As Reported by the House Transportation and Public Safety Committee  1            

122nd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                                 H. B. No. 199   5            

      1997-1998                                                    6            


REPRESENTATIVES VESPER-MALLORY-OGG-CAREY-O'BRIEN-WINKLER-LUEBBERS-  8            

                 BATEMAN-CLANCY-METELSKY-BENDER                    9            


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                           A   B I L L                                          

             To enact section 5533.46 of the Revised Code          13           

                designating a portion of United States Route       14           

                Number Fifty-Two as the "U. S. Grant  Memorial     15           

                Highway," and to declare an emergency.             16           




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        17           

      Section 1.  That section 5533.46 of the Revised Code be      19           

enacted to read as follows:                                        20           

      Sec. 5533.46.  THAT PORTION OF THE ROAD KNOWN AS UNITED      23           

STATES ROUTE NUMBER FIFTY-TWO BEGINNING IN HAMILTON COUNTY AND     24           

EXTENDING EASTWARD THROUGH A PORTION OF LAWRENCE COUNTY SHALL BE                

KNOWN AS THE U. S. GRANT MEMORIAL HIGHWAY."                        26           

      THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL USE APPROPRIATE         28           

DISCRETION WITH REGARD TO WHAT SIGNING TO POST UPON THE HIGHWAY    29           

INDICATING ITS NAME.                                                            

      Section 2.  This act is hereby declared to be an emergency   31           

measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public     32           

peace, health, and safety.  The reason for such necessity is that  33           

April 27, 1997, will be the 175th anniversary of the birth of U.   34           

S. Grant at Point Pleasant, Ohio, which is traversed by U. S.      35           

Route 52, and that it is desirable to designate the highway as     36           

the U. S. Grant Memorial Highway in recognition of that                         

anniversary.  Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect.  37