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Ohio Rev Code § 5573.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5573 | Township Road Improvement|Section 5573.22 | Construction and Repair in Township Road Districts Outside Municipal Corporations.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The board of township trustees of a township in which there is located a municipal corporation or a part of a municipal corporation, and in which that portion of the township not included within the limits of such municipal corporation has been erected into a road district, may enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners of the county within which such township is situated, providing for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair by the board of county commissioners of a road within such district.The board of township trustees may assume, on behalf of such district, the proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of such improvement as is proper.The remainder of the compensation, damages, and costs of such improvement shall be paid in part by the county and shall in part be assessed against the real estate abutting upon the improvement, or situated within one-half mile of either side thereof, or situated within one mile of either side thereof, or situated within two miles of either side thereof, as may be fixed by the terms of the agreement between the board of county commissioners and the board of township trustees.For the payment of that part of the compensation, damages, and costs assumed by the board of township trustees on behalf of such district, the board of township trustees may levy taxes against such district and issue the bonds of the district. The district shall pay the county treasurer its agreed proportion of the estimated compensation, damages, and costs of such improvement, as fixed in the agreement between the board of county commissioners and the board of township trustees, out of the proceeds of any such tax levies or bond issues. All proceedings relating to the letting of the contract, supervision of the work, making of assessments, and all other proceedings in connection with such improvement, except as provided for by this section, shall be conducted by the board of county commissioners as in the construction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of county roads.The board of township trustees may enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners providing for construction by the department of transportation, upon the application of such board of county commissioners, of a road improvement within such district, and may assume on behalf of the district such proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of the improvement as to it seems proper. In the event of its making such an agreement, the board may levy taxes upon and issue the bonds of the district and pay to the board of county commissioners, out of the proceeds of such tax levies and bond issues, their agreed proportion of such compensation, damages, and costs.
Ohio Rev Code § 5575.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5575 | Maintenance and Repair - Contract; Force Account|Section 5575.02 | Advertisements for Bids - Award of Contract.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|After the board of township trustees has decided to proceed with a road improvement, it shall advertise for bids once, not later than two weeks prior to the date fixed for the letting of contracts, in a newspaper of general circulation within the township. Such notice shall state that copies of the surveys, plans, profiles, cross sections, and specifications for such improvement are on file with the board, and the time within which bids will be received. The board may let the work as a whole or in convenient sections, as it determines. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder who meets the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code, and shall be let upon the basis of lump sum bids, unless the board orders that it be let upon the basis of unit price bids, in which event it shall be let upon such basis.The board is not required to provide notice of the project cost estimate when advertising for bids under this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 5575.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5575 | Maintenance and Repair - Contract; Force Account|Section 5575.03 | Contract Shall Not Be Awarded at More Than Estimated Cost - Rejection of Bids.

Effective: September 29, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 49 - 132nd General Assembly|No contract for any road improvement shall be awarded at a price more than ten per cent in excess of the estimated cost. The bids received shall be opened at the time stated in the notice. If no bids are made that equal one hundred ten per cent of the estimate or less, the board of township trustees shall either readvertise based upon the original estimate, or request an amended estimate from the county engineer, who shall proceed to make such an estimate as provided in section 5575.01 of the Revised Code, and proceed to advertise based upon the amended estimate. The board is not required to provide notice of the estimate or amended estimate when readvertising under this section.No contract shall be awarded for any road improvement without the certification as to funding required under section 5705.41 of the Revised Code. The board may reject all bids.
Ohio Rev Code § 5575.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5575 | Maintenance and Repair - Contract; Force Account|Section 5575.04 | Bond of Contractor.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 107 - 126th General Assembly|Before entering into a contract, the board of township trustees shall require a bond indemnifying the township against damages that may be suffered by failure to perform the contract according to the contract's provisions and in accordance with the specifications for the improvement.The township fiscal officer shall not draw a warrant in favor of any contractor for estimates, on account of a contract let under sections 5575.02 and 5575.03 of the Revised Code, until the affidavit of the contractor, or an officer or agent in the case of a corporation, that all indebtedness of the contractor on account of material incorporated into the work or delivered on the site of the improvement and labor performed has been paid, is filed with the fiscal officer. In lieu of the affidavit, the contractor may file the written consent of all persons who have furnished material, incorporated into the work or delivered on the site of the improvement, or performed labor on the improvement, that any estimate then due may be paid. The consent shall be accompanied by the affidavit of the contractor, or an officer or agent in the case of a corporation, that the consent bears the signatures of all persons who have furnished material, incorporated in the work or delivered on the site of the improvement, or performed labor on the improvement, and have not been paid in full for the labor or material. This section does not prevent the payment out of any estimate that is due, upon the assignment by the contractor to any person who has furnished material for the work or performed labor on the improvement, of the amount due for the material or labor.
Ohio Rev Code § 5575.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5575 | Maintenance and Repair - Contract; Force Account|Section 5575.05 | New Contract for Extra Work - Procedure.

