HB 795 Summary

• Amends traffic control device placement authority to clarify that the Director of Transportation shall place and maintain traffic control signals on state highway extensions within villages, with villages requiring director permission for their own signals.

• Reorganizes Section 5501.31 regarding the Director's general supervision of state highways by restructuring subsections to more clearly enumerate the Director's powers to alter, improve, and maintain roads and acquire property.

• Modifies Section 5501.42 to establish that the Director shall cut, trim, or remove vegetation within state highway limits in villages as a mandatory duty rather than discretionary authority.

• Creates new Section 5521.011 establishing procedures when the Director requests municipal consent for establishing or improving federal aid highways, including a 60-day response period for municipalities and court appeal provisions if consent is refused.

• Renumbers the existing Section 5521.011 to Section 5521.012 and specifies 23 factors the Director must consider when determining new highway locations, such as economic activity, property values, environmental impacts, and community disruption.