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2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5528 | State Highway Bonds › Section 5528.17 | Certifying Sufficient Moneys to Meet Bond Payments for Highway Improvement Bond Retirement Fund for Two Years.

Effective:
December 2, 1964
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 9 - 105th General Assembly
When the moneys to the credit of the highway improvement bond retirement fund, created by section 5528.12 of the Revised Code, are sufficient to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code due and payable during the current calendar year and the next succeeding calendar year, except the principal of notes which the commissioners of the sinking fund certify will be retired by the issuance of bonds or renewal notes, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall certify such fact to the treasurer of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5528 | State Highway Bonds › Section 5528.18 | Certifying Sufficient Moneys to Retire All Bonds Issued.

Effective:
December 2, 1964
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 9 - 105th General Assembly
When the moneys to the credit of the highway improvement bond retirement fund, created by section 5528.12 of the Revised Code, are sufficient to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of all bonds and other obligations which may be issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall certify such fact to the treasurer of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5528 | State Highway Bonds › Section 5528.20 | Substituting Pledged Taxes.

Effective:
February 21, 1967
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 1 - 107th General Assembly
The general assembly may from time to time repeal any fee, excise, or tax pledged by Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, to the payment of the interest on or principal of the bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to said Section 2g and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code, and enact as a substitute therefor any fee, excise, or tax relating to the registration, operation, or use of vehicles on the public highways, or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles, provided that nothing in this section authorizes any impairment of the obligation of this state to levy and collect sufficient of said fees, excises, or taxes to pay the bonds or other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, for which other provision is not made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5528 | State Highway Bonds › Section 5528.31 | Issuing Notes in Anticipation of Bonds.

Effective:
July 1, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly
Notes as used in section 5528.30 and this section of the Revised Code includes notes issued in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, which notes may be renewed from time to time, and which renewal notes and bonds issued to fund other obligations, shall not be counted against the aggregate principal amount of highway obligations which may be issued in any calendar year or which may be outstanding at any one time under authority of Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution.
If notes are issued in anticipation of bonds, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall issue bonds to retire such notes at their maturity unless the commissioners have provided for such retirement from the proceeds of renewal notes issued in anticipation of bonds.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5528 | State Highway Bonds › Section 5528.34 | Certifying Moneys Needed to Meet All Bond Payments for Year.

Effective:
November 5, 1969
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 150 - 108th General Assembly
The commissioners of the sinking fund shall, on or before the fifteenth day of January of each calendar year, certify to the treasurer of state the total amount of moneys required during the current calendar year to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges due and payable in that calendar year for the retirement of highway obligations, including deposits required by the second paragraph of section 5528.31 of the Revised Code, after deducting from such total amount the principal of notes which the commissioners of the sinking fund certify will be paid from the proceeds of bonds or renewal notes, issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5528 | State Highway Bonds › Section 5528.37 | Repealing, Increasing or Reducing of Licenses and Fees.

Effective:
November 5, 1969
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 150 - 108th General Assembly
The general assembly may from time to time repeal or reduce any fee, excise, or tax pledged pursuant to section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, to the payment of the interest on or principal of the obligations issued pursuant to said section 2i and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code, and may levy any new or increased fee, excise, or tax relating to the registration, operation, or use of vehicles on the public highways, or to fuels used for propelling such vehicles, or any other excises and taxes of the state, to be available to meet the pledge of the state to the highway obligations, except ad valorem taxes on real or personal property and income taxes, provided that nothing in this section authorizes any impairment of the obligation of this state to levy and collect sufficient excises and taxes to pay highway obligations issued pursuant to section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code for which other provision is not made.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5528 | State Highway Bonds › Section 5528.40 | Certifying Retirement of Obligations.

Effective:
July 1, 2015
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 53 - 131st General Assembly
Upon the payment in full of all interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of all highway obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code, the commissioners of the sinking fund shall make a certification of such fact to the clerk of the senate, the clerk of the house of representatives, and the treasurer of state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5528 | State Highway Bonds › Section 5528.52 | Designee of Commissioner May Vote and Attend Meetings.

