this state, that he will diligently and honestly administer the affairs of the board, and that he will not knowingly violate or willfully permit the violation of any law applicable to this chapter. The oath shall be subscribed to by the member making it, certified by the officer before whom it is taken, and immediately filed in the office of the secretary of state. (B) The members of the board shall serve without compensation, except that they shall suffer no loss because of absence from their regular employment while engaged in official duties as board members. The members of the board shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses from the expense fund. (C) The board may secure insurance coverage designed to indemnify board members and employees for their actions or conduct in the performance of official duties, and may pay required premiums for such coverage from the expense fund. (D) The board shall adopt rules in accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code establishing a policy for reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by board members in the performance of their official duties. As part of any audit performed under Chapter 117. of the Revised Code, an inquiry shall be made into whether board members have complied with these rules. (E) No board member shall accept payment or reimbursement for travel expenses, other than for meals and other food and beverages provided to the member, from any source other than the expense fund. Except in the case of an emergency, no out-of-state travel expenses shall be reimbursed unless approved in advance by a majority of the board at a regular board meeting.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.807 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.807
§ 5534.807. SFC John E. Conger, Jr. Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 10, 2020 House Bill 276 - 133rd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number sixty-three between the intersection of that route with state route number seven hundred forty-one and the intersection of that route with Neil Armstrong way, in Warren county only, shall be known as the "SFC John E. Conger, Jr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.675 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.675
§ 5534.675. Specialist Lloyd Andrew Sellers Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2026 Senate Bill 148 - 136th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northeastbound and southwestbound lanes of state route number two between the western border of Lake county and the eastern border of the municipal corporation of Willoughby, in Lake county, shall be known as the "Specialist Lloyd Andrew Sellers Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated January 16, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.355 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.355
§ 5533.355. U.S. Marine Lance Corporal David R. Hall Highway
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly That portion of state route two, running in an easterly and westerly direction in Lorain county only, shall be known as the "U.S. Marine Lance Corporal David R. Hall 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 § 5505.049 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.049
§ 5505.049. Members with excessive travel expenses ineligible for another term
Status: in_force

September 15, 2004 Senate Bill 133 - 125th General Assembly A person who served as an elected or appointed member of the state highway patrol retirement board for one or more entire fiscal years in fiscal years 2000, 2001, or 2002 is ineligible for re-election or reappointment to the board if the board paid travel-related expenses of the person or reimbursed the person for travel-related expenses that averaged more than ten thousand dollars annually for those fiscal years.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5537.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5537 / § 5537.16
§ 5537.16. Bylaws and rules - disposal of fines
Status: in_force

March 23, 2022 Senate Bill 162 - 134th General Assembly (A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may adopt such bylaws and rules as it considers advisable for the control and regulation of traffic on any turnpike project, for the protection and preservation of property under its jurisdiction and control, for the maintenance and preservation of good order within the property under its control, and for the purpose of establishing owner or operator liability for failure to comply with toll collection rules. The rules may require that both the owner or lessee and the operator of a motor vehicle be held jointly and strictly liable for the payment of tolls, fees, and fines. If the owner or lessee and the operator are jointly and strictly liable, the owner or lessee may not disclaim liability for a toll, fee, or fine by claiming another person was operating the motor vehicle at the time the toll, fee, or fine was incurred. The rules of the commission with respect to the speed, use of special engine brakes, axle loads, vehicle loads, and vehicle dimensions of vehicles on turnpike projects, including the issuance of a special permit by the commission to allow the operation on any turnpike project of a motor vehicle transporting two or fewer steel coils, shall apply notwithstanding sections 4511.21 to 4511.25 , 4513.34 , and Chapter 5577. of the Revised Code. Such bylaws and rules shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in Franklin county, and in such other manner as the commission prescribes. (B) Such rules shall provide that public police officers shall be afforded ready access, while in the performance of their official duty, to all property under the jurisdiction of the commission and without the payment of tolls. (C) No person shall violate any such bylaws or rules of the commission. (D)(1) All fines collected for the violation of applicable laws of the state and the bylaws and rules of the commission or moneys arising from bonds forfeited for such violation shall be disposed of in accordance with section 5503.04 of the Revised Code. (2) All fees or charges assessed by the commission against an owner, lessee, or operator of a vehicle as a civil violation for failure to comply with toll collection or toll evasion rules shall be revenues of the commission. Last updated January 19, 2022 at 1:13 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5503.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5503 / § 5503.12
§ 5503.12. Registrars to collect inspection and testing fees
Status: in_force

March 9, 2004 House Bill 85 - 125th General Assembly (A) The superintendent of the state highway patrol, with the approval of the director of public safety, may authorize the registrar of motor vehicles and designated deputy registrars to collect inspection and testing fees on behalf of the state highway patrol. The superintendent and the registrar jointly shall determine and designate the deputy registrars who shall collect inspection and testing fees under this section. (B)(1) In addition to collecting the inspection and testing fees, the registrar and each designated deputy registrar may collect and retain a service fee in the amount specified in division (D) of section 4503.10 of the Revised Code for each inspection and testing fee collected on behalf of the state highway patrol. (2) Each designated deputy registrar, upon receipt of any inspection and testing fee, shall transmit the fees to the registrar in the manner prescribed by the registrar. (3) The registrar shall deposit the inspection and testing fees collected by and transmitted to the registrar to the credit of the fund specified by law. (C) The superintendent, with the approval of the director, shall establish appropriate procedures to be used by the registrar and designated deputy registrars for determining proof of payment of inspection and testing fees. (D) As used in this section, "inspection and testing fees" includes the following: (1) Fees for vehicle inspections conducted under sections 4505.11 , 4505.111 , 4513.52 , 4513.53 , 4519.56 , and 4519.61 of the Revised Code; (2) Fees for testing of commercial driver's license applicants under section 4506.09 of the Revised Code; (3) Except as may otherwise be specifically provided by law, any statutory fees for similar vehicle inspections or driver testing conducted by the state highway patrol that the superintendent may specify for collection under this section.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.03
§ 5501.03. Department of transportation - powers and duties
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly (A) The department of transportation shall: (1) Exercise and perform such other duties, powers, and functions as are conferred by law on the director, the department, the assistant directors, the deputy directors, or on the divisions of the department; (2) Coordinate and develop, in cooperation with local, regional, state, and federal planning agencies and authorities, comprehensive and balanced state policy and planning to meet present and future needs for adequate transportation facilities in this state, including recommendations for adequate funding of the implementation of such planning; (3) Coordinate its activities with those of other appropriate state departments, public agencies, and authorities, and enter into any contracts with such departments, agencies, and authorities as may be necessary to carry out its duties, powers, and functions; (4) Cooperate with and assist the public utilities commission in the commission's administration of sections 4907.47 to 4907.476 of the Revised Code, particularly with respect to the federal highway administration; (5) Cooperate with and assist the Ohio power siting board in the board's administration of Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code; (6) Give particular consideration to the development of policy and planning for public transportation facilities, and to the coordination of associated activities relating thereto, as prescribed under divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section; (7) Conduct, in cooperation with the Ohio legislative service commission, any studies or comparisons of state traffic laws and local traffic ordinances with model laws and ordinances that may be required to meet program standards adopted by the United States department of transportation pursuant to the "Highway Safety Act of 1966," 80 Stat. 731, U.S.C.A. 401; (8) Prepare, print, distribute, and advertise books, maps, pamphlets, and other information that, in the judgment of the director, will inform the public and other governmental departments, agencies, and authorities as to the duties, powers, and functions of the department; (9) In its research and development program, consider technologies for improving safety, mobility, aviation and aviation education, transportation facilities, roadways, including construction techniques and materials to prolong project life, being used or developed by other states that have geographic, geologic, or climatic features similar to this state's, and collaborate with those states in that development. (B) Nothing contained in this section shall be held to in any manner affect, limit, restrict, or otherwise interfere with the exercise of powers relating to transportation facilities by appropriate agencies of the federal government, or by counties, municipal corporations, or other political subdivisions or special districts in this state authorized by law to exercise such powers. (C) The department may use all appropriate sources of revenue to assist in the development and implementation of rail service as defined by division (C) of section 4981.01 of the Revised Code. (D) The director of transportation may enter into contracts with public agencies including political subdivisions, other state agencies, boards, commissions, regional transit authorities, county transit boards, and port authorities, to administer the design, qualification of bidders, competitive bid letting, construction inspection, research, and acceptance of any projects or transportation facilities administered by the department, provided the administration of such projects or transportation facilities is performed in accordance with all applicable state and federal laws and regulations with oversight by the department. (E) The director may enter into cooperative or contractual agreements with any individual, organization, or business related to the creation or promotion of a traveler information program. The traveler information program shall provide real-time traffic conditions and travel time information to travelers by telephone, text message, internet, or other similar means at no cost to the traveler. The director may contract with a program manager for the traveler information program. The program manager shall be responsible for all costs associated with the development and operation of the traveler information program. The compensation due to a program manager or vendor under any of these agreements may include deferred compensation in an amount determined by the director. Excess revenue shall be remitted to the department for deposit into the highway operating fund. (F) Any materials or data submitted to, made available to, or received by the director of transportation, to the extent that the materials or data consist of trade secrets, as defined in section 1333.61 of the Revised Code, or commercial or financial information, are confidential and are not public records for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5589.12 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5589 / § 5589.12
§ 5589.12. Possession of tools belonging to state or county
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly No person shall, without being authorized, have in his control or possession any equipment, tools, implements, or other property belonging to the state, county, or township.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.411 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.411
§ 5502.411. Weapons during declared emergency
Status: in_force

