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OH HB15

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/11/2011

Primary Sponsor

Barbara Sears

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Origin

House of Representatives

129th General Assembly (2011-2012)

AI Summary

  • Requires legislation proposing to name a bridge or highway portion by statute to have supporting resolutions from the governing legislative body of each county, township, or municipal corporation where the bridge is located or through which the highway extends.

  • Prohibits the director of transportation from implementing legislation that names a bridge or state highway portion unless supported by resolutions from all affected local governments.

  • Allows the department of transportation to erect markers for newly named bridges or highways only if it receives contributions covering all costs of manufacturing, erecting, and maintaining the markers.

  • Permits counties, townships, or municipal corporations that support a named bridge or highway to erect their own markers at their own expense in compliance with applicable laws and department signing directives.

  • Allows the department to continue repairing, replacing, and maintaining markers that were in place before this section's effective date without requiring contributions.

Legislative Description

To require supportive resolutions from affected local governments to name highways by statute, to allow local governments to erect appropriate markers naming highways, and to prohibit the use of state funds to erect new markers naming state highways.

Named highways-supportive resolutions/local gov'ts erect markers/no state funding

Last Action

To Transportation, Public Safety & Homeland Security

1/11/2011

Full Bill Text

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