Effective:
August 15, 1996
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 257 - 121st General Assembly
For meetings of the commissioners of the sinking fund pertaining to obligations, each of the commissioners may designate an employee or officer of that commissioner's office to attend meetings of the commissioners when that commissioner is absent or unable for any reason to attend and such designee, when present, shall be counted in determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting and may vote and participate in all proceedings and actions of the commissioners pertaining to obligations, provided, that such designee shall not execute or cause a facsimile of the designee's signature to be placed on any obligation, or execute any trust agreement or indenture of the commissioners. Such designation shall be in writing, executed by the designating member, and shall be filed with the secretary of the commissioners and such designation may be changed from time to time by a similar written designation.
Last updated April 29, 2022 at 5:08 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5528 | State Highway Bonds › Section 5528.53 | Highway Capital Improvement Fund.

Effective:
September 14, 2000
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 640 - 123rd General Assembly
The highway capital improvement fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund shall consist of the proceeds of obligations issued pursuant to section 151.01 and 151.06 of the Revised Code, and issued prior to September 30, 2000, pursuant to section 5528.54 of the Revised Code, except for amounts deposited into special funds, or into escrow funds for the purpose of refunding outstanding obligations. Money to the credit of this fund may be expended to pay costs of projects. All investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. The state may participate in financing projects by grants, loans, or contributions to local government entities. To the extent practicable, Ohio products, materials, services, and labor shall be used in any project financed in whole or in part from the fund.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.01 | Lands Vacated or Abandoned Available as Roadside Parks.

Effective:
September 17, 1996
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 572 - 121st General Assembly
When the director of transportation, in the construction, maintenance, or repair of a road on the state highway system outside the limits of municipal corporations, relocates the road or relocates or constructs a bridge, culvert, underpass, overpass, or other structure or improvement, the highway or portion thereof from which it is proposed to divert the travel shall not thereby be deemed to be vacated or abandoned, nor shall the title or easement of the state therein be vacated or abandoned, but shall remain in effect until the road or portion thereof is vacated or otherwise disposed of. Such highway portion not vacated or abandoned shall be available to the director for use as roadside parks, for the benefit of the traveling public, or such other use as may be incident to the construction, maintenance, and repair of the system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.02 | Reopen Closed Weigh Stations for Commercial Motor Vehicle Parking.

Effective:
June 30, 2021
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 74 - 134th General Assembly
(A) As used in this section, "weigh station" means a weigh station to which both of the following apply:
(1) The weigh station is under either the department of transportation's or the department of public safety's control and jurisdiction.
(2) The weigh station was permanently closed prior to the effective date of this section.
(B) The department of transportation in conjunction with the Ohio state highway patrol shall reopen two closed Ohio weigh stations for use as commercial motor vehicle parking in each year, beginning in 2021 and ending in 2024, for a total of eight. The director of transportation shall ensure that each such weigh station remains open and is clearly marked as being for overnight parking only and not for standard weight checks.
Last updated April 13, 2021 at 4:38 PM
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.03 | Acquiring Land for Rest and Recreation Areas and Sanitary and Other Facilities.

Effective:
June 29, 2001
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 73 - 124th General Assembly
(A)(1) The director of transportation may acquire by gift, purchase, or appropriation, any interest, estate, or right in and to real property adjacent to highways of this state as necessary for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty adjacent to those highways, or for the establishment of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities within or adjacent to the right-of-way of those highways to accommodate the traveling public. Nothing in this section authorizes the director to appropriate fee simple title to real property further than three hundred feet from the nearest edge of the highway right-of-way.
(2) Division (A)(1) of this section does not apply to the purchase or appropriation of any interest in property under section 5501.31 of the Revised Code that is required for land to replace wetlands or to the purchase of property under that section to replace, preserve, or conserve any environmental resource.
(B) The director may convey or lease any such property adjacent to the highway right-of-way to any person or entity in the manner and subject to such reservations, conditions, covenants, or other contractual arrangements as the director determines will not substantially interfere with the scenic character or beauty of the area traversed by the highway.
(C) The director may employ consulting engineers and enter into contracts for consulting engineering services with any qualified person or firm to prepare plans and estimates and generally supervise the construction and landscaping for scenic enhancement and roadside beautification projects, and in the awarding of such contracts compliance with sections 5501.17 and 5525.01 of the Revised Code is not required.
(D) 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.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.04 | Implementing Federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
The director of transportation may enter into agreements with the secretary of commerce of the United States as provided by "Federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 1028, 23 U.S.C. 319, relating to landscaping, scenic enhancement, or the establishment of publicly owned and controlled rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities necessary to accommodate the traveling public in areas within or adjacent to federal-aid highways within this state.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.05 | License Plate Fees Used for Roadside Park Construction and Maintenance.

Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
The fees levied, charged, or referred to in sections 4503.40 and 4503.42 of the Revised Code shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating fund created by section 5735.051 of the Revised Code, and shall be used to construct, reconstruct, maintain, and repair public roadside park areas, to provide for beautification projects along the state highway system, and to implement sections 5529.03 and 5529.06 of the Revised Code.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.06 | Maintenance of Roadside Rest Areas.

Effective:
July 1, 1989
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 381 - 118th General Assembly
(A) The director of transportation shall develop and implement a program for improving the roadside rest area system along highways of the interstate system and the primary system. Each sanitary facility in the roadside rest area system on the interstate system and at selected locations on the primary system that is upgraded shall have potable water, water flush toilets, and wash basins equipped with running water for the use of the traveling public, in accordance with standards developed by the department of transportation as approved by the appropriate state and federal agencies.
(B) The director shall provide that each sanitary facility in a roadside rest area be kept clean and maintained in a sanitary condition.
(C) The director shall provide for beautification projects along the state highway system.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.07 | Interstate Rest Area Flags.

Effective:
March 22, 2013
Latest Legislation:
Senate Bill 222 - 129th General Assembly
(A) The director of transportation shall display the following flags at each rest area that is along the interstate system located within this state:
(1) The flag of the United States;
(2) The flag of Ohio;
(3) The flag that depicts the profile of a prisoner of war against the background of a prisoner of war camp watchtower, commonly known as the POW/MIA flag.
(B) In purchasing flags to comply with division (A) of this section, the director shall, to the maximum extent possible, conform to the preference requirements of sections 125.09 and 125.11 of the Revised Code and all rules adopted under those sections to ensure the purchase and use of products made in Ohio and the United States.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.08 | Memorial Markers Listing Pows/mias at Any Improved Roadside Rest Area.

Effective:
September 29, 1992
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 286 - 119th General Assembly
At any improved roadside rest area along highways of the interstate systems or the primary system, the names of Ohio residents who are listed by the United States department of defense as prisoners of war or missing in action from the Korean conflict or the Vietnam conflict may be memorialized by means of an appropriate marker listing all such persons. The design, size, and specific placement of the markers, in accordance with section 5913.30 of the Revised Code, shall be subject to the approval of the director of transportation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.11 | Planting Trees and Shrubs May Be Permitted.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
The director of transportation may, by a permit in writing, authorize the owners of property adjoining inter-county and state highways, at their own expense, to locate and plant trees and shrubs along such highways, subject to his approval as to kind, size, and location. The county engineer shall have the same authority on county roads and the board of township trustees on township roads.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5529 | Roadside Improvements › Section 5529.12 | Tree Planting.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
The director of transportation, board of county commissioners, board of township trustees, or other proper officials, may, as a part of the plans or specifications for a proposed improvement, provide for the planting of trees or shrubbery along or upon the public highway embraced within the proposed improvement. Such officials may provide for the planting of trees or shrubbery along any public highway.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation › Section 5531.01 | Highways Affected by River Improvements.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
The director of transportation may enter into agreements with the secretary of defense or other proper official of the United States in connection with the establishment, construction, reconstruction, relocation, maintenance, and repair, made necessary by river improvements, to highways and lands under jurisdiction and control of the director.
The director may relinquish to the United States all property rights of the state in existing highways and lands under his jurisdiction and control, required in connection with river improvements, and may release the United States from all claims for damages to highways and lands resulting from the establishment, construction, operation, and maintenance of such river improvements, if the state is reimbursed therefor by the United States or any department or agency thereof, and the agreements and other papers relating thereto are first submitted to the attorney general for approval. The director shall credit any moneys so received to the proper funds of the department of transportation.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation › Section 5531.04 | Defense Highway Act.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
The director of transportation may co-operate with the United States or any department or agency thereof in carrying out provisions of the "Defense Highway Act of 1941" and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto. Such co-operation shall follow the procedural provisions of the Revised Code, applicable to the state highway system. Acts of co-operation in connection with projects not upon the system shall place no obligation of maintenance upon the director. Any expenditures of money by the director in connection with co-operation authorized by this section shall be payable from any funds available to the director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation › Section 5531.05 | Agreements With Federal Government Relating to Erection of Advertising Devices Along Highways.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
The director of transportation may enter into agreements with the secretary of commerce of the United States as provided by section 122. of Public Law 85-381, the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958." Any expenditures of money by the director in connection with agreements authorized by this section shall be payable from any funds available to the director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation › Section 5531.06 | Accepting Federal Funds.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
The director of transportation may accept any allotment of funds by the United States, or any department of agency thereof, appropriated under the "Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958" and any subsequent legislation either supplementary to or amending such act.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation › Section 5531.07 | Agreements With Federal Government for Highway Beautification.