April 4, 2023 Senate Bill 16 - 134th General Assembly (A) As used in this section: (1) "Ammunition" has the same meaning as in section 2305.401 of the Revised Code. (2) "Concealed handgun license," "deadly weapon," "firearm," and "valid concealed handgun license" have the same meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (3) "Licensee" has the same meaning as in section 2923.124 of the Revised Code. (B) The transport, storage, sale, transfer, commerce in, import and export of, distribution, repair, maintenance, and manufacture of deadly weapons or firearms, ammunition, and accessories and components related to deadly weapons or firearms, shooting ranges, and other goods and services directly related to lawful deadly weapon or firearm possession, use, storage, repair, maintenance, sale, transfer, and training in the use of deadly weapons or firearms, are declared to be life-sustaining "essential" businesses and services for the purposes of safety and security in times of declared emergency or any other statutorily authorized response to any disaster, war, act of terrorism, riot, civil disorder, public health crisis, public nuisance, or emergency of whatever kind or nature. (C) Except as provided in this section, no state agency, political subdivision, elected or appointed official or employee of this state or any political subdivision, or agent of this state or of any political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body established by law may, under any governmental authority or color of law exercised as part of any statutorily authorized response to any disaster, war, act of terrorism, riot, civil disorder, public health crisis, public nuisance, or emergency of whatever kind or nature, do any of the following: (1) Prohibit, regulate, or curtail the otherwise lawful possession, carrying, display, sale, transportation, transfer, defensive use, or other lawful use of any of the following: (a) Any firearm, including any component or accessory of a firearm; (b) Any ammunition, including any component or accessory of ammunition; (c) Any ammunition-reloading equipment, component, or supplies; (d) Any deadly weapon, including any component or accessory of a deadly weapon. (2) Require registration of deadly weapon or firearm owners, of any firearms, including any component or accessory of a firearm, of any ammunition, including any component or accessory of ammunition, or of any deadly weapon, including any component or accessory of a deadly weapon; (3) Seize, commandeer, or confiscate in any manner, any of the following items that are possessed, carried, displayed, sold, transferred, transported, stored, or used in connection with otherwise lawful conduct: (a) Any firearm, including any component or accessory of a firearm; (b) Any ammunition, including any component or accessory of ammunition; (c) Any ammunition-reloading equipment, component, or supplies; (d) Any deadly weapon, including any component or accessory of a deadly weapon. (4) Suspend or revoke a valid concealed handgun license, except as expressly authorized in Chapter 2923. of the Revised Code; (5) Refuse to accept or process an application for a concealed handgun license or for renewal of a concealed handgun license, provided the application for the license has been properly completed and submitted in accordance with section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code and the application for the renewal has been properly completed and submitted in accordance with section 2923.125 of the Revised Code; (6) Prohibit, suspend, or limit the business operations of any entity engaged in the lawful selling or servicing of any firearms or ammunition, including any components or accessories of firearms or ammunition, any ammunition-reloading equipment, component, or supplies, or any deadly weapons, including any component or accessory of deadly weapons; (7) Prohibit, suspend, or limit the business operations of any legally established indoor or outdoor shooting range, whether located on state lands or on land other than state lands, or of any entity engaged in providing deadly weapon or firearms safety, deadly weapon or firearms training, firearms license qualification or requalification, firearms safety instructor courses, or any similar class, course, or program; (8) Place restrictions or quantity limitations on any entity regarding the lawful sale or servicing of any of the following: (a) Any firearm, including any component or accessory of a firearm; (b) Any ammunition, including any component or accessory of ammunition; (c) Any ammunition-reloading equipment, component, or supplies; (d) Any deadly weapon, including any component or accessory of a deadly weapon. (9) Suspend, restrict, or prohibit otherwise lawful hunting, fishing, or trapping activities or business entities conducting or directly facilitating lawful hunting, trapping, or fishing activities, whether conducted on state lands and waters or on land and waters other than state lands and waters. (D)(1) If a concealed handgun license has been issued to a licensee under either section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code, if the governor issues an executive order declaring an emergency, and if the date that the valid and existing license would or is scheduled to expire falls within the period of emergency declared by the governor's executive order or the thirty days immediately preceding the date of that declaration, then, notwithstanding the date of scheduled expiration, the license is automatically extended throughout the duration of the period of the emergency plus an additional ninety days. If, during the period of the emergency or during the additional ninety days, a licensee issued a license under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code submits an application for renewal of the license or schedules an appointment with the issuing authority or another authority authorized to renew the license, the license is further automatically extended until the renewal application is accepted and fully processed. (2) If division (D)(1) of this section applies with respect to a concealed handgun license, during the extension period described in that division that is applicable to that license, all of the following apply: (a) The license shall be valid for all purposes under the laws of this state and the person to whom the license was issued shall be considered for all purposes under the laws of this state to be the holder of a valid license to carry a concealed handgun, and the license shall be valid for all purposes under section 2923.128 of the Revised Code ; (b) The license remains subject to the operation of section 2923.128 of the Revised Code during the extended period of the license and at any other time ; (c) Except for the date of scheduled expiration, all other conditions and restrictions otherwise applicable to the license and the license holder continue to apply during the extended period of the license and at any other time. (E) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, including sections 5502.30 and 5502.35 of the Revised Code: (1) A person, group, or entity adversely affected by any manner of law, ordinance, rule, regulation, resolution, practice, or other action enacted or enforced in violation of this section may file an action for damages, injunctive relief, declaratory relief, or other appropriate redress in the court of common pleas of the county in which the aggrieved person resides or the group or entity is located, or in which the violation occurred, unless the action is for damages and filed against any state agency, any elected or appointed official or employee of the state, or any other agent of the state. (2) In an action brought under authority of division (E)(1) of this section: (a) A person, group, or entity adversely affected by any manner of law, ordinance, rule, regulation, resolution, practice, or other action enacted or enforced by any political subdivision, any elected or appointed official or employee of a political subdivision, or any agent of any political subdivision, bureau, or other public body established by law in conflict with this section may bring a civil action against the political subdivision, elected or appointed official or employee of the political subdivision, or agent of the political subdivision, bureau, or other public body seeking damages, declaratory relief, injunctive relief, or a combination of those remedies. Any damages awarded shall be awarded against, and paid by, the political subdivision, or the bureau, or other public body. In addition to any actual damages awarded against the agency, the political subdivision, or the board, commission, bureau, or other public body and any other relief provided with respect to such an action, the court shall award reasonable expenses to any person, group, or entity that brings the action, to be paid by the political subdivision, bureau, or other public body, if either of the following applies: (i) The person, group, or entity prevails in a challenge to the law, ordinance, rule, regulation, resolution, practice, or action as being in conflict with this section. (ii) The law, ordinance, rule, regulation, resolution, practice, or action or the manner of its enforcement is repealed or rescinded after the civil action was filed but prior to a final court determination of the action. (b) In addition to any other remedy available at law or in equity, a person, group, or entity aggrieved by the seizure or confiscation, in violation of this section, of one or more items listed in division (C)(3) of this section may apply to the court of common pleas of the county in which the item or items were seized or confiscated for the immediate return of the item or items, unless the action is for damages and filed against any state agency, any elected or appointed official or employee of the state, or any other agent of the state. Except as otherwise provided in division (E)(2)(a) of this section, upon receipt of the application and a determination by the court that the seizure or confiscation of the item or items was in violation of this section, the court shall order the immediate return of the item or items by the seizing or confiscating state agency, political subdivision, board, commission, bureau, or other public body and that entity's employed officials. If a court orders the return of the seized or confiscated item or items under this division and the item or items are not returned in accordance with the order, the aggrieved party may claim reasonable costs and attorney fees for the loss and, the cost of reclaiming the item or items, or the cost of any damages to the item or items. (3) Any claim filed against any state agency, any elected or appointed official or employee of the state, or any other agent of the state for damages shall be filed with the court of claims. (4) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to mean the state intends to waive its right to federal immunity under the eleventh amendment of the United States Constitution. (F) The provisions contained in the amendments to section 3761.16 of the Revised Code and the enactment of this section by S.B. 16 of the 134th general assembly are severable, as provided in section 1.50 of the Revised Code. In particular, it is the intent of the general assembly that any invalidity or potential invalidity of a provision contained in those amendments or this section is not to impair the immediate and continuing enforceability of the remaining provisions. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:20 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.439 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.439
§ 5534.439. Police Chief Cel Rivera 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 state route number fifty-seven, running in a northerly and southerly direction between the intersection of that route and east thirty-first street and that route and east thirty-sixth street, in the municipal corporation of Lorain, shall be known as the "Police Chief Cel Rivera Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 2:57 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.253 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.253
§ 5533.253. Lance Cpl. Brett Wightman - Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

September 23, 2011 House Bill 65 - 129th General Assembly The road known as state route number seven hundred twenty-nine, within Clinton county only, shall be known as the "Lance Cpl. Brett Wightman - 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 § 5579.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5579 / § 5579.04
§ 5579.04. Destruction of brush, briers, weeds, and thistles along highways
Status: in_force

June 11, 1991 House Bill 176 - 119th General Assembly (A) As used in sections 5579.04 to 5579.08 of the Revised Code, "noxious weed" means shatter cane (Sorghum bicolor), Russian thistle (Salsola kali var. tenuifolia), or any plant designated a prohibited noxious weed by the director of agriculture. (B) A board of county commissioners, a board of township trustees, or the street commissioners of a municipal corporation, having control of and being charged with the duty of repairing macadamized, graveled, or improved roads, and county engineers, township road superintendents, and the street commissioners of each municipal corporation, between the first and twentieth days of June, the first and twentieth days of August, and, if necessary, the first and twentieth days of September of each year or whenever necessary to prevent or eliminate a safety hazard, shall destroy all brush, briers, burrs, vines, noxious weeds, and, until June 1, 1996, multiflora rose, growing within the limits of a county or township road or improved, graveled, or macadamized road, street, or alley within their jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5505.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5505 / § 5505.26
§ 5505.26. Restitution order based on theft in office or certain sex offenses
Status: in_force

December 6, 1996 House Bill 668 - 121st General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any payment that is to be made under a pension or other type of benefit, other than a survivorship benefit, that has been granted to a person under this chapter, any payment of accumulated contributions standing to a person's credit under this chapter, and any payment of any other amounts to be paid to a person under this chapter upon withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to any withholding order issued pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, and the state highway patrol retirement board shall comply with that withholding order in making the payment. (B) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if the board receives notice pursuant to section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (D) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code that a person who has accumulated contributions standing to the person's credit pursuant to this chapter is charged with a violation of section 2907.02 , 2907.03 , 2907.04 , 2907.05 , or 2921.41 of the Revised Code, no payment of those accumulated contributions or of any other amounts to be paid under this chapter upon the person's withdrawal of contributions pursuant to this chapter shall be made prior to whichever of the following is applicable: (1) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and no motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, thirty days after the day on which final disposition of the charge is made; (2) If the person is convicted of or pleads guilty to the charge and a motion for a withholding order for purposes of restitution has been filed under section 2907.15 of the Revised Code or division (C)(2)(b)(i) of section 2921.41 of the Revised Code, the day on which the court decides the motion; (3) If the charge is dismissed or the person is found not guilty or not guilty by reason of insanity of the charge, the day on which final disposition of the charge is made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.51 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.51
§ 5533.51. William Green Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

November 2, 1999 House Bill 287 - 123rd General Assembly That portion of the road known as United States route number thirty-six commencing at the boundary of the municipal corporation of Coshocton and extending to the boundary of Coshocton and Tuscarawas counties shall be known as the "William Green 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 § 5501.23 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.23
§ 5501.23. Lectures by director
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The director of transportation, either in person or through a representative of the department of transportation, may accept invitations to give addresses or lectures before persons interested in transportation improvement and development. In such cases the director, or the person designated by him, shall receive his actual and necessary expenses in addition to his salary.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.53
§ 5534.53. Governor Richard F. Celeste
Status: in_force

March 20, 2019 Senate Bill 86 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of interstate route number ninety between mile marker number one hundred sixty-seven and one hundred seventy shall be known as the "Governor Richard F. Celeste Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5502.21 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5502 / § 5502.21
§ 5502.21. Emergency management definitions
Status: in_force