Effective: September 14, 1995|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 12 - 121st General Assembly|(A) In case of an unforeseen contingency not contemplated by a road improvement contract, allowances for extra work may be made by a board of township trustees, but the board must first enter into a new contract in writing for the extra work. If the estimate for extra work is less than twenty-five thousand dollars for any particular line item listed in the new contract and the overall total estimate for the extra work does not exceed ten per cent of the total of the original contract, the contract for the extra work may be let by the board by private contract without complying with section 5575.02 of the Revised Code. Section 5575.02 of the Revised Code applies to all other new contracts for extra work, except that if an emergency exists and the time required for complying with section 5575.02 of the Revised Code would unduly delay the completion of the project, the board, after making a finding of emergency and entering it on its records, may contract for the extra work by private contract without complying with that section.(B) No contract shall be awarded for extra work at any price in excess of the original contract unit price for the same class or kind of work in connection with the original contract. In case of any new class or kind of work, the board and contractor shall agree as to the price to be paid. The contractor shall submit a bid in writing and, if the bid is accepted by the board, the board immediately shall enter into a written contract covering the extra work. The costs of the extra work shall be paid by the board out of any funds available therefor, and the amount paid shall be charged to the cost of construction of the improvement and apportioned as the original contract price.
Ohio Rev Code § 5575.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5575 | Maintenance and Repair - Contract; Force Account|Section 5575.06 | Donations of Labor or Material.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The board of township trustees may accept donations of labor or material for a proposed road improvement, and in determining which road shall first be improved it may, when acting by unanimous vote and without a petition, take into consideration the amount of such donations. The board may require the persons donating labor or material to enter into a contract that such labor will be performed and material furnished at the time required by the board. Such contract shall set forth the value of the labor or material, and in case of failure to furnish such labor or material the value fixed in the contract shall be conclusive in any suit brought by the board for damages for the breach of contract.
Ohio Rev Code § 5575.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5575 | Maintenance and Repair - Contract; Force Account|Section 5575.07 | Supervision by County Engineer - Appointment of Inspector.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The work of road improvement shall be done under the general supervision and direction of the county engineer and he may appoint some competent person to act as inspector during the construction of such improvement. The person appointed as inspector shall receive, for each day actually employed at such work, a sum not to exceed four dollars, to be fixed by the engineer and paid out of any fund available for the construction of the improvement, upon the order of the board of township trustees with the approval of the engineer.
Ohio Rev Code § 5575.09 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5575 | Maintenance and Repair - Contract; Force Account|Section 5575.09 | Record of Proceedings for Improvement.

Effective: December 20, 2005|Latest Legislation:  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 § 5575.10 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5575 | Maintenance and Repair - Contract; Force Account|Section 5575.10 | Maintenance and Repair Fund.

Effective: October 29, 1975|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 124 - 111th General Assembly|After the annual estimate for each township has been filed with the board of township trustees by the county engineer, such board may increase or reduce the amount of any items contained in the estimate, and at its first meeting after such estimate is filed the board shall make its levies for the purposes set forth in the estimate and for creating a fund for dragging, maintenance, and repair of roads, upon all the taxable property of the township outside of any municipal corporation or part thereof, not exceeding, in the aggregate, three mills in any one year upon each dollar of the valuation of such property. Such levies shall be in addition to all other levies authorized for township purposes, and subject only to the limitation upon the combined maximum rate for taxes now in force. This section does not prevent the expenditures of any portion of the regular levy of two mills for township purposes, but is in addition thereto. The board shall provide annually by taxation, under this section or under section 5573.13 of the Revised Code, or under both, an adequate fund for the maintenance and repair of township roads.The maintenance and repair fund so provided shall not be less than one hundred dollars for each mile of improved township road and twenty dollars for each mile of unimproved township road. Such levies for maintenance and repair purposes shall be separately set forth in the annual budget of the board presented to the budget commission, and the maintenance and repair levies made by the board, pursuant to this section, shall be preferred levies as against any others made for township road purposes by the board. Should the budget commission of any county be unable to allow all of the road levies made by the board, such reductions as are necessary shall be first made in levies other than for maintenance and repair purposes made under this section. The fund produced by such levies for maintenance and repair purposes shall be subject to transfer, in the manner provided in sections 5705.15 and 5705.16 of the Revised Code. This section does not prevent the board from using any other available road funds for the maintenance and repair of township roads.
Ohio Rev Code § 5577.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5577 | Load Limits on Highways|Section 5577.01 | Load Limits on Highways Definitions.

