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Ohio Rev Code § 5531.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.13 | Acquisition of Property.

Effective: September 11, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The director of transportation may acquire or dispose of any public or private property or interests therein that the director determines to be necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, repair, maintenance, administration, or operation of toll projects in the same manner as the director may acquire or dispose of such property for transportation facilities or highway purposes, under sections 5501.311 to 5501.34 and 5501.45 and Chapter 5519. of the Revised Code. (B) The director may enter into any contracts the director determines to be necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, repair, maintenance, administration, or operation of toll projects in the manner provided in Chapter 5525. of the Revised Code or pursuant to a public-private agreement under sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code.(C) The director may enter into any professional contracts the director determines to be necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, repair, maintenance, administration, or operation of toll projects in the manner provided in Chapter 5526. of the Revised Code or pursuant to a public-private agreement under sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code.(D) User fees and accounts within the Ohio toll fund established in section 5531.14 of the Revised Code may be used for the acquisition of property under division (A) of this section or pursuant to contracts entered into under division (B) or (C) of this section to the same extent permitted by section 5531.14 of the Revised Code with respect to obligations.
Ohio Rev Code § 5531.141 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.141 | Electronic Collection of Fees.

Effective: September 11, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The department of transportation may collect a user fee by utilizing a system of collection that is capable of charging an account holder the appropriate user fee by transmission of information from an electronic toll collection device on a motor vehicle. In addition, for any motor vehicle that does not use an electronic toll collection device, the department may utilize an electronic-monitoring system for user fee collection. (B)(1) If a motor vehicle uses a toll project and the user fee is not paid through an electronic toll collection device or otherwise, the toll project operator first shall use the electronic-monitoring system for the toll project to determine if the registered owner of the motor vehicle has established an account for the payment of the user fee. If such an account has been established, the toll project operator shall charge the account holder the appropriate user fee. If the toll project operator cannot locate an established account, or if the toll project operator locates an established account but the account cannot be charged the appropriate user fee, the toll project operator may send by regular first class mail an invoice for the unpaid user fee. The toll project operator shall include with the invoice the information described in section 5531.143 of the Revised Code. The toll project operator shall send the invoice to the registered owner of the motor vehicle as shown in the records of either of the following:(a) The bureau of motor vehicles;(b) The department, division, bureau, office, or other unit of government of any other state or jurisdiction that is functionally equivalent to the bureau of motor vehicles.(2) With respect to any user fee and any associated administrative fee, the toll project operator, in the toll project operator's sole discretion, may determine not to pursue collection of that user fee or administrative fee or to terminate collection measures in relation to that user fee or administrative fee.
Ohio Rev Code § 5531.142 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.142 | Invoices.

Effective: September 11, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly|(A) A person or entity that receives an invoice under section 5531.141 of the Revised Code or a late notice under division (C) of this section shall do one of the following: (1) Pay the user fee and any administrative fee set forth in the invoice or late notice directly to the toll project operator within thirty-five days after the date of mailing of the invoice or late notice;(2) File with the toll project operator a notice to contest liability for the unpaid user fee within thirty-five days after the date of the mailing of the invoice or late notice by utilizing the form provided with the invoice or late notice under section 5531.143 of the Revised Code;(3) If the registered owner is a motor vehicle leasing dealer or a motor vehicle renting dealer, notify the toll project operator within thirty-five days after the date of mailing of the invoice or late notice of the name and address of the person who was the lessee or renter of the motor vehicle at the time the user fee was incurred. A motor vehicle leasing dealer or a motor vehicle renting dealer that receives an invoice or late notice shall not pay a user fee or any administrative fee and subsequently attempt to collect a fee or assess the lessee or renter a charge in excess of the amount actually paid on behalf of the lessee or renter.(B) Upon receipt of the name and address of the lessee or renter of a motor vehicle provided by a motor vehicle leasing dealer or motor vehicle renting dealer under division (A)(3) of this section, the toll project operator shall send an invoice to the lessee or renter of the motor vehicle as described in section 5531.141 of the Revised Code. The toll project operator shall send all subsequent late notices for the unpaid user fees to the lessee or renter, and the motor vehicle renting or leasing dealer has no further liability for unpaid user fees or administrative fees under this chapter.(C) If a registered owner fails to pay or contest an invoice within thirty-five days after the date of mailing of the invoice, the toll project operator may send to the registered owner by regular first class mail a late notice containing the information described in section 5531.143 of the Revised Code. The toll project operator may charge an administrative fee for each late notice, the purpose of which is to enable the toll project operator to recover the expenses of collecting the unpaid user fee. The director of transportation shall establish the amount of the administrative fee by rule.
Ohio Rev Code § 5531.143 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.143 | Contents of Invoices.

