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OH SB50

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/10/2009

Primary Sponsor

Jim Hughes

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Origin

Senate

128th General Assembly (2009-2010)

AI Summary

  • Director of Transportation must designate portions of state highways (up to 20 miles each) as memorial highways honoring State Highway Patrol troopers killed in the line of duty, in consultation with the Director of Public Safety and State Highway Patrol Superintendent.

  • Director of Transportation must designate portions of state highways, county roads, or combinations thereof (up to 20 miles total) as memorial highways honoring county sheriffs and deputy sheriffs killed in the line of duty, in consultation with appropriate county sheriffs.

  • Director of Transportation must designate portions of state highways, county roads, township roads, or combinations thereof (up to 20 miles total) as memorial highways honoring township constables and township police officers killed in the line of duty, in consultation with appropriate township officials.

  • Director of Transportation must designate portions of state highways, county roads, township roads, municipal streets/highways, or combinations thereof (up to 20 miles total) as memorial highways honoring municipal police officers killed in the line of duty, in consultation with appropriate municipal law enforcement chiefs.

  • Memorial highway designations may coexist with other designations under Chapter 5533 of the Revised Code, and the Director may erect suitable markers along designated roadways indicating the memorial name.

Legislative Description

To require the Director of Transportation to designate portions of state highways, county or township roads, or streets or highways located within municipal corporations as memorial highways in honor of each State Highway Patrol trooper, county sheriff, deputy sheriff, township constable, or police officer of a township police department or district or law enforcement agency of a municipal corporation who is or has been killed in the line of duty.

Law enforcement officers killed in line of duty-memorial streets or highways

Last Action

To Highways & Transportation

2/10/2009

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