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Title 55, Title 55. Roads-Highways-Bridges

46 chapters · 1,506 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 551,506 Ch 5534, Chapter 5534 | Memorial Highways336 Ch 5533, Chapter 5533 | Memorial Highways276 Ch 5505, Chapter 5505 | Highway Patrol Retire…88 Ch 5502, Chapter 5502 | Department of Public …77 Ch 5501, Chapter 5501 | Department Of Transpo…70 Ch 5555, Chapter 5555 | County Road Improvement51 Ch 5553, Chapter 5553 | County Roads - Establ…38 Ch 5591, Chapter 5591 | County Bridges35 Ch 5537, Chapter 5537 | Ohio Turnpike And Inf…33 Ch 5531, Chapter 5531 | Federal Cooperation30 Ch 5525, Chapter 5525 | Construction Contracts27 Ch 5589, Chapter 5589 | Offenses Relating To …24 Ch 5577, Chapter 5577 | Load Limits On Highways23 Ch 5543, Chapter 5543 | Duties Of County Engineer21

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.01 General duties of department
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(A) The department of public safety shall administer and enforce the laws relating to the registration, licensing, sale, and operation of motor vehicles and the laws pertaining to the licensing of drivers of motor vehicles. The department shall compile, analyze, and publish stati…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.011 Duties of director
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(A) As used in this section, "department of public safety" and "department" include all divisions within the department of public safety. (B) The director of public safety is the chief executive and administrative officer of the department. The director may establish policies gov…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.02 Spending to administer and enforce motor vehicle and traffic laws
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All expenditures for the administration and enforcement of motor vehicle and traffic laws by the department of public safety shall be paid out of moneys derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways or to f…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.03 Division of homeland security
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(A) There is hereby created in the department of public safety a division of homeland security.(B) The division shall do all of the following:(1) Coordinate all homeland security activities of all state agencies and be the liaison between state agencies and local entities for the…

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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.031 Regulation of amateur radio service communications and structures

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Amateur radio service" means the amateur service, the amateur-satellite service, and the radio amateur civil emergency service as provided for under 47 C.F.R. part 97.(2) "Amateur station" means a station in an amateur radio service consisting of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.05 Driver's license examination section

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There is hereby created in the department of public safety, a driver's license examination section. The director of public safety may appoint necessary driver's license examiners and clerical personnel necessary to carry out the duties assigned under this section. The examiners s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.06 Duty of examiners

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Driver's license examiners assigned to the driver's license examination section shall conduct all examinations for driver's licenses as required by sections 4507.01 to 4507.36 of the Revised Code, subject to the rules issued by the registrar of motor vehicles.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.07 Training schools for examiners

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The director of public safety may conduct training schools for prospective driver's license examiners and may establish rules governing the qualifications for admission to such schools and provide for competitive examinations to determine the fitness of such students for prospect…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.08 Database of persons with a communication disability

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Disability" has the same meaning as in section 3304.23 of the Revised Code. (2) "Emergency medical service personnel" and "firefighter" have the same meanings as in section 4765.01 of the Revised Code. (3) "Guardian" has the same meaning as in se…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.10 State registry of habitual OVI/OMWI offenders

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(A) The department of public safety, not later than ninety days after the effective date of this section, shall do all of the following: (1) Establish and maintain a state registry, named "Ohio's habitual OVI/OMWI offenders," that contains all of the information specified in divi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.11 Written report of motor vehicle accident

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Every law enforcement agency representing a township, county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision investigating a motor vehicle accident involving a fatality, personal injury, or property damage in an amount greater than one thousand dollars, within five days, s…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.12 Use of written report of motor vehicle accident

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(A) The accident reports submitted pursuant to section 5502.11 of the Revised Code shall be for the use of the director of public safety for purposes of statistical, safety, and other studies. The law enforcement agency that submitted a report shall furnish a copy of such report …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.13 Investigative unit

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The department of public safety shall maintain an investigative unit in order to conduct investigations and other enforcement activity authorized by Chapters 3796., 4301., 4303., 5101., 5107., and 5108. and sections 2903.12, 2903.13, 2903.14, 2907.09, 2913.46, 2917.11, 2921.13, 2…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.132 Ohio investigative unit fund