Effective: September 11, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly|A toll project operator shall include with each invoice and late notice all of the following: (A) The registered owner's name and current known address;(B) Descriptions and amounts of all user fees and administrative fees assessed;(C) A request for payment within thirty-five days after the date of mailing of such invoice or late notice;(D) A warning of the potential consequences for failing to pay the total amount due as indicated in such invoice or late notice, including additional fees and penalties, potential court summons, and inability to renew motor vehicle registrations;(E) Information for disputing the invoice or late notice and a form that a person may use to file a notice to contest liability for a user fee or administrative fee;(F) Contact information for the customer service center for the applicable toll project; and(G) Information about obtaining an electronic toll collection device and establishing an electronic toll collection account.
Ohio Rev Code § 5531.147 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.147 | When Collection Procedures Prohibited.

Effective: September 11, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly|A toll project operator shall not initiate collection procedures that are regulated by federal law against a registered owner in any of the following circumstances: (A) During the thirty-five-day period after the date of mailing of an invoice or a late notice to the registered owner;(B) The registered owner has timely submitted a notice to contest liability for a user fee or any administrative fee to the toll project operator. The toll project operator may initiate collection procedures that are regulated by federal law against such a registered owner if, at the hearing conducted by the hearing officer described in section 5533.144 of the Revised Code, the hearing officer finds that the registered owner is liable for payment of the user fee or administrative fee at issue and the registered owner does not pay the fee at issue in full within thirty-five days after the hearing officer makes the finding. (C) The registered owner has filed a request for an appeal hearing with the municipal court or county court having jurisdiction over the location of the toll project. The toll project operator may initiate collection procedures that are regulated by federal law against such a registered owner if, at the appeal hearing conducted by the municipal court or county court described in section 5533.144 of the Revised Code, the court finds that the registered owner is liable for payment of the user fee or administrative fee at issue and the registered owner does not pay the fee at issue in full within thirty-five days after the court issues a ruling to that effect. (D) The toll project operator has filed a civil suit against the registered owner in the municipal court or county court having jurisdiction over the location of the toll project.
Ohio Rev Code § 5531.149 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.149 | Compensation of Bureau.

Effective: July 1, 2017|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly|(A) A toll project operator shall compensate the bureau of motor vehicles for its actions in enforcing sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code with respect to the registered owner of a motor vehicle that is titled or registered in this state. The toll project operator shall provide such compensation by collecting and paying to the bureau, on a monthly basis, an administrative fee of five dollars for each certificate of registration issuance prevention order sent to and processed by the bureau under sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code. The bureau shall deposit all money it collects under this division in the state treasury to the credit of the public safety - highway purposes fund created in section 4501.06 of the Revised Code.(B) The director of transportation may enter into an agreement with the department, division, bureau, office, or other unit of government of any other state or jurisdiction that is functionally equivalent to the department of transportation or the bureau of motor vehicles for the purpose of enforcing sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code with respect to the registered owner of a motor vehicle that is titled or registered in such other state or jurisdiction and utilizes a toll project. The agreement may provide for the denial in such other state or jurisdiction of the issuance of a new or renewal motor vehicle certificate of registration in the name of that person and the denial of any motor vehicle certificate of registration for the motor vehicle that utilized a toll project for which the required user fee or associated administrative fee was not paid by the registered owner.
Ohio Rev Code § 5531.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.15 | Rules for Control and Regulation of Toll Projects.

Effective: September 11, 2014|Latest Legislation:  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 § 5531.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.16 | Maintenance and Repair of Toll Projects.

Effective: September 11, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly|(A) Each toll project shall be maintained and kept in good condition and repair by the department of transportation or in accordance with the terms of a public-private agreement pursuant to sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code. Toll projects shall be operated by toll collectors and other employees and agents that the department employs or contracts for. Toll projects shall be policed by the state highway patrol in accordance with section 5503.02 of the Revised Code; provided, that the state highway patrol also shall enforce all rules of the department adopted under division (A) of section 5531.15 of the Revised Code that relate to the operation and use of vehicles on a toll project and that are punishable under division (A) of section 5531.99 of the Revised Code. (B) An action for damages against the state for any public or private property damaged or destroyed in carrying out the powers granted by sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code shall be filed in the court of claims pursuant to Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code.(C) All governmental agencies may lease, lend, grant, or convey to the department of transportation at its request, upon terms that the proper authorities of the governmental agencies consider reasonable and fair and without the necessity for an advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any property that is necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the purposes of sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code, including public roads and other property already devoted to public use.(D) Each bridge constituting part of a toll project shall be considered a bridge on the state highway system for purposes of sections 5501.47 and 5501.49 of the Revised Code.(E) In accordance with Chapter 5501. of the Revised Code, the department of transportation shall make an annual report of its toll project activities for the preceding calendar year to the governor and the general assembly.
Ohio Rev Code § 5531.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.17 | Exemption From Taxation.

