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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. § 5528.17 Certifying sufficient moneys to meet bond payments for highway improvement bond retirement fund for two years
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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 Sect…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.18 Certifying sufficient moneys to retire all bonds issued
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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…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.20 Substituting pledged taxes
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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…
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.30 Sale of highway obligations
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The commissioners of the sinking fund designated by Section 8 of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and section 129.01 of the Revised Code are hereby authorized in accordance with Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution and sections 5528.30 to 5528.40 of the Revised Code, to …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.31 Issuing notes in anticipation of bonds

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.34 Certifying moneys needed to meet all bond payments for year

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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 du…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.37 Repealing, increasing or reducing of licenses and fees

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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 552…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.40 Certifying retirement of obligations

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.51 Improvements under Ohio Constitution article VIII definitions

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As used in sections 5528.51 to 5328.56 of the Revised Code:(A) "Bond proceedings" means the resolutions, trust agreements, indentures, and other agreements, credit enhancement facilities, and amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any one or more or combination thereof, …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.52 Designee of commissioner may vote and attend meetings

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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 atten…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.53 Highway capital improvement fund

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5528.54 Issuing general obligations to finance state projects

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(A) The commissioners of the sinking fund are authorized to issue and sell, as provided in this section and in amounts from time to time authorized by the general assembly, general obligations of this state for the purpose of financing or assisting in the financing of the costs o…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.01 Lands vacated or abandoned available as roadside parks

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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 improve…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.02 Reopen closed weigh stations for commercial motor vehicle parking

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(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 c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.03 Acquiring land for rest and recreation areas and sanitary and other facilities

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(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 high…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.04 Implementing federal highway beautification act of 1965

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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 ow…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.05 License plate fees used for roadside park construction and maintenance

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.06 Maintenance of roadside rest areas

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(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 lo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.07 Interstate rest area flags

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(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 back…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.08 Memorial markers listing POWS/MIAS at any improved roadside rest area

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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 b…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.11 Planting trees and shrubs may be permitted

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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 coun…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5529.12 Tree planting

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.01 Highways affected by river improvements

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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 h…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.02 Federal aid for rural post roads

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The general assembly assents to the act of congress, approved July 11, 1916, entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," thirty-ninth United States statutes at large, page 355, and the e…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.03 Acceptance of federal funds for elimination of grade crossings

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The director of transportation may accept any allotment of funds by the United States or any department or agency thereof, as appropriated under the "emergency relief appropriation act of 1935," 49 Stat. 115, or by the act of congress approved July 11, 1916, entitled "An act to p…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.04 Defense highway act

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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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.05 Agreements with federal government relating to erection of advertising devices along highways

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.06 Accepting federal funds

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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.

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.07 Agreements with federal government for highway beautification

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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 ther…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.08 Using money in highway operating fund for construction costs

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(A) In order to expedite a highway project involving the expenditure of federal and state funds and to utilize all privileges provided by the "Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991," 105 Stat. 1914, 49 U.S.C.A. 101, the director of transportation may designate …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.09 State infrastructure bank - funds

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(A) As used in this section and section 5531.10 of the Revised Code: (1) "Qualified project" means any public or private transportation project as determined by the director of transportation, including, without limitation, planning, environmental impact studies, engineering, con…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.10 Issuing obligations for state infrastructure projects

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(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Bond proceedings" means the resolution, order, trust agreement, indenture, lease, lease-purchase agreements, and other agreements, amendments and supplements to the foregoing, or any one or more or combination thereof, authorizing or providing fo…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.101 Motor fuel excise tax revenue - state infrastructure bank loans

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(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 loa…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.11 Toll projects - definitions

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As used in sections 5531.11 to 5531.18 of the Revised Code: (A) "Administrative fee" means a fee imposed by a toll project operator for toll collection, processing, and related activities.(B) "Cost" means all costs of constructing, improving, repairing, maintaining, administering…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.12 Toll projects

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(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 pr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.13 Acquisition of property

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(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 projec…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.14 Establishment and collection of tolls

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(A) To the extent permitted by federal law, the director of transportation may fix, revise, charge, and collect user fees for each toll project, and contract with any person or governmental agency desiring the use of any part thereof, including the right-of-way adjoining the pave…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.141 Electronic collection of fees

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(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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.142 Invoices

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(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 to…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.143 Contents of invoices

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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…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.144 Liability for payment

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(A) The registered owner of a motor vehicle that utilizes a toll project is liable for payment of the applicable user fee. (B)(1) If the registered owner, in response to an invoice mailed to the registered owner under section 5531.141 of the Revised Code or a late notice mailed u…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.145 Late notices; consequences

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(A) If the toll project operator sends a late notice to the registered owner and the registered owner, within thirty-five days after the date of mailing of the late notice, fails to pay the user fee and any administrative fee contained in the late notice and fails to submit a not…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.146 Civil action to collect payment

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(A)(1) As provided in sections 5531.144 and 5531.145 of the Revised Code, a toll project operator may file a civil suit against a registered owner in the municipal court or county court having jurisdiction over the location of the toll project. The toll project operator also shal…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.147 When collection procedures prohibited

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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 ow…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.148 Agreements for the collection of owner and registration information

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(A) A toll project operator may enter into an agreement with the bureau of motor vehicles and 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 to obtain motor v…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.149 Compensation of Bureau

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(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 sha…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.15 Rules for control and regulation of toll projects

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(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 …

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.16 Maintenance and repair of toll projects

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(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 c…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.17 Exemption from taxation

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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 constr…

Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5531.18 Application to construct and operate a toll project

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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 boun…