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the Ohio investigative unit fund. The fund shall consist of any nonfederal money received by the investigative unit of the department of public safety that is not otherwise required to be deposited into another fund under any provisio…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.1321 Ohio investigative unit contingency fund

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(A) There is hereby created the Ohio investigative unit contingency fund, which shall be in the custody of the treasurer of state but shall not be part of the state treasury. All money seized during investigations or other enforcement activities of the investigative unit of the d…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.14 Enforcement agent

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(A) As used in this section, "felony" has the same meaning as in section 109.511 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) Any person who is employed by the department of public safety and designated by the director of public safety to enforce Title XLIII of the Revised Code and the rules adop…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.15 Using federal funds

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Any funding provided or made available by the United States or by any agency designated and authorized by the United States government for the purposes of enforcing compliance with supplemental nutrition assistance program laws shall be expended by the department of public safety…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.16 Cooperative or contractual arrangements with other governmental entities

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The director of public safety, on behalf of enforcement agents, may enter into cooperative or contractual arrangements with the United States, any agency or department of the United States, other states, other departments and political subdivisions of this state, or any other per…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.17 Public safety enforcement agents requirements

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Enforcement agents of the department of public safety shall comply with the certification requirements established in section 109.77 of the Revised Code, take an oath of office, and receive from the governor, upon recommendation of the director of public safety, a commission indi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.18 Enforcement agents may assist state or local law enforcement officers

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Enforcement agents of the department of public safety may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer at the request of that officer or may render assistance to a state or local law enforcement officer in the event of an emergency. An enforcement agent who serve…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.19 Department of public safety inspections of retail liquor permit premises

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The department of public safety shall conduct inspections of retail liquor permit premises to determine their compliance with Chapters 4301. and 4303. of the Revised Code and the rules adopted under them by the liquor control commission pertaining to retail liquor permit holders.…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.21 Emergency management definitions

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As used in sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code: (A) "Agency" means any administrative or operational division, including an office, department, bureau, board, commission, or authority, of the state or of a political subdivision thereof, including volunteer agencies, o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.22 Emergency management agency

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(A) There is hereby established within the department of public safety an emergency management agency, which shall be governed under rules adopted by the director of public safety under section 5502.25 of the Revised Code. The director, with the concurrence of the governor, shall…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.24 Designation of temporary seats of state and local government in event of emergency

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(A) The governor may designate by written proclamation an emergency temporary location, or locations, for the seat of government for use in the event an emergency renders it imprudent, inexpedient, or impossible to conduct the affairs of state government at the normal location of…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.25 Rules for emergency management of state

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The director of public safety, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt, may amend or rescind, and shall enforce rules with respect to the emergency management of the state for the purpose of providing protection for its people against any hazard. The rule…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.26 Countywide emergency management agency

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(A) The board of county commissioners of a county and the chief executive of all or a majority of the other political subdivisions within the county may enter into a written agreement establishing a countywide emergency management agency.A representative from each political subdi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.261 Appropriation from general fund for agency functions

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A board of county commissioners that has entered into an agreement to establish a countywide emergency management agency may appropriate money from its general fund to support the functions and operations of the agency, including the development, acquisition, operation, and maint…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.262 School emergency management plans

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Administrator" means the superintendent, principal, chief administrative officer, or other person having supervisory authority of any of the following: (a) A city, exempted village, local, or joint vocational school district; (b) A community scho…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.263 Model threat assessment plan, approved threat assessment team training for schools

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(A) As used in this section, "evidence-based" means a program or practice that does either of the following: (1) Demonstrates a rationale based on high-quality research findings or positive evaluation that such a program or practice is likely to improve relevant outcomes and incl…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.27 Regional authority for emergency management

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(A) In lieu of establishing a countywide emergency management agency under section 5502.26 of the Revised Code, the boards of county commissioners of two or more counties, with the consent of the chief executives of a majority of the participating political subdivisions of each c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.271 Program for emergency management

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The chief executive of any political subdivision that has not entered into a written agreement establishing either a countywide emergency management agency under section 5502.26 of the Revised Code or a regional authority for emergency management under section 5502.27 of the Revi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.28 Cooperation with governor and executive director

