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Ohio Rev Code § 5593.05 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.05 | Bridge Commission of County or City Appointed.

Effective: March 20, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly|Upon the passage of a resolution provided by section 5593.04 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of the county or the legislative authority of the city shall appoint three persons who shall constitute the bridge commission of such county or city, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party. The bridge commissioners shall immediately enter upon their duties and hold office until the expiration of two, four, and six years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, the term of each to be designated by the board or the legislative authority of the city. Their successors shall be appointed for the term of six years, excepting that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term, and any commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment. The commissioners, before entering upon their duties, shall take, subscribe, and file an oath of office as required by Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, each commissioner shall execute a bond, approved by the board or legislative authority, in the penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned according to law, which bond shall be filed and recorded as other bonds required of county or city officials.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.06 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.06 | Organization of Commission - Inspection of Bridges.

Effective: September 4, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly|Upon the appointment and qualification of the members of any county or city bridge commission, they shall at once proceed to organize. Each such commission shall appoint a vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer, and the commission of any county or city shall elect a chairman. Each member of a county or city bridge commission shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of the city appointing such commission, not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and the necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of the duties of his office. All salaries and compensations shall be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of such sections, and no such commission shall exercise or carry out any authority given it to bind such commission beyond the extent to which money has been or may be provided under such sections.Each bridge operated entirely or in part by a bridge commission shall be inspected by a professional engineer employed or retained by such commission at least once each year.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.07 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.07 | Restrictions as to Members or Employees of Bridge Commissions.

Effective: September 4, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly|No person while in the employ of or holding any official relation to any person, firm, or corporation selling or furnishing any materials entering into the construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of any bridge constructed or acquired by the county or city bridge commission, or who is pecuniarily interested therein as a stockholder or otherwise shall be a member of the county or city bridge commission. No such commission shall appoint any person as engineer, superintendent, or foreman sustaining such relation to such person, firm, or corporation. No such engineer, superintendent, or foreman shall thereafter become in any way connected with or interested in any such person, firm, or corporation while in the employ of such commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.11 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.11 | Bonds Not a Debt of State.

Effective: October 30, 1989|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly|Bridge revenue bonds issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, but such bonds are payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, or by funds derived from the issuance of refunding bonds as authorized under this chapter, which refunding bonds are payable solely from funds pledged for their payment as authorized by such chapter. All such bridge revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as to both principal and interest, are not an obligation of this state or of any political subdivision thereof, but are payable solely from revenues pledged for their payment.All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from funds provided under this chapter. This chapter does not authorize the bridge commission of any county or city to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political subdivision thereof.Such bonds of counties and cities may be issued beyond the general limit of net indebtedness prescribed by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, and shall not be considered in ascertaining the limitations of the net indebtedness created or incurred by the county or city without a vote of the electors.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.12 | Trust Indenture.

Effective: September 4, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly|In the discretion of the bridge commission of any county or city, any bonds issued under sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the commission and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign the fees and other revenue to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage the bridge involved or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the commission in relation to the acquisition of property, and the construction, improvement, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the bridge in connection with which such bonds are authorized, the rates of fees to be charged, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of such bridge. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenue may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are required by the commission. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing bonds or debentures of corporations.Such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the commission determines reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of such bridge. Any such trust agreement may provide the method whereby general administrative overhead expense of the commission shall be allocated among the several bridges constructed or acquired by it as a factor of the operation expense of each such bridge.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.13 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.13 | Bridge Commission to Fix and Collect Tolls - Use.

Effective: September 4, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly|The bridge commission of any county or city may fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of each bridge acquired or constructed by it. Tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted in respect to the aggregate of tolls from the bridge or bridges for which a single issue of bonds is issued, as to provide a fund sufficient, with other revenue from such bridge or bridges to pay:(A) The cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge or bridges;(B) The principal of and the interest on such bonds as such principal and interest becomes due and payable, and to create reserve for such purposes. Such tolls are not subject to supervision or regulation by any other commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state.The tolls and all other revenues derived from each bridge or bridges in connection with which the bonds of any issue have been issued, except such part thereof as are necessary to pay such cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and to provide such reserves therefor as are provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, shall be set aside, at such regular intervals as are provided in the resolution or agreement, in a sinking fund which is hereby pledged to and charged with the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds as they become due, and the redemption price of the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The tolls or other revenues or moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the commission are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the commission, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the commission. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of such sinking fund is subject to the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such trust agreement. Except as is otherwise provided in such resolution or trust agreement, such sinking fund shall be a fund for all such bonds, without distinction or priority of one over another.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.14 | Bond Proceeds and Revenues to Be Held in Trust.

Effective: September 4, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly|All moneys received under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, are trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in such sections. Such funds shall be kept in depositories as selected by the bridge commission of any county or city in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, insofar as such sections are applicable, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, and such resolution or trust agreement provide.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.16 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.16 | Bridge Revenue Refunding Bonds.