July 3, 2012 Senate Bill 243 - 129th General Assembly As used in sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency" means any administrative or operational division, including an office, department, bureau, board, commission, or authority, of the state or of a political subdivision thereof, including volunteer agencies, organizations, or departments. (B) "Attack" means any attack, either actual or imminent, or a series of attacks by an actual or potential enemy of the United States or by a foreign nation upon the United States that causes or may cause substantial damage to or destruction of life, property, or the environment within the United States or that is designed to injure the military or economic strength of the United States. "Attack" includes, without limitation, acts of sabotage, acts of terrorism, invasion, the use of bombs or shellfire, conventional, nuclear, chemical, or biological warfare, and the use of other weapons or processes. (C) "Chief executive" means the president of the United States, the governor of this state, the board of county commissioners of any county, the board of township trustees of any township, or the mayor or city manager of any municipal corporation within this state. (D) "Civil defense" is an integral part of emergency management that includes all those activities and measures designed or undertaken to minimize the effects upon the civilian population caused or that would be caused by any hazard and to effect emergency repairs to, or the emergency restoration of, vital equipment, resources, supplies, utilities, and facilities necessary for survival and for the public health, safety, and welfare that would be damaged or destroyed by any hazard. "Civil defense" includes, but is not limited to: (1) Those measures to be taken during a hazard, including all of the following: (a) The enforcement of those passive defense regulations necessary for the protection of the civilian population and prescribed by duly established military or civil authorities; (b) The evacuation of personnel to shelter areas; (c) The control of traffic and panic situations; (d) The control and use of emergency communications, lighting, and warning equipment and systems. (2) Those measures to be taken after a hazard has occurred, including all of the following: (a) Activities necessary for firefighting, rescue, emergency, medical, health, and sanitation services; (b) Monitoring for secondary hazards that could be caused from the initiating event; (c) Damage assessment and disaster analysis operations; (d) Coordination of disaster assistance programs; (e) Monitoring for effects from weapons; (f) Unexploded bomb reconnaissance; (g) Essential debris clearance; (h) Decontamination operations; (i) Documentation of operations and financial expenses; (j) Resource control; (k) Any other activities that may be necessary for survival and the overall health, safety, and welfare of the civilian population. (E) "Disaster" means any imminent threat or actual occurrence of widespread or severe damage to or loss of property, personal hardship or injury, or loss of life that results from any natural phenomenon or act of a human. (F) Except as provided in section 5502.41 of the Revised Code, "emergency" means any period during which the congress of the United States or a chief executive has declared or proclaimed that an emergency exists. (G) "Emergency management" includes all emergency preparedness and civil defense activities and measures, whether or not mentioned or described in sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code, that are designed or undertaken to minimize the effects upon the civilian population caused or that could be caused by any hazard and that are necessary to address mitigation, emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. (H) "Emergency preparedness" is an integral part of emergency management that includes those activities and measures designed or undertaken in preparation for any hazard, including, but not limited to, natural disasters and hazards involving hazardous materials or radiological materials, and that will enhance the probability for preservation of life, property, and the environment. "Emergency preparedness" includes, without limitation: (1) The establishment of appropriate agencies and organizations; (2) The development of necessary plans and standard operating procedures for mitigation, preparation, response, and recovery purposes, including, without limitation, the development of supporting agreements and memorandums of understanding; (3) Hazard identification; (4) Capability assessment; (5) The recruitment, retention, and training of personnel; (6) The development, printing, and distribution of emergency public information, education, and training materials and programs; (7) The necessary conduct of research; (8) The development of resource inventories; (9) The procurement and stockpiling of equipment, food, water, medical supplies, and any other supplies necessary for survival and for the public health, safety, and welfare; (10) The development and construction of public shelter facilities and shelter spaces; (11) The development and construction of emergency operations centers for the conduct and support of coordination, direction, and control activities; (12) When appropriate and considered necessary, the nonmilitary evacuation or temporary relocation of the civilian population. (I) "Hazard" means any actual or imminent threat to the survival or overall health, safety, or welfare of the civilian population that is caused by any natural, human-made, or technological event. "Hazard" includes, without limitation, an attack, disaster, and emergency. (J) "Hazard identification" means an identification, historical analysis, inventory, or spatial distribution of risks that could affect a specific geographical area and that would cause a threat to the survival, health, safety, or welfare of the civilian population, the property of that population, or the environment. (K) "Law" includes a general or special statute, law, local law, ordinance, resolution, rule, order, or rule of common law. (L) "Mitigation" means all those activities that reduce or eliminate the probability of a hazard. "Mitigation" also includes long-term activities and measures designed to reduce the effects of unavoidable hazards. (M) Except as provided in section 5502.41 of the Revised Code, "political subdivision" means a county, township, or municipal corporation in this state. (N) "Recovery" includes all those activities required and necessary to return an area to its former condition to the extent possible following the occurrence of any hazard. (O) "Response" includes all those activities that occur subsequent to any hazard and that provide emergency assistance from the effects of any such hazard, reduce the probability of further injury, damage, or destruction, and are designed or undertaken to speed recovery operations. (P) "Structure" includes shelters, additions to or alterations of existing buildings, and portions of existing buildings dedicated to public use, made and designed exclusively for protection against the shock or other effects of nuclear, biological, or chemical warfare, special housing for equipment, and all other structural means of protection of individuals and property against any hazard. (Q) "Equipment" includes fire-fighting, first-aid, emergency medical, hospital, salvage, and rescue equipment and materials, equipment for evacuation or relocation of individuals, radiological monitoring equipment, hazardous materials response gear, communications equipment, warning equipment, and all other means, in the nature of personal property, to be used exclusively in the protection of individuals and property against the effects of any hazard. (R) "Certifying authority" means the executive director of the emergency management agency provided for by section 5502.22 of the Revised Code. (S) "Civil defense certificate" means a civil defense certificate of necessity issued pursuant to section 5502.42 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.182 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.182
§ 5533.182. Sfc. Charles L. Adkins Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