Effective: July 1, 2009|Latest Legislation:  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 § 5531.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.18 | Application to Construct and Operate a Toll Project.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly|The director of transportation shall establish a procedure whereby a political subdivision or other governmental agency or agencies may submit a written application to the director requesting the department of transportation to construct and operate a toll project within the boundaries of the subdivision, agency, or agencies making the request. The procedure shall include a requirement that the director send a written reply to the subdivision, agency, or agencies explaining the disposition of the request.
Ohio Rev Code § 5531.30 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.30 | Agreements With Federal Agencies.

Effective: July 1, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly|(A)(1) The director of transportation may enter into agreements and cooperate with the United States department of transportation, or any other appropriate federal agency as provided in 23 U.S.C. 325 to 327 and as authorized under the "Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21)," 126 Stat. 405 (2012); the "Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)," 119 Stat. 1144 (2005); and the "National Environmental Policy Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 852 (1970). Pursuant to such an agreement the director may assume certain responsibilities of the secretary of the United States department of transportation, and take any other actions required by any such agreement or by such federal laws.(2) The director may adopt any rules necessary to implement an agreement pursuant to division (A) of this section and carry out any duties imposed under such an agreement.(3) The director may make expenditures of money in connection with an agreement authorized under division (A)(1) of this section from any funds of the department of transportation that are available to the director.(B) Notwithstanding Chapter 2743. of the Revised Code, this state hereby waives its immunity from civil liability, including the immunity from suit in a federal court under the eleventh amendment to the United States Constitution, and consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts over its civil liability with regard to the compliance, discharge, or enforcement of the responsibilities assumed under division (A) of this section in accordance with the same procedural and substantive requirements applicable to a suit against a federal agency. Division (B) of this section applies only to actions that are authorized under division (A) of this section and does not create liability that exceeds the liability created under 23 U.S.C. 325 to 327.
Ohio Rev Code § 5531.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation|Section 5531.99 | Penalties.

Effective: July 1, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 2 - 128th General Assembly|(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates division (C) of section 5531.15 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B) Whoever violates division (C) of section 5531.15 of the Revised Code when the violation is a civil violation for failure to comply with toll collection rules is subject to a fee or charge established by the department of transportation by rule.
Ohio Rev Code § 5533.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5533 | Memorial Highways|Section 5533.01 | Markers on State and Federal Highways at Points Crossed by Morgan's Raiders.

Effective: September 29, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 141 - 131st General Assembly|The director of transportation and the director of the Ohio history connection, by agreement, may erect suitable markers on all state and federal highways, at points crossed by Morgan's raiders in 1863.
Ohio Rev Code § 5533.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5533 | Memorial Highways|Section 5533.02 | Atlantic and Pacific Highway.

Effective: October 1, 1953|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly|The road known as state highway number seven, extending along the Ohio river between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Gallipolis, Ohio, and through the counties of Hamilton, Clermont, Brown, Adams, Scioto, Lawrence, and Gallia and through the municipal corporations of Cincinnati, New Richmond, Neville, Higginsport, Ripley, Aberdeen, Manchester, Portsmouth, Ironton, Proctorville, and Gallipolis is designated as "the Atlantic and Pacific highway". In Rome township, Lawrence county, the said Atlantic and Pacific highway shall follow state highway number five hundred and nine instead of number seven.
Ohio Rev Code § 5533.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5533 | Memorial Highways|Section 5533.03 | Grand Army of the Republic Highway.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The road known as United States route number six, extending across the northern portion of the state through the counties of Williams, Henry, Wood, Sandusky, Erie, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula and through the municipal corporations of Byran, Napoleon, Bowling Green, Fremont, Sandusky, Lorain, Cleveland, and Chardon shall be known as "the Grand Army of the Republic highway."The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon said highway indicating its name.
Ohio Rev Code § 5533.04 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5533 | Memorial Highways|Section 5533.04 | General Mcpherson Highway.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The road known as United States route number twenty, extending across the northern portion of the state through the counties of Williams, Fulton, Lucas, Wood, Sanduksy, Huron, Lorain, Cuyahoga, Lake, and Ashtabula and through the municipal corporations of Fremont, Norwalk, Elyria, Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula shall be known as the "General McPherson highway."The director of transportation may erect suitable markers upon said highway indicating its name.