Effective: September 4, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly|The bridge commission of any county or city may provide by resolution for the issuance of bridge revenue refunding bonds of such county or city, payable solely from revenues, for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which have been issued under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the commission in respect to such bonds shall be governed by such chapter insofar as it is applicable.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.161 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.161 | Protection and Enforcement of Rights of Bondholder and Trustees.

Effective: July 23, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly|The issuance of bridge revenue bonds or bridge revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.Any holder of bonds issued under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under such sections, trust agreement, or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by such sections, or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the commission or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of tolls.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.19 | Chapter Supplementary and Additional.

Effective: July 23, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly|Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code shall provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by such chapter and shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.20 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.20 | Bylaws and Rules.

Effective: September 4, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly|The bridge commission of any county or city may adopt such bylaws and rules as it determines advisable for the control and regulation of each bridge constructed or acquired by it, for the protection and preservation of property under its jurisdiction and control, and for the maintenance and preservation of good order within the property under its control. Such bylaws and rules shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such bridge is located, and in such other manner as the commission prescribes.Such rules and regulations shall provide that public police officers shall be afforded ready access, while in the performance of their official duty, to all property under the jurisdiction of the commission, without the payment of fees.No person shall violate any such bylaws or rules. All fines collected for any such violation shall be paid into the treasury of the commission.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.21 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.21 | Conveying Property to Bridge Commission.

Effective: August 27, 1981|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 73 - 114th General Assembly|Any municipal corporation or other political subdivision, and all public agencies and commissions of the state notwithstanding any contrary law may lease, lend, grant, or convey to a bridge commission, at its request, upon such terms as the proper authorities of such municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, or public agencies and commissions of the state determines 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 real property which is necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the commission, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use.On or before the first day of February in each year the commission shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the governor and the general assembly. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the commission's operations during the year.The commission shall submit a copy of its proposed annual budget for each calendar year to the general assembly, the office of budget and management, and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission at the same time such budget is submitted to the trustees of the commission's bond holders.The commission shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year by certified public accountants and cost thereof may be treated as a part of the cost of construction or of operations of any bridges then in operation or in course of construction, such cost to be apportioned among said bridges in the discretion of the commission, but not in contravention of any existing trust agreement to which the commission is a party.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.22 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.22 | Operation and Maintenance of Bridges by Bridge Commission Exempt From Taxation.

Effective: July 23, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly|The exercise of the powers granted by Chapter 5593. 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 operation and maintenance of bridges by a bridge commission constitutes the performance of essential governmental functions, the commission shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any bridge or upon any property acquired or used by the commission under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, or upon the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under such chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.23 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.23 | Bridges Become Part of Highway System Upon Bridge Bond Payment.

Effective: September 4, 1982|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly|When all bridge bonds issued under sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, in connection with any bridge and the interest thereon have been paid, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon, to the maturity thereof has been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, such bridge shall become part of the state highway system, shall thereafter be maintained by the department of transportation, and shall be free of tolls.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.24 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.24 | Journal of Proceedings.

Effective: July 23, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly|All final actions of a bridge commission shall be journalized and such journal shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times.
Ohio Rev Code § 5593.99 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions|Section 5593.99 | Penalty.

Effective: July 23, 1969|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly|Whoever violates section 5593.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.
Ohio Rev Code § 5595.01 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5595 | Regional Transportation Improvement Projects|Section 5595.01 | Definitions.

Effective: March 20, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 494 - 130th General Assembly|As used in this chapter:(A) "Regional transportation improvement project" or "project" means a regional transportation improvement project undertaken pursuant to section 5595.02 of the Revised Code.(B) "Transportation improvement" or "improvement" means the construction, repair, maintenance, or expansion of streets, highways, parking facilities, rail tracks and necessarily related rail facilities, bridges, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, approaches, culverts, and other means of transportation, and the erection and maintenance of traffic signs, markers, lights, and signals.
Ohio Rev Code § 5595.02 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges|Chapter 5595 | Regional Transportation Improvement Projects|Section 5595.02 | Regional Transportation Improvement Projects.

Effective: March 20, 2015|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 494 - 130th General Assembly|(A) The boards of county commissioners of two or more counties may undertake a regional transportation improvement project for the purpose of completing transportation improvements within the territory of the counties. The project shall be administered by a governing board in accordance with a cooperative agreement.(B) The cooperative agreement shall provide for the creation of a governing board consisting of one county commissioner from each county that is a party to the agreement or a designee appointed by the board of county commissioners of the county for the purpose of serving on the governing board, and the county engineer of each such county or a designee appointed by the county engineer for the purpose of serving on the governing board. Membership on the board is not a direct or indirect interest in a contract or expenditure of money by the county. The board is a public body for the purposes of section 121.22 of the Revised Code and a public office for the purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code applies to the board.(C) The governing board of a regional transportation improvement project is a body both corporate and politic, and the exercise by it of the powers conferred by this chapter in the financing, construction, maintenance, repair, and operation of transportation improvements are essential governmental functions.(D) A board of county commissioners, in accordance with the cooperative agreement, may make appropriations to pay costs incurred by the governing board in the exercise of its functions under this chapter so long as such costs are approved by the director of transportation under section 5595.12 of the Revised Code.