As Passed by the Senate                       1            

123rd General Assembly                                             4            

   Regular Session                              Am. H. B. No. 309  5            

      1999-2000                                                    6            


    REPRESENTATIVES TRAKAS-HARRIS-NETZLEY-HOUSEHOLDER-CATES-       7            

   CALLENDER-JORDAN-JACOBSON-KREBS-CLANCY-VESPER-EVANS-BUCHY-      8            

    YOUNG-AMSTUTZ-GOODMAN-HOLLISTER-PADGETT-OLMAN-VAN VYVEN-       9            

   WILLAMOWSKI-WILLIAMS-COUGHLIN-ROMAN-VERICH-TAYLOR-MOTTLEY-      10           

    PETERSON-BATEMAN-HOOD-GARDNER-TIBERI-TERWILLEGER-SALERNO-      11           

     DAMSCHRODER-BRADING-CALVERT-CAREY-CORE-HOOPS-GRENDELL-        12           

   MYERS-BUEHRER-CORBIN-AUSTRIA-HAINES-KILBANE-O'BRIEN-SCHUCK-     13           

           WINKLER-JOLIVETTE-SCHULER-DePIERO-FLANNERY-             15           

      SENATORS OELSLAGER-LATTA-WACHTMANN-SPADA-FINAN-DRAKE-                     

      WATTS-HOTTINGER-NEIN-SCHAFRATH-BLESSING-KEARNS-WHITE-        16           

             MUMPER-ARMBRUSTER-HORN-RAY-JOHNSON-CUPP               17           


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                          A   B I L L                                           

             To amend section 5511.04 and to enact section         21           

                5533.64 of the Revised Code to eliminate the per   22           

                mile cap on the amount of money the Department of  23           

                Transportation may spend on improