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Ohio Rev Code § 5501.49 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.49 | Lift Bridge Inspection.

Effective: June 30, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 67 - 127th General Assembly|(A) The director of transportation is responsible for the construction, reconstruction, major maintenance and repair, and operation of all bridges located on the state highway system within a municipal corporation. The public entity responsible for maintaining the pavements and sidewalks on either end of the bridge is responsible for the routine maintenance of all bridges located on the state highway system within the municipal corporation.(B) The director may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a county, upon mutually agreeable terms, for the municipal corporation or county to operate and perform major maintenance and repair on any bridge located on the state highway system within the municipal corporation or county.(C) The director is not required to obtain the consent of a municipal corporation prior to the performance of any major bridge maintenance and repair. Except in an emergency, the director shall give a municipal corporation reasonable notice prior to the performance of any work that will affect the flow of traffic. No utilities, signs, or other appurtenances shall be attached to a bridge without the prior written consent of the director.(D) As used in this section:(1) Major and routine maintenance and repair relates to all elements of a bridge, including abutments, wingwalls, and headwalls but excluding approach fill and approach slab, and appurtenances thereto.(2) "Major maintenance" includes the painting of a bridge, and the repair of deteriorated or damaged elements of bridge decks, including emergency patching of bridge decks, to restore the structural integrity of a bridge.(3) "Routine maintenance" includes without limitation, clearing debris from the deck, sweeping, snow and ice removal, minor wearing surface patching, cleaning bridge drainage systems, marking decks for traffic control, minor and emergency repairs to railing and appurtenances, emergency patching of deck, and maintenance of traffic signal and lighting systems, including the supply of electrical power.(4) "Operation" relates solely to lift bridges and to those expenses that are necessary for the routine, daily operation of a lift bridge, such as payroll, workers' compensation and retirement payments, and the cost of utilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.51 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.51 | Reimbursing Utility for Facilities Relocated by Highway Project.

Effective: July 1, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The state shall reimburse a utility for the cost of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by the construction of a highway project only in the event that the utility can evidence a vested interest in the nature of a fee interest, an easement interest, or a lesser estate in the real property it occupies in the event that the utility possesses a vested interest in such property. The utility shall present evidence satisfactory to the state substantiating the cost of relocation. The director may audit all financial records which the director determines necessary to verify such actual costs. (B) The director of transportation may establish and enforce such rules and procedures as the director may determine to be necessary to assure consistency governing any and all aspects of the cost of utility relocations. The director may adopt such amendments to such rules as are necessary and within the guidelines of this section.(C) As used in this section:(1) "Cost of relocation" includes the actual cost paid by a utility directly attributable to relocation after deducting any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility.(2) "Utility" includes all of the following:(a) Publicly, privately, and cooperatively owned utilities that are subject to the authority of the public utilities commission of Ohio;(b) A cable operator as defined in the "Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984," 98 Stat. 2780, 47 U.S.C. 522, as amended by the "Telecommunications Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 56, 47 U.S.C. 151, and includes the provision of other information or telecommunications services, or both;(c) An electric cooperative and a municipal electric utility, both as defined in section 4928.01 of the Revised Code;(d) County-owned or county-operated water and sewer facilities.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.52 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.52 | Annual Reports Summarizing State and Federal Money Spent on Highway Projects.

Effective: July 1, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 381 - 118th General Assembly|Not later than the thirty-first day of December of each year, the Ohio department of transportation shall submit reports to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives summarizing, by county and by project, the amounts of state and federal money spent on encumbered for highway projects during the preceding fiscal year. The summaries shall indicate whether a project is for new construction, reconstruction, repair, or maintenance; when it was commenced and when it was or is expected to be completed; the total amount that has been spent on the project; and what the total cost of the project will be when it is completed. Upon request, a copy of the summaries required by this section shall be made available to any county engineer or member of the general assembly.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.53 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.53 | Private Contribution Money to Support Highways and Roads Used by Animal-Drawn Vehicles.

