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Ohio Rev Code § 5501.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.17 | Assistants to Prepare Plans and Surveys - Contracts With Planning Commissions.

Effective: July 1, 2013|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 51 - 130th General Assembly|The director of transportation may employ such assistants as are necessary to prepare plans and surveys. Compensation paid for the preparation of plans, surveys, and specifications shall be regarded as a part of the cost and expense of the improvement for which they were made and shall be paid from funds set aside for the improvement. The director may appoint additional clerks and stenographers, and such other engineers, inspectors, technicians, and other employees as are necessary to carry out Chapters 4561., 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code. All such technicians employed under the authority of this section shall be eligible to receive pay during periods of on the job training or while attending special training schools conducted by the department of transportation. Such employees and appointees, in addition to their salaries, shall receive their actual necessary traveling expenses when on official business.The director may contract with regional, county, or municipal planning commissions or county engineers having adequate staffs, and with planning agencies of adjacent states, for the preparation of comprehensive transportation and land use studies and major thoroughfare reports, or parts thereof, and pay the commissions, county engineers, or planning agencies of adjacent states for such work from funds available to the department.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.21 | Department Seal - Records, Documents - Deposition of Director.

Effective: July 3, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly|The director of transportation shall provide a seal of the department of transportation, which shall be inscribed: "State of Ohio, Department of Transportation."Copies of records or parts thereof, and copies of any plan, drawing, document, or paper writing in the department when certified by the director to be true and correct copies of the record, plan, drawing, document, or paper writing and attested by the seal of the department shall be received in evidence in the courts of the state in the same manner and with the same effect as though the record, plan, drawing, document, or paper writing were offered. Any such copy as may be required by any party to any suit, upon request of such party, shall be furnished by the director.The director need not produce in any court an original paper or electronic record, plan, drawing, or other document.All records, plans, and other documents and drawings of the department shall be open to the inspection of any interested person, subject to such reasonable rules as to the time of inspection and as to supervision, as the director prescribes.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.22 | Actions Against Director.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The director of transportation shall not be suable, either as a sole defendant or jointly with other defendants, in any court outside Franklin county except in actions brought by a railroad company under section 4957.30 of the Revised Code, or by a property owner to prevent the taking of property without due process of law, in which case suit may be brought in the county where such property is situated, or in any action otherwise specifically provided for in Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5512., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.23 | Lectures by Director.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  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 § 5501.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.24 | Director May Call Conference.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The director of transportation may call into conference any employee of the department of transportation or the officials of any county, township, or municipal corporation for any purpose connected with the director's official duties. Any employee of the department so called into conference shall be entitled to receive his actual and necessary expenses in addition to his salary.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.25 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.25 | Bond of Employees.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  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 § 5501.27 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.27 | Increased Penalties for Traffic Violations in Construction Zone.

Effective: June 1, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 52 - 125th General Assembly|(A) The director of transportation shall adopt rules that do the following:(1) Rules governing the posting of signs advising motorists that increased penalties apply for certain traffic violations occurring on streets or highways in a construction zone;(2) Rules governing the posting of signs to be used pursuant to section 2903.081 of the Revised Code giving notice to motorists of the prohibitions set forth in sections 2903.06 and 2903.08 of the Revised Code regarding the death of or injury to any person in a construction zone as a proximate result of a reckless operation offense or speeding offense.(B) The rules required under divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section shall include guidelines to determine which areas are appropriate to the posting of such signs. The guidelines may include consideration of the following: the duration of the work on the street or highway, the proximity of workers to moving traffic, the existence of any unusual or hazardous conditions, the volume of traffic on the street or highway, and any other appropriate factors. The director shall formulate design specifications for the signs described in division (A)(1) of this section advising motorists of the increased penalties and the signs described in division (A)(2) of this section notifying motorists of the prohibitions set forth in sections 2903.06 and 2903.08 of the Revised Code regarding the death of or injury to any person in a construction zone as a proximate result of a reckless operation offense or speeding offense as described in that division. For purposes of traffic violation penalties, nothing in this section is intended to conflict with any standard set forth in the federal manual of uniform traffic control devices for streets and highways.(C) As used in this section and in section 4511.98 of the Revised Code, "construction zone" means that lane or portion of street or highway open to vehicular traffic and adjacent to a lane, berm, or shoulder of a street or highway within which lane, berm, or shoulder construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, or any other work of a repair or maintenance nature, including public utility work, is being conducted, commencing with the point where the first worker or piece of equipment is located and ending where the last worker or piece of equipment is located.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.32 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.32 | Purchase of Real Property for Highway Purposes.