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(A) In carrying out sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code, the governor shall utilize the services, equipment, supplies, and facilities of existing agencies of the state and of political subdivisions to the maximum extent practicable, and the officers and personnel of a…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.281 Volunteer database; registration; privacy provisions; liability

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(A) The executive director of the emergency management agency, jointly with the director of health, shall do both of the following: (1) Advise, assist, consult with, and cooperate with agencies and political subdivisions of this state to establish and maintain a statewide system …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.29 Mutual emergency management assistance or aid agreements

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(A) As used in this section, "political subdivision" has the same meaning as in section 5502.41 of the Revised Code. (B) Political subdivisions, in collaboration with other public and private agencies within this state, may develop mutual assistance or aid agreements for reciproc…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.291 Interstate arrangements - coordination of mutual aid plans

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The governor may enter into mutual aid arrangements for reciprocal emergency management aid and assistance with other states and shall coordinate mutual aid plans between political subdivisions, between this state and other states, or between this state and the United States.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.30 Immunity from liability

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(A) The state, any political subdivision, any municipal agency, any emergency management volunteer, another state, or an emergency management agency thereof or of the federal government or of another country or province or subdivision thereof performing emergency management servi…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.31 Appropriations for expenses

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Each political subdivision may make appropriations for the payment of the expenses of its local activities for emergency management incurred by an agency established pursuant to section 5502.271 of the Revised Code or chargeable to that political subdivision by agreement in any c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.32 Acceptance of private offers of assistance for purposes of emergency management

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When any person, firm, or corporation offers to the state or to any political subdivision thereof services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for purposes of emergency management, the state or the political subdivision may accept the offer an…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.33 Political activity prohibited

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No agency for emergency management established under sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code shall participate in any form of political activity, nor shall it be employed directly or indirectly for any political purposes.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.34 Disqualification for subversive activities - registration and oath required

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No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any position or agency established under sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of the United States or …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.35 Exercising emergency management powers outside jurisdiction

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Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, persons engaged in emergency management activities, members of emergency management agencies in this state, and members of the emergency management agencies of other states or of the federal government or of another country or o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.36 Judicial notice

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All courts shall take judicial notice of plans, ordinances, resolutions, rules, or orders adopted pursuant to sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code.Such a plan, ordinance, resolution, rule, or order may be read in evidence, at any time, from a copy thereof, if there is …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.37 Emergency management prohibitions

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(A) No person shall wear or display an emergency management insignia, bear official emergency management identification, or identify himself as being affiliated with or otherwise a member of an emergency management agency established under this chapter who is not a registered mem…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.38 Emergency response provisions not affected by emergency planning provisions

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Except as provided in this section, sections 5502.21 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code and rules adopted under those sections do not apply to any activity carried out under Chapter 3750. of the Revised Code.A countywide or regional director/coordinator of emergency management appoin…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.39 Emergency management agency service and reimbursement fund

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There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency management agency service and reimbursement fund. The fund shall consist of the money collected under sections 5502.21 to 5502.38 of the Revised Code. All money in the fund shall be used to pay the costs of administering…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.40 Emergency management assistance compact

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The emergency management assistance compact is hereby ratified, enacted into law, and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining in it, in the following form:"ARTICLE I - PURPOSE AND AUTHORITIESThis compact is made and entered into by and between the participating …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.41 Intrastate mutual aid compact

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chief executive of a participating political subdivision" means the elected chief executive of a participating political subdivision or, if the political subdivision does not have an elected chief executive, a member of the political subdivision'…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.411 Weapons during declared emergency

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(A) As used in this section: (1) "Ammunition" has the same meaning as in section 2305.401 of the Revised Code. (2) "Concealed handgun license," "deadly weapon," "firearm," and "valid concealed handgun license" have the same meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (3) …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.42 Civil defense certificate of necessity - application

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Application for a civil defense certificate of necessity shall be filed at such time, in such manner, and in such office as may be prescribed by rule adopted pursuant to section 5502.51 of the Revised Code, but no later than the expiration of six months after the beginning of con…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5502.43 Notice and hearing prior to issuance of certificate - revocation or modification

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Before issuing any civil defense certificate, the certifying authority shall give notice in writing by registered mail to the tax commissioner, and, in case the application relates to a structure, written notice to the county auditor of the county in which such structure is or is…