Effective: January 1, 2018|Latest Legislation:  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 § 5501.56 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.56 | System Safety Program Plan.

Effective: July 1, 2015|Latest Legislation:  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 § 5501.74 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.74 | Termination of Public-Private Agreement.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  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.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.75 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.75 | Material Default by Operator.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly|(A) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of material default by an operator, not related to an event of force majeure, the department of transportation may do the following: (1) Elect to take over the transportation facility, including the succession of all right, title, and interest in the transportation facility, subject to any liens on revenues previously granted by the private entity;(2) Terminate the public-private agreement and exercise any other available rights and remedies.(B) In the event that the department elects to take over a transportation facility, the department shall collect and pay any revenues that are subject to lien to satisfy any obligation and may do the following:(1) Develop and operate the transportation facility, impose user fees for the use of the transportation facility, and comply with any service contracts;(2) Solicit proposals for the maintenance and operation of the transportation facility under section 5501.71 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.76 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.76 | Issuance of Obligations.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly|Obligations may be issued under section 5531.10 of the Revised Code for the purpose of providing funds to carry out sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code with respect to the development or financing of a transportation facility.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.78 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.78 | Exemption From Ad Valorem Property Taxes and Special Assessments.

Effective: September 11, 2014|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 533 - 130th General Assembly|A transportation facility and any tangible personal property used exclusively with a transportation facility that is owned by the department of transportation and leased, licensed, financed, or otherwise conveyed to an operator, or that is acquired, constructed, or otherwise provided by an operator on behalf of the department, is exempt from all ad valorem property taxes and special assessments levied against property by the state or any political subdivision of the state. Building and construction materials that will be incorporated into a transportation facility pursuant to a public-private agreement are exempt from the taxes imposed under Chapters 5739. and 5741. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.79 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.79 | Acquisition of Property.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly|The department of transportation, in the same manner and for the same transportation purposes established in section 5519.01 of the Revised Code, may acquire property, rights-of-way, or other rights in property for transportation use in connection with transportation projects that are part of a public-private initiative in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code. If the department proposes to acquire property, rights-of-way, or other rights in property for such transportation use at the request of a private entity, the acquisition shall be by the department, in accordance with Chapter 163. of the Revised Code and only if the director of transportation first makes a finding that the acquisition is for a public transportation use and serves the public transportation purposes of sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code; the director also shall require the private party to pay the costs of the acquisition.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.80 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.80 | Law Enforcement Officers; Powers.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly|All law enforcement officers of the state and of an affected local jurisdiction shall have the same powers and jurisdiction within the limits of the transportation facility as they have in their respective areas of jurisdiction and access to the transportation facility at any time for the purpose of exercising such powers and jurisdiction.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.81 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.81 | Crossing or Relocation of Facility.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly|An operator under sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code and any utility whose facility is to be crossed or relocated shall cooperate fully in planning and arranging the manner of the crossing or relocation of the utility facility.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.82 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.82 | Sovereign Immunity.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly|Nothing in sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code shall be construed or deemed to affect any waiver of the sovereign immunity of the state or any officer or employee of the state with respect to the participation in or approval of all or any part of the transportation facility or its operation.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.83 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.83 | Adoption of Rules.

Effective: June 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 114 - 129th General Assembly|The department of transportation may adopt rules under Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to carry out sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5502.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety|Section 5502.02 | State Highway Patrol Retirement System - Mandatory Membership.

Effective: June 30, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 87 - 125th General Assembly|All expenditures for the administration and enforcement of motor vehicle and traffic laws by the department of public safety shall be paid out of moneys derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles as provided in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution.
Ohio Rev Code § 5502.03 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety|Section 5502.03 | Division of Homeland Security.