Effective:
September 28, 1973
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 200 - 110th General Assembly
The director of transportation may enter into agreements with the secretary of transportation or other appropriate official of the United States as provided by the "Highway Beautification Act of 1965," 79 Stat. 1028, 23 U.S.C.A. 131, and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto.
Any expenditures of money by the director in connection with agreements authorized by this section shall be payable from any funds available to the director.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation › Section 5531.101 | Motor Fuel Excise Tax Revenue - State Infrastructure Bank Loans.

Effective:
January 1, 2018
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 26 - 132nd General Assembly
(A) Municipal corporations, counties, and townships may not use revenue described under division (A)(3) of section 5735.05 of the Revised Code to repay loans made by the state infrastructure bank under section 5531.09 of the Revised Code if both of the following apply:
(1) The loans were made for highway, road, or street projects begun prior to March 31, 2003.
(2) The revenue:
(a) Results from the increase in the tax imposed under former section 5735.29 of the Revised Code pursuant to the amendment of the section by Am. Sub. H.B. 87 of the 125th General Assembly; and
(b) Is distributed under section 5735.27 of the Revised Code.
(B) While the loans described in division (A)(1) of this section are outstanding, the tax commissioner shall notify municipal corporations, counties, and townships receiving the revenue described in division (A)(2) of this section of the amount that cannot be used for the loan repayments.
2023 Ohio Revised Code › Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges › Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation › Section 5531.12 | Toll Projects.

Effective:
April 6, 2023
Latest Legislation:
House Bill 281 - 134th General Assembly
(A) In order to remove present and anticipated impediments and potential hazards on the highways in this state, to facilitate vehicular traffic throughout the state, to promote the agricultural, commercial, recreational, tourism, and industrial development of the state, and to provide for the general welfare of its citizens, the director of transportation may approve toll projects. Any revenue derived from toll projects shall be used only for purposes of the toll project, including a toll project or any aspect of a toll project pursuant to a public-private agreement authorized by sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code, and shall not be expended for any purpose other than as provided in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution. The toll projects authorized by sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code are part of the state highway system.
(B) Any toll project shall be developed and submitted for selection in accordance with the policies and procedures of the selection process of the transportation review advisory council, created under Chapter 5512. of the Revised Code. Each toll project may be separately designated, by name or number, and may be constructed, improved, or reconstructed as the department of transportation may from time to time determine pursuant to sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code. A toll project shall be considered a state infrastructure project as defined in section 5531.10 of the Revised Code for all purposes of that section and section 5531.09 of the Revised Code and also is a transportation facility as defined in section 5501.01 of the Revised Code.
(C)(1) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to permit user fees to be charged on existing nontoll public roads.
(2) Division (C)(1) of this section does not apply to a toll project as described in division (N)(4) of section 5531.11 of the Revised Code.
Last updated March 10, 2023 at 1:10 PM
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
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2023 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.
Last updated February 27, 2023 at 5:09 PM