Effective: June 30, 1993|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 154 - 120th General Assembly|(A) As used in sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 of the Revised Code:(1) "Axle" means one or more load-carrying wheels mounted in a single transverse vertical plane.(2) "Spacing between axles" means the distance between any two successive such planes.(3) "Maximum axle load" means the gross weight of vehicle and load imposed by any axle upon the road surface.(4) "Maximum wheel load" means the proportionate gross weight of vehicle and load imposed by any wheel upon the road surface.(5) "Automobile transporter" means any vehicle combination designed and used expressly for the transport of assembled motor vehicles.(6) "Stinger-steered automobile transporter" means any automobile transporter configured as a semitrailer combination in which the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rearmost axle of the power unit.(7) "Boat transporter" means any vehicle combination, including a straight truck towing a trailer typically using a ball and socket connection, designed and used specifically for the transport of boat hulls and boats, whether the hulls or boats are assembled or partially disassembled to facilitate transportation.(8) "Stinger-steered boat transporter" means a boat transporter configured as a semitrailer combination in which the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind and below the rearmost axle of the power unit.(9) "Assembled" means, in regard to motor vehicles, capable of being driven.(10) "B-train assembly" means any rigid frame extension that is attached to the rear frame of one semitrailer and provides a fifth wheel connection point for a second semitrailer.(11) "Saddlemount vehicle transporter combination" means any combination of vehicles in which a straight truck or commercial tractor tows one or more straight trucks or commercial tractors, each connected by a saddle to the frame or fifth wheel of the straight truck or commercial tractor in front of it. Such a combination may include a fullmount, in which a smaller vehicle is mounted completely on the frame of either the first or last straight truck or commercial tractor in the saddlemount combination.(B) "Vehicle," as used in section 5577.04 of the Revised Code, means any single vehicle when not in combination, or any combination of vehicles, as defined in section 4501.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5577.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5577 | Load Limits on Highways|Section 5577.02 | Operation of Vehicle on Highways in Excess of Prescribed Weights Forbidden.

Effective: June 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly|No person shall operate or move a trackless trolley, traction engine, steam roller, or other vehicle, load, object, or structure, whether propelled by muscular or motor power, over or upon the improved public streets, highways, bridges, or culverts in this state, that weighs in excess of the weights prescribed in sections 5577.01 to 5577.14 of the Revised Code, unless the person has been issued a permit under section 4513.34 of the Revised Code. The prohibition in this section applies regardless of whether the weight is moved upon wheels, rollers, or otherwise. Any weight determination shall include the weight of the vehicle, object, structure, contrivance, and load. Last updated April 12, 2021 at 10:19 AM
Ohio Rev Code § 5577.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5577 | Load Limits on Highways|Section 5577.03 | Weight of Load - Width of Tire.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|No person, firm, or corporation shall transport over the improved public streets, alleys, intercounty highways, state highways, bridges, or culverts, in any vehicle propelled by muscular, motor, or other power, any burden, including weight of vehicle and load, greater than the following:(A)(1) In vehicles having metal tires three inches or less in width, a load of five hundred pounds for each inch of the total width of tire on all wheels;(2) When the tires on such vehicles exceed three inches in width, an additional load of eight hundred pounds shall be permitted for each inch by which the total width of the tires on all wheels exceeds twelve inches.(B) In vehicles having tires of rubber or other similar substances, for each inch of the total width of tires on all wheels, as follows:(1) For tires three inches in width, a load of four hundred fifty pounds;(2) For tires three and one-half inches in width, a load of four hundred fifty pounds;(3) For tires four inches in width, a load of five hundred pounds;(4) For tires five inches in width, a load of six hundred pounds;(5) For tires six inches and over in width, a load of six hundred fifty pounds.The total width of tires on all wheels shall be, in case of solid tires of rubber or other similar substance, the actual width in inches of all such tires between the flanges at the base of the tires, but in no event shall that portion of the tire coming in contact with the road surface be less than two thirds the width so measured between the flanges.In the case of pneumatic tires, of rubber or other similar substance, the total width of tires on all wheels shall be the actual width of all such tires, measured at the widest portion thereof when inflated and not bearing a load.In no event shall the load, including the proportionate weight of vehicle that can be concentrated on any wheel, exceed six hundred fifty pounds to each inch in width of the tread as defined in this section for solid tires, or each inch in the actual diameter of pneumatic tires measured when inflated and not bearing a load.
Ohio Rev Code § 5577.041 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5577 | Load Limits on Highways|Section 5577.041 | Maximum Axle Load, Wheel Load, and Gross Weights for Solid-Tired Vehicles.

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