Effective: July 1, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly|(A) There is hereby created in the department of public safety a division of homeland security.(B) The division shall do all of the following:(1) Coordinate all homeland security activities of all state agencies and be the liaison between state agencies and local entities for the purposes of communicating homeland security funding and policy initiatives;(2) Collect, analyze, maintain, and disseminate information to support local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, other government agencies, and private organizations in detecting, deterring, preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from threatened or actual terrorist events. This information is not a public record pursuant to section 149.43 of the Revised Code.(3) Coordinate efforts of state and local governments and private organizations to enhance the security and protection of critical infrastructure, including casino facilities, and key assets in this state;(4) Develop and coordinate policies, protocols, and strategies that may be used to prevent, detect, prepare for, respond to, and recover from terrorist acts or threats;(5) Develop, update, and coordinate the implementation of an Ohio homeland security strategic plan that will guide state and local governments in the achievement of homeland security in this state.(C) The director of public safety shall appoint an executive director, who shall be head of the division of homeland security and who regularly shall advise the governor and the director on matters pertaining to homeland security. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the director of public safety. To carry out the duties assigned under this section, the executive director, subject to the direction and control of the director of public safety, may appoint and maintain necessary staff and may enter into any necessary agreements.(D) Except as otherwise provided by law, nothing in this section shall be construed to give the director of public safety or the executive director of the division of homeland security authority over the incident management structure or responsibilities of local emergency response personnel.
Ohio Rev Code § 5502.031 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety|Section 5502.031 | Regulation of Amateur Radio Service Communications and Structures.

Effective: August 15, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 158 - 129th General Assembly|(A) As used in this section: (1) "Amateur radio service" means the amateur service, the amateur-satellite service, and the radio amateur civil emergency service as provided for under 47 C.F.R. part 97.(2) "Amateur station" means a station in an amateur radio service consisting of the apparatus necessary for carrying on radio communications.(3) "Legislative authority" means the following:(a) With respect to a county, any county rural zoning commission, board of county commissioners, or county board of zoning appeals;(b) With respect to a township, any township zoning commission, board of township trustees, or township board of zoning appeals;(c) With respect to a municipal corporation, the legislative authority of any municipal corporation, a planning commission established under section 713.01 of the Revised Code, or an administrative board created under section 713.11 of the Revised Code.(B) Sections 303.01 to 303.25, 303.99, 519.01 to 519.25, 519.99, and 713.06 to 713.15 of the Revised Code do not confer on any legislative authority the authority to preclude amateur radio service communications. Any rules adopted under those sections by a legislative authority to regulate amateur radio service shall comply with the following limitations:(1) The legislative authority shall not restrict the height or location of amateur station antenna structures in such a way as to prevent effective amateur radio service communications and shall comply with 47 C.F.R. 97.15.(2) The rules shall reasonably accommodate amateur station communications and shall constitute the minimum practicable regulation necessary to accomplish the legislative authority's purpose.(C) Any legislative authority that denies an application for approval of an amateur station antenna structure shall state the reasons for the denial and shall, on appeal, bear the burden of proving that the authority's actions are consistent with this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 5502.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety|Section 5502.05 | Driver's License Examination Section.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|There is hereby created in the department of public safety, a driver's license examination section. The director of public safety may appoint necessary driver's license examiners and clerical personnel necessary to carry out the duties assigned under this section. The examiners shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the state and shall have such additional qualifications as the director prescribes.The salaries and classifications of examiners and personnel shall be fixed in accordance with section 124.15 or 124.152 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5502.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety|Section 5502.06 | Duty of Examiners.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|Driver's license examiners assigned to the driver's license examination section shall conduct all examinations for driver's licenses as required by sections 4507.01 to 4507.36 of the Revised Code, subject to the rules issued by the registrar of motor vehicles.
Ohio Rev Code § 5502.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5502 | Department of Public Safety|Section 5502.07 | Training Schools for Examiners.

Effective: September 10, 2012|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 487 - 129th General Assembly|The director of public safety may conduct training schools for prospective driver's license examiners and may establish rules governing the qualifications for admission to such schools and provide for competitive examinations to determine the fitness of such students for prospective examiners, not inconsistent with the rules of the director of administrative services.