June 3, 2014 House Bill 19 - 130th General Assembly The road known as state route one hundred one, running in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction between the municipal corporations of Castalia and Sandusky in Erie county only, shall be known as the "Sfc. Charles L. Adkins Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5543.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5543 / § 5543.04
§ 5543.04. Naming and numbering roads and bridges - maps
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The county engineer, under the direction and supervision of the director of transportation, shall name and number all the public roads of his county, other than intercounty and state highways and shall number all the bridges and culverts on such roads. All such roads shall be divided into sections where they are of sufficient length to warrant it. Such sections shall not exceed three miles in length and shall be numbered consecutively. This section shall extend to all roads on the north and east lines of each county. A map of such roads shall be made by the engineer, which shall show and identify by number, location, and length each such road and section thereof and all bridges and culverts. Such map shall show the location of public recreational trails preserved by the board of county commissioners under section 5553.044 of the Revised Code, municipal corporations, schoolhouses, churches, lakes, and rivers, and shall be made in township units. As rapidly as the roads, bridges, and culverts of each township are located and numbered, the engineer shall enter in a book in his office, to be kept for that purpose, a description or identification thereof. A copy of such map shall be submitted to the director together with a report showing plainly and definitely the exact location of such numbered roads and sections thereof, bridges, and culverts, and such other and further information as the director requires. All the duties required by this section shall be performed in accordance with the instructions of the director, who shall prescribe such forms and issue such instructions as he deems proper. Upon the approval by the director of each map and report, copies shall be filed by the engineer in his office and in the office of the board of county commissioners, and a copy of the map of each township shall be filed with the board of township trustees of such township. The road names, numbers, and section designations, and the bridge and culvert numbers shall be the official terms by which they are known. When a new road is established it shall be assigned a name and number by the engineer and if necessary divided into sections, or it may be added to an existing road, and the engineer shall note such new road, together with its official designation, on the copy of the map on file in his office and report it to the director and board of county commissioners.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.655 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.655
§ 5534.655. Vienna Township Veterans Bridge
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly The bridge spanning state route number eleven, located in Vienna township in Trumbull county and being a part of the road known as Niles Vienna road, shall be known as the "Vienna Township Veterans Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.973 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.973
§ 5533.973. LCpl. Billy D. Spencer Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the highway known as state route number seventy-three, commencing at the intersection of that route and state route number four and proceeding in a northeasterly direction to the Warren county boundary in the municipal corporation of Middletown, shall be known as the "LCpl. Billy D. Spencer Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.681 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.681
§ 5533.681. Trooper Wendy G. Everett Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 243 - 127th General Assembly That portion of interstate route number two hundred seventy located within Franklin county between mile marker number one and mile marker number three shall be known as the "Trooper Wendy G. Everett Memorial Highway." Any action taken by the director of transportation prior to the effective date of this section pursuant to section 5511.09 of the Revised Code in relation to that portion of highway is unaffected by this section. The director may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.53 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.53
§ 5501.53. Private contribution money to support highways and roads used by animal-drawn vehicles
Status: in_force

January 1, 2018 House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly (A) Any organization, individual, or group of individuals may give to the state or to any county or township by way of private contribution money to pay the expenses the state or county or township incurs in maintaining, repairing, or reconstructing highways and roads upon which animal-drawn vehicles travel. (1) All money the state receives under this division shall be credited to the highway operating fund created by section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to be expended by the department of transportation as described in this division. If money is contributed to the state under this section, the donor may direct that the contribution be used to pay the maintenance, repair, or reconstruction expenses of a particular state highway or portion of state highway by specifically designating that state highway or portion thereof at the time of the contribution, and the department shall so expend the contribution. If the donor does not make such a designation, the department shall use the contribution to pay the maintenance, repair, or reconstruction expenses of a portion of state highway located within the county in which the donor resides or in which the organization maintains property and upon which animal-drawn vehicles regularly travel. The department may accumulate contributions designated for a particular highway until such time as the contributions can be expended in a meaningful manner. (2) If a donor contributes money to a county or township, the donor is not permitted to make any specific road or highway designation. However, the county or township shall expend all contributions received under this section to maintain, repair, or reconstruct any road located within the county or township upon which animal-drawn vehicles travel. A county or township may accumulate contributions received under this section until such time as the contributions can be expended in a meaningful manner. (B) Not later than the first day of April of every year, the department and every county and township that receives money under this section shall issue a written report detailing the amount of money the state, county, or township received under this section during the previous calendar year; the amount of money expended during the previous calendar year pursuant to this section; the amount of money received under this section but not expended during the previous calendar year; the highway or road projects for which the expenditures were made; and any other relevant data.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.19 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.19
§ 5534.19. Lieutenant Stephen Byus Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

August 5, 2016 Senate Bill 182 - 131st General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number ninety-three, commencing at the northeast boundary of the municipal corporation of Coalton and proceeding in an easterly direction to the western boundary of the municipal corporation of Wellston, within Jackson county only, shall be known as the "Lieutenant Stephen Byus Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.25 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.25
§ 5501.25. Bond of employees
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly Each employee or appointee under Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5512., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code in cases other than where the amount of the bond is fixed, may be required to give bond in such sum as the director of transportation may determine. All bonds shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective positions and such bonds, except the bond of the director which shall be approved as to sureties by the governor, shall be approved as to the sufficiency of the sureties by the director, and as to legality and form by the attorney general, and shall be deposited with the secretary of state. The premium on such bonds shall be paid out of appropriate funds of the department of transportation. Bonds authorized or required by this section may, in the discretion of the director, be individual, schedule, or blanket bonds.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.26
§ 5533.26. James A. Rhodes Appalachian Highway
Status: in_force

September 28, 1973 House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly The highway constituting a portion of the Appalachian highway system and running east and west across the state between Cincinnati, Ohio and Belpre, Ohio, and passing near the city of Jackson, Ohio, shall be known as the "James A. Rhodes Appalachian Highway." Whenever a section of said highway is opened to the use of traffic, the director of transportation shall, as soon as practicable, erect thereon suitable markers indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5540.16 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5540 / § 5540.16
§ 5540.16. Findings as to surface transportation projects undertaken under chapter
Status: in_force

December 2, 1996 House Bill 627 - 121st General Assembly It is hereby found and determined that surface transportation projects undertaken pursuant to this chapter are essential and will contribute to the improvement of the prosperity, health, safety, and welfare of the people of a transportation improvement district and to all of the state, and that it is in the public interest and a proper public purpose for a transportation improvement district to acquire, construct, enlarge, improve, equip, sell, lease, lease-purchase, exchange, or otherwise dispose of property, structures, and other facilities for such transportation projects. It is further found and determined that exercise of the authority granted by sections 5540.01 to 5540.17 of the Revised Code is consistent with and will promote industry, commerce, distribution, and research activity in the state. Sections 5540.01 to 5540.17 of the Revised Code, being necessary for the prosperity, health, safety, and welfare of the state and its people, shall be liberally construed to effect their purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.683 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.683
§ 5533.683. Trooper Jody S. Dye Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 7, 2009 Senate Bill 243 - 127th General Assembly That portion of interstate route number two hundred seventy located within Franklin county between mile marker number forty-five and mile marker number forty-seven shall be known as the "Trooper Jody S. Dye Memorial Highway." Any action taken by the director of transportation prior to the effective date of this section pursuant to section 5511.09 of the Revised Code in relation to that portion of highway is unaffected by this section. The director may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.26 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.26
§ 5555.26. Each county may choose different method of apportionment
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a petition asking for the construction, reconstruction, improvement, or repair of a road in two or more counties, or along the county line between two or more counties in this state, is filed with the board of county commissioners of any one of said counties, the petitioners are not limited to the statement of a single method of paying the compensation, damages, and expenses of the improvement, but may request in the petition that the share of each interested county be apportioned by a different method, subject to the limitation that as to each county the method requested must be one of the methods provided by section 5555.41 of the Revised Code. A joint board acting by unanimous vote and without the filing of any petition, and ordering the improvement of a road in two or more counties, or along the county line between two or more counties in this state, may order the proportionate part of the compensation, damages, and expenses of each county to be paid in a different method, subject to the limitation that as to each county the method selected must be one of the methods provided by sections 5555.41 to 5555.43 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.843 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.843
§ 5534.843. Williams County Veterans Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 578 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of state route number one hundred seven between state route number forty-nine and state route number fifteen, in Williams county, shall be known as the "Williams County Veterans 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 § 5501.50 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.50
§ 5501.50. Leases of real property not immediately needed for highway purposes for agricultural purposes
Status: in_force