Effective: April 5, 2001|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 295 - 123rd General Assembly|The director of transportation may purchase property in fee simple in the name of the state by warranty deed, and all or any part of a tract of land when the acquisition of a part of the land needed for highway purposes will result in substantial damages to the residue by severance, controlled access, or isolation. The warranty deed shall contain a description of the property suitable for platting on tax maps. 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 § 5501.33 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.33 | Accepting Donations of Real Property.

Effective: June 21, 1990|Latest Legislation:  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 § 5501.331 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.331 | Deed for Donated Property.

Effective: June 21, 1990|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 185 - 118th General Assembly|If an interest in real property is donated under section 5501.33 of the Revised Code before adoption of an environmental document prepared by the department of transportation for the highway project, the deed by which the donation is made shall clearly state each of the following:(A) All alternatives to a proposed alignment of the highway project shall be studied and considered pursuant to the "National Environmental Policy Act of 1969," 83 Stat. 852, 42 U.S.C.A. 4321 et seq., as amended.(B) Acceptance of the donation shall not influence the environmental assessment of the highway project, including the decision relative to the need to construct the project or selection of its specific location.(C) The donated interest shall revert to the grantor or his successors or assigns if the interest is not required for the alignment chosen for the highway project after public hearings, if hearings are required, and adoption of the environmental document.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.332 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.332 | Deed Releasing Donated Property.

Effective: September 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly|Upon the occurrence of the condition stated in a deed pursuant to division (C) of section 5501.331 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall prepare and issue a certification of the occurrence to the grantor or the grantor's successors or assigns, the governor, and the director of administrative services. Upon receipt of the certification, the director of administrative services, with the assistance of the attorney general, shall prepare a deed releasing the property donated under section 5501.33 of the Revised Code to the grantor or the grantor's successors or assigns. The deed shall declare the occurrence of the condition and the consequent reversion. The deed shall be executed by the governor, countersigned by the secretary of state, recorded in the office of the director of administrative services, and delivered to the grantor or the grantor's successors or assigns. Last updated August 11, 2021 at 1:34 PM
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.38 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.38 | Reusing Petroleum Contaminated Sands, Gravel and Soils as Highway Construction Materials.

Effective: June 30, 1997|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 215 - 122nd General Assembly|The director of transportation has determined that it is feasible to use in the construction of highways sands, gravel, and soils that contain varying amounts of petroleum products resulting from the upgrading of underground storage tanks. In order to maximize the beneficial reuse of these petroleum contaminated sands, gravel, and soils, the director shall establish a program to promote the reuse of these materials as highway construction materials.Not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, the director of transportation, in consultation with the chief of the bureau of underground storage tanks and the director of environmental protection, shall issue highway construction specifications that facilitate the reuse of petroleum contaminated sands, gravel, and soils that are removed during the repair, removal, or closure of underground storage tanks that are under the jurisdiction of the chief of the bureau of underground storage tanks. Following issuance of the specifications, the director of transportation shall prepare and distribute to any interested party information describing the program of the department to facilitate the reuse of such petroleum contaminated sands, gravel, and soils in the construction of highways.In order to accumulate a sufficient and ready supply of petroleum contaminated sands, gravel, and soils that meet the specifications, the director of transportation is authorized to construct and operate temporary covered structures in locations that are in close proximity to highway projects and accumulate bulk quantities of these sands, gravel, and soils for reuse. These materials shall be made available to the department of transportation and its contractors for reuse on highway construction projects.As used in this section, "petroleum" has the same meaning as in division (J) of section 3737.87 of the Revised Code, except that it does not include used oil.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.39 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.39 | Research Laboratory.

Effective: November 23, 1977|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 221 - 112th General Assembly|The director of transportation shall maintain a laboratory of research and tests and employ qualified personnel to conduct research pertaining to materials, supplies, and equipment used in road construction and maintenance and to test materials, supplies, and equipment used in the construction and maintenance of the state highway system. The director may make tests of road building materials for authorities of any county, municipal corporation, township, or other subdivision of the state. When the director makes such tests he shall collect from such county, municipal corporation, township, or other subdivision of the state a fee sufficient to cover the actual cost of making such tests. The fees collected shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the state highway operating fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.40 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.40 | Housing and Care of Equipment.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The director of transportation may secure suitable buildings for housing, storing, caring for, and keeping in repair, automobiles, motor trucks, road machinery, and other equipment owned by the department of transportation. Such buildings may be secured by purchase or lease or by the purchase of a suitable site and the erection thereon of suitable buildings. The director may equip such buildings with the necessary tools and equipment for the care and repair of such automobiles, trucks, machinery, and other equipment. The expense incurred by the director in providing such sites and buildings, and storing, housing, caring for, and repairing such automobiles, trucks, machinery, and equipment, shall be paid from any available funds of the department.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.41 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.41 | Removal of Snow and Ice.