June 4, 2012 House Bill 276 - 129th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "agricultural purposes" means commercial animal or poultry husbandry, or the production for a commercial purpose of field crops, tobacco, fruits, or vegetables. "Agricultural purposes" also includes algaculture meaning the farming of algae. (B) Whenever the director of transportation acquires real property as provided in section 5501.32 of the Revised Code or otherwise acquires real property in fee simple in the name of the state for highway purposes and subsequently finds the property is not needed for such purposes, or will not be needed for such purposes for a period of two years or more following the date of acquisition of the property, and the property is adjacent to or in the near vicinity of property used for agricultural purposes, the director may, at the director's discretion, offer to lease the property for agricultural purposes for one year at a price consistent with rentals of adjacent agricultural lands in the manner provided in divisions (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), and (I) of this section before conveying or transferring the fee simple estate or any lesser estate or interest in the property, or permitting its use by another. (C) Real property shall be offered for lease by mailing a notice, in writing, to each person who owns or leases property being used for agricultural purposes that adjoins or is in the near vicinity of the property. The notice shall include a general description of the property offered for lease, the cost of the lease, the manner in which the lease will be made, the requirements of this section, a statement that the person shall notify the director in writing within no more than four weeks following mailing of the notice if the person is interested in leasing the property, and such other information as the director considers necessary. (D) If the director receives information in writing from two or more persons who are interested in leasing the real property, one of whom is the owner of real property that adjoins the property offered for lease, the director may lease the property to that person. If the director receives such information from two or more persons, two or more of whom are owners of real property that adjoins the property offered for lease, the director shall lease the property to the person whose information is contained in the envelope bearing the earliest postmark. (E) Any lease made under this section shall be conditioned upon the lessee's written agreement to maintain weed control on the property. If the director has reasonable cause to believe that such an agreement is violated, the director, or any of the director's authorized agents, may, at the director's or authorized agent's discretion, do either of the following: (1) Provide necessary weed control. The expense of providing weed control shall be paid by the director out of any appropriation to the department of transportation available for the establishment, use, maintenance, or repair of highways and the amount thereof shall be reimbursed by the lessee to the department and if not reimbursed the amount thereof shall be certified to the attorney general for collection by civil action against the lessee of the property. (2) File a complaint by petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which the property is located. Upon a finding by the court that a violation of the agreement exists as alleged in the petition, the court shall enter an order of abatement against the lessee of the property. (F) If real property offered for lease as provided in this section is located near a highway where the use of the property for crops such as corn and wheat will obstruct the view of any part of the highway from a person operating a vehicle on the highway or on an intersecting highway or private road, or near an airport where such use of the property may interfere with airport safety, any lease made shall be conditioned upon the lessee's written agreement to use the property for only crops that will not create such an obstruction of the view of the highway or interference with airport safety. If the director has reasonable cause to believe that such an agreement is violated, the director, or any of the director's authorized agents, may, at the director's or authorized agent's discretion, do either of the following: (1) Remove the crop or such part thereof as may be necessary to ensure that the view of the highway will not be obstructed, or that airport safety will not be reduced. The expense of the removal shall be paid by the director out of any appropriation to the department of transportation available for the establishment, use, maintenance, or repair of highways and the amount thereof shall be reimbursed by the lessee to the department and if not reimbursed the amount thereof shall be certified to the attorney general for collection by civil action against the lessee of the property. (2) File a complaint by petition in the court of common pleas of the county in which the property is located. Upon a finding by the court that a violation of the agreement exists as alleged in the petition, the court shall enter an order of abatement against the lessee of the property. (G) The director may offer to renew annually any lease of real property made under this section to the current lessee or may offer the opportunity to lease to others in the manner and subject to the requirements and limitations as provided for in this section. (H) The requirements of sections 5501.32 , 5501.34 , and 5501.45 of the Revised Code relating to the appraisal, advertisement, manner of sale, and minimum sale price of property not needed for highway purposes and the requirements of sections 5501.34 and 5501.45 of the Revised Code relating to the use of property not needed for highway purposes for recreation purposes, do not apply to a lease or renewal of a lease of real property made in accordance with this section. (I) Except as provided in divisions (E)(1) and (F)(1) of this section, all expense incurred in the lease of real property under this section shall be paid out of the proceeds of the lease and the balance shall be deposited in the highway fund from which the purchase of the real property giving rise to the proceeds was made. (J) Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit the director to acquire real property by appropriation for the purpose of leasing it for agricultural purposes.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5559.03 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5559 / § 5559.03
§ 5559.03. Petition by owners
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly When a petition is presented to the board of county commissioners asking for the improvement as provided by section 5559.02 of the Revised Code, and specifying the general character of the improvement desired, signed by at least fifty-one per cent of the land or lot owners, residents of such county, who are to be specially assessed for such improvement, the board shall, within thirty days after such petition is presented, go upon the line of the proposed improvement, and, after viewing it, determine whether the public convenience and welfare require that such improvement be made.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5575.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5575 / § 5575.09
§ 5575.09. Record of proceedings for improvement
Status: in_force

December 20, 2005 Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly The board of township trustees shall provide the township fiscal officer with a suitable book in which the fiscal officer shall keep a complete record of proceedings for the construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or improvement of public roads. For making the record, the fiscal officer shall receive ten cents for each one hundred words, and, for all other services in connection with keeping the record, the fiscal officer shall receive the reasonable compensation allowed by the board.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5591.13 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5591 / § 5591.13
§ 5591.13. Lands to be purchased or appropriated
Status: in_force

February 21, 1967 House Bill 1 - 107th General Assembly The land or property required to make the alteration in a street or highway necessitated by a proposed improvement as provided in sections 5591.03 to 5591.17 , inclusive, of the Revised Code, and as shown in the plan, specifications, and contract, or required to make any alteration in the railroad necessitated by the proposed improvement shall be purchased or appropriated by the county or the railroad in the manner as provided in sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.69 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.69
§ 5533.69. Governor William Bebb Bicentennial Roadway
Status: in_force

March 5, 2004 House Bill 70 - 125th General Assembly The road known as state route number one hundred twenty-six, commencing in the community of Venice in Butler county and extending westward to the Indiana border, shall be known as the "Governor William Bebb Bicentennial Roadway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.05 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.05
§ 5501.05. Prohibiting use of highway funds for non-highway purposes
Status: in_force

April 6, 2023 House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly Moneys appropriated to the department of transportation and derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to the registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways, or to fuels used for propelling such vehicle, shall not be expended for any purpose other than as provided in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, and such moneys may be expended only for expenses directly chargeable to the purposes set forth in such section. The director of transportation may make rules facilitating, to the extent practical under the circumstances, the use of public transportation systems and aviation systems by persons with disabilities. Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:08 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5512.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5512 / § 5512.08
§ 5512.08. Council members compensation and expenses
Status: in_force

June 30, 1997 House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly Members of the transportation review advisory council, except the director of transportation, shall be compensated at the rate of seven thousand five hundred dollars for service on the council from July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998, and five thousand dollars for each subsequent year beginning on July 1, 1998. In addition, members shall receive necessary travel and other expenses related to their service on the council, except that the combined amount of compensation and expenses paid to any member under this section shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars in any year. As used in this section, "year" means the first day of July through the thirtieth day of June.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.911 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.911
§ 5534.911. Steve Story Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

October 29, 2018 Senate Bill 239 - 132nd General Assembly I n addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the southbound and northbound lanes of the road known as United States route number thirty- three, between the intersection of that route and the northern border of Meigs county and the intersection of that route and state route number six hundred eighty-one, in Meigs county, shall be known as the "Steve Story Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5595.01 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5595 / § 5595.01
§ 5595.01. Definitions
Status: in_force

October 3, 2023 House Bill 33 - 135th General Assembly As used in this chapter: (A) "Regional transportation improvement project" or "project" means a regional transportation improvement project undertaken pursuant to section 5595.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Transportation improvement" means the construction, repair, maintenance, or expansion of streets, highways, parking facilities, rail tracks and necessarily related rail facilities, bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, approaches, culverts, and other means of transportation, and the erection and maintenance of traffic signs, markers, lights, and signals. (C) "Opportunity corridor improvement" means a public infrastructure improvement, as defined by section 5709.40 of the Revised Code, the primary purpose of which is to enhance or assist one or more transportation improvements or to create or facilitate economic development opportunities described in the memorandum of understanding or to otherwise benefit real property located, or businesses that are operating or will operate, within the development area, and that is funded at least in part with private funds. "Opportunity corridor improvement" includes the establishment, acquisition, ownership, control, management, sale, or transfer of a business under division (E) of section 5595.041 of the Revised Code. (D) "Development area" means all parcels of real property located within two thousand five hundred feet of the outermost boundary of the right-of-way associated with any transportation improvement or economic development opportunity described in the memorandum of understanding. For the purpose of this division, a parcel is located within two thousand five hundred feet of the right-of-way if the distance between any portion of the parcel and any portion of the right-of-way is two thousand five hundred feet or less. (E) "Right-of-way" means land, property, or the interest therein, usually in the configuration of a strip, acquired for or devoted to transportation or economic development purposes. "Right-of-way" includes the roadway, shoulders or berm, ditch, and slopes extending to the right-of-way limits under the control of the state or local authority. (F) "Qualified RTIP" means a regional transportation improvement project undertaken before the effective date of this amendment. (G) "Memorandum of understanding" means a memorandum of understanding between the governing board of a qualified RTIP and the department of transportation under section 5595.041 of the Revised Code. Last updated September 28, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5593.14 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5593 / § 5593.14
§ 5593.14. Bond proceeds and revenues to be held in trust
Status: in_force

September 4, 1982 House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly All moneys received under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, are trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in such sections. Such funds shall be kept in depositories as selected by the bridge commission of any county or city 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 resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, and such resolution or trust agreement provide.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.649 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.649
§ 5534.649. Sgt. Todd M. Bates Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 20, 2025 House Bill 81 - 135th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route number one hundred forty-nine, between the intersections of state route number seven and Tabot road, in Belmont county, shall be known as the "Sgt. Todd M. Bates Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.87 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.87
§ 5533.87. Veterans' Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 18, 2005 Senate Bill 156 - 125th General Assembly That part of the road known as state route number two hundred nine, located within Guernsey county and commencing at the intersection of that state route and Wheeling avenue within the city of Cambridge and extending in a southerly direction and ending at exit number one hundred seventy-eight of that state route, shall be known as "Veterans' Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:02 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5571.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5571 / § 5571.06
§ 5571.06. Persons not to be counted either for or against the improvement
Status: in_force

October 1, 1953 House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly In determining whether the required number of persons, necessary to give the board of township trustees jurisdiction, have signed the petition asking for a road improvement, the following persons shall not be counted either for or against the improvement: (A) Resident landowners whose only real estate within the legal assessment distance of such road is located in a municipal corporation; (B) Owners of life and leasehold estates; (C) Minors and other persons under legal disability, unless represented by legal guardians, in which case the action of the guardian shall be binding upon such persons; (D) Lot or landowners who are not otherwise taxed than to raise the proportion of the cost of such improvement, to be paid by the township as a whole. All tenants in common of any undivided estate, resident within the county, shall be counted as a unit, and if all are not united, either for or against the improvement, none shall be counted in determining whether the requisite number of persons have signed such petition. No person signing a petition shall be permitted to withdraw therefrom unless the board finds that there was fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining his signature.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.06 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.06
§ 5534.06. Sgt. Michael W. Finke, Jr. U.S.M.C. Memorial Walkover
Status: in_force

March 23, 2016 Senate Bill 190 - 131st General Assembly The pedestrian bridge spanning the road known as United States route number six, located in the municipal corporation of Huron and having a northern terminus of south Jim Campbell boulevard and a southern terminus of Adams avenue, shall be known as the "Sgt. Michael W. Finke, Jr. U.S.M.C. Memorial Walkover." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.33 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.33
§ 5501.33. Accepting donations of real property
Status: in_force

June 21, 1990 Senate Bill 185 - 118th General Assembly At any time during the development of a highway project, subject to section 5501.331 of the Revised Code, the owner of an interest in real property may donate to the state, and the director of transportation may accept in the name of the state, all or part of the interest that is needed for purposes of the highway project.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5521.04 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5521 / § 5521.04
§ 5521.04. Approval of proposal to co-operate
Status: in_force

September 17, 1996 House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly If the director of transportation approves the proposal to co-operate, the director shall certify such approval to the board of county commissioners or the municipal authorities so offering to co-operate. The director shall cause to be transmitted to the board or municipal authority copies of such maps, plans, profiles, specifications, and estimates as the director may prepare for the construction of the work covered by the proposal. Upon receipt of the maps, plans, profiles, specifications, and estimates for the proposed improvement, the board or municipal authority, by resolution, may adopt the same and provide for co-operation in the construction of the work. A certified copy of the resolution shall be transmitted to the director.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5559.08 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5559 / § 5559.08
§ 5559.08. Resolution 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 an improvement under section 5559.02 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners is still satisfied that the public convenience and welfare require that such improvement be made, and that the cost will not be excessive, in view of the public utility thereof, such board shall order, by resolution, that it proceed with the improvement, 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 may agree upon. If, in view of the amount of the compensation and damages allowed, or for any other just cause, such board is of the opinion that the improvement should not be made, the board shall so order.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.811 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.811
§ 5534.811. Henry County Veterans Highway
Status: in_force

October 29, 2018 Senate Bill 239 - 132nd General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the eastbound and westbound lanes of United States route number twenty-four between the eastern border of Henry county and the western border of Henry county, shall be known as the "Henry County Veterans Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:12 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.58 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.58
§ 5533.58. Governor James A. Rhodes Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 19, 2003 Senate Bill 85 - 124th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number seventy-two running in a north and south direction, commencing at the intersection of state route number seventy-two and interstate number seventy in Clark county and extending northward to the boundary of Clark county and Champaign county including that portion of South Limestone street running in front of the former Springfield high school, shall be known as the "Governor James A. Rhodes Memorial Highway." This designation is in addition to the designation in section 5533.23 of the Revised Code. The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated February 27, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.91 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.91
§ 5501.91. Ohio maritime assistance program
Status: in_force

September 30, 2025 House Bill 96 - 136th General Assembly (A) As used in this section, "port authority" means a port authority created under Chapter 4582. of the Revised Code. (B) There is hereby established the Ohio maritime assistance program, which the department of transportation shall administer. Under the program, a port authority may apply to the department for a grant to be used as prescribed in division (D) of this section. In order to be eligible for a grant under this section, a port authority is required to meet either of the following requirements: (1) At the time of application for a grant, the port authority owns or is the co-applicant with the owner of an active marine cargo terminal located on one of the following: (a) The shore of Lake Erie or the Ohio river; (b) On a Lake Erie tributary; (c) On an Ohio river tributary. (2) At the time of application for a grant, the port authority is located in, or has jurisdiction within, a federally qualified opportunity zone and the federally qualified opportunity zone has an active marine cargo terminal with a stevedoring operation that is located on the shore of Lake Erie or the Ohio river. (C)(1) Every applicant for a grant shall submit with its application a written business justification for the investment that indicates the operational and market need for the project in a form the director of transportation shall prescribe. (2) The department shall evaluate all grant applications according to the following criteria: (a) The degree to which the proposed project will increase the efficiency or capacity of maritime cargo terminal operations; (b) Whether the project will result in the handling of new types of cargo or an increase in cargo volume; (c) Whether the project will meet an identified supply chain need or benefit Ohio firms that export goods to foreign markets, or import goods to Ohio for use in manufacturing or for value-added distribution; (d) Any other criteria the director determines to be appropriate. (3) If a grant application does not meet the criteria specified in divisions (C)(2)(b) and (c) of this section, an applicant is not eligible for a grant under this section. (D) A port authority shall use a grant awarded under this section only for any of the following purposes: (1) Land acquisition and site development for marine cargo terminal and associated uses, including demolition and environmental remediation; (2) Construction of wharves, quay walls, bulkheads, jetties, revetments, breakwaters, shipping channels, dredge disposal facilities, projects for the beneficial use of dredge material, and other structures and improvements directly related to maritime commerce and harbor infrastructure; (3) Construction and repair of warehouses, transit sheds, railroad tracks, roadways, gates and gatehouses, fencing, bridges, offices, shipyards, and other improvements needed for marine cargo terminal and associated uses, including shipyards; (4) Acquisition of cargo handling equipment, including mobile shore cranes, stationary cranes, tow motors, fork lifts, yard tractors, craneways, conveyor and bulk material handling equipment, and all types of ship loading and unloading equipment; (5) Planning and design services and other services associated with construction. (E) A port authority shall pay a matching amount of at least one dollar for each grant dollar received for the proposed project. (F) The director of transportation shall govern the program established under this section, including the grant application, evaluation, award processes, and how the grant money may be spent by a port authority. Last updated July 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM Disclaimer Contact About
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.431 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.431
§ 5534.431. Officers Dennis Bennington and Robert Seiffert Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of interstate route number seventy-one between second street and Martin Luther King drive, in Hamilton county, shall be known as the "Officers Dennis Bennington and Robert Seiffert Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 2:36 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.461 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.461
§ 5533.461. U.S.M.C. LCpl Jonathan Etterling Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

March 22, 2013 House Bill 325 - 129th General Assembly In addition to the designation of the road known as United States route number fifty-two in section 5533.46 of the Revised Code, that portion of United States route number fifty-two located in Scioto county from mile marker number twenty-six to mile marker number thirty-one, also shall be known as the "U.S.M.C. LCpl Jonathan Etterling Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.409 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.409
§ 5534.409. Crooksville Firefighters David Theisen and Stephen Carletti Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route number ninety-three between ceramic way and west main street, in Perry county, shall be known as the "Crooksville Firefighters David Theisen and Stephen Carletti Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 12:05 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.121 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.121
§ 5533.121. U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Lester O. Kinney II Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 1, 2013 House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the road known as United States highway number twenty-two, within the municipal corporation of Zanesville only, in Muskingum county, shall be known as the "U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Lester O. "Buddy" Kinney II Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.90 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.90
§ 5534.90. Specialist Jacob A. Ashton Memorial Bridge
Status: in_force

March 2, 2026 House Bill 27 - 136th General Assembly The bridge spanning the grand river, located in Lake county and being part of the highway known as interstate route number ninety, shall be known as the "Specialist Jacob A. Ashton Memorial Bridge." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon the bridge or its approaches indicating its name. Last updated January 8, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5533.093 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5533 / § 5533.093
§ 5533.093. Corporal Jason J. Hernandez Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

May 31, 2010 House Bill 27 - 128th General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number forty-three, running in a northerly and southerly direction within Portage county, between the intersection of that state route and Ethan avenue in the north and the intersection of that state route and Kennedy road in the south, shall be known as the "Corporal Jason J. Hernandez Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.838 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.838
§ 5534.838. SGT Joseph P. Collette Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

July 21, 2022 House Bill 291 - 134th General Assembly In addition to any other name prescribed by the Revised Code or otherwise, the northbound and southbound lanes of state route number one hundred fifty-eight, between the intersection of that route and Ginder road northwest and the intersection of that route and Carroll Eastern road northwest, in Fairfield county, shall be known as the "SGT Joseph P. Collette Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. Last updated April 29, 2022 at 2:55 PM
Ohio Rev. Code § 5534.402 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5534 / § 5534.402
§ 5534.402. Deputy Sheriff Robert M. Tanner, Jr. Memorial Highway
Status: in_force

November 2, 2018 House Bill 347 - 132nd General Assembly That portion of the road known as state route number one hundred forty-six, running in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction between the intersection of that route and Musselman drive and the intersection of state route number one hundred forty-six and Shannon valley road, in Muskingum county, shall be known as "Deputy Sheriff Robert M. Tanner, Jr. Memorial Highway." The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5516.062 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5516 / § 5516.062
§ 5516.062. Prohibiting advertising devices outside urban areas without permit
Status: in_force

September 16, 2004 House Bill 230 - 125th General Assembly (A) No person shall erect, use, maintain, operate, construct, or cause or permit to be erected, used, maintained, operated, or constructed any advertising device that is located both inside an urban area, as defined by section 5516.061 of the Revised Code, and outside the boundaries of a municipal corporation as such boundaries existed on September 21, 1959, without first obtaining a permit and permit plates from the director of transportation pursuant to section 5516.10 of the Revised Code. (B) An advertising device existing prior to the effective date of this section which would be illegal under this section shall be considered a nonconforming advertising device and may be maintained subject to the permit provisions of section 5516.10 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5531.17 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5531 / § 5531.17
§ 5531.17. Exemption from taxation
Status: in_force

July 1, 2009 House Bill 2 - 128th General Assembly The exercise of the powers granted by sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code is in all respects for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions; and as the construction, operation, and maintenance of the Ohio toll-way system by the department of transportation constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the department shall not be required to pay any state or local taxes or assessments upon any toll project, or upon revenues or any property acquired or used by the department under sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code, or upon the income therefrom.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5555.09 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5555 / § 5555.09
§ 5555.09. Appropriation of land for improvements
Status: in_force

January 1, 1966 Senate Bill 94 - 106th General Assembly If the surveys, plans, profiles, and cross sections prepared by the county engineer pursuant to section 5555.07 of the Revised Code show that lands will be required for the improvement, the board of county commissioners shall proceed in accordance with sections 163.01 to 163.22 , inclusive, of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev. Code § 5501.74 — Ohio Revised Code / Title 55 / Chapter 5501 / § 5501.74
§ 5501.74. Termination of public-private agreement
Status: in_force

June 29, 2011 House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly In the event of termination of the public-private agreement, the authority and duties of the operator cease, except for any duties and obligations that extend beyond the termination as provided in the public-private agreement, and the transportation facility reverts to the department of transportation and shall be dedicated to the department for public use.