Effective: July 3, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 62 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The director of transportation may remove snow and ice from state highways, purchase the necessary equipment including snow fences, employ the necessary labor, and make all contracts necessary to enable such removal. The director may remove snow and ice from the state highways within municipal corporations, but before doing so the director must obtain the consent of the legislative authority of such municipal corporation. The board of county commissioners on county highways, and the board of township trustees on township roads, shall have the same authority to purchase equipment for the removal of and to remove snow and ice as the director has on the state highway system.(B)(1) The director may provide road salt to a political subdivision if all of the following apply:(a) The director has excess road salt.(b) The political subdivision is otherwise unable to acquire road salt.(c) The political subdivision is in an emergency situation.(2) The director shall seek reimbursement from a political subdivision for road salt provided under this division. The reimbursement amount shall equal the price at which the director purchased the road salt.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.42 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.42 | Supervision of Trees and Shrubs.

Effective: September 28, 1973|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly|The director of transportation shall have supervision and control of all trees and shrubs within the limits of a state highway. The department of agriculture or other proper department may, with the consent of the director of transportation, take charge of the care of such trees, and such department, in the event it takes charge of such trees, may, with the consent of the director of transportation, plant additional trees within the limits of a state highway. The cost and expense of caring for or planting such trees may be paid out of any funds available to the director or for the development of forestry of the state.The director may cut, trim, or remove any grass, shrubs, trees, or weeds growing or being within the limits of a state highway.The powers conferred by this section upon the director shall be exercised only when made necessary by the construction or maintenance of the highway or for the safety of the traveling public.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.43 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.43 | Contracts in Name of State.

Effective: September 17, 1996|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly|Any contract made by the director of transportation under Chapters 4561., 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code shall be made in the name of the state and executed on its behalf by the director. No appointee of the director, other than the assistant directors of transportation, may bind the director in a contract, except when given general or special authority by the director.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.451 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.451 | Leasing State Lands for Erecting Advertising Devices.

Effective: May 15, 1997|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 85 - 122nd General Assembly|In accordance with section 5501.45 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall implement a program allowing, by lease or permit, the use of lands owned by the state and acquired or used for the state highway system or for highways or in connection with highways or as incidental to the acquisition of land for highways by persons erecting advertising devices on the property. The program shall be operated in accordance with guidelines in effect on January 1, 1996.Nothing in this section shall prohibit or restrict the director from determining that property on which an advertising device is located has become necessary for state highway or recreation purposes and terminating a lease or permit. Nothing in this section shall require the director to maintain a lease or permit at a specific location or prohibit the director from modifying the terms of a specific lease or permit.As used in this section "advertising device" has the same meaning as in section 5516.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.46 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.46 | Conveying Land to Department of Transportation by Other State Agencies and Political Subdivisions.

Effective: July 22, 1994|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 715 - 120th General Assembly|Notwithstanding section 9.70 and Chapters 123., 339., 501., 511., 721., 723., 747., 749., 759., 903., 3301., 3313., 3337., 3339., 3341., 3343., 3349., and 3375. of the Revised Code, the various departments of state, institutions, commissions, subdivisions, and districts of the state, and other public agencies, without competitive bidding, may grant, convey, or transfer real property to the department of transportation in fee simple or in any such lesser estate as it determines and for such consideration as is mutually agreed upon, provided that any such transactions under authority of this section with a valuation of forty thousand dollars or more shall first be approved by the state controlling board. Any title to such property or lands taken shall be taken in the name of the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 5501.48 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5501 | Department of Transportation|Section 5501.48 | Toll Bridge Inspection.

Effective: June 30, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly|The operator of a toll bridge located entirely or partly in the state shall inspect such bridge on a schedule established by the director of transportation, but at least once every twenty-four months. The operator shall file a copy of the inspection report with the director. Inspection shall be made or supervised by a professional engineer. Last updated April 12, 2021 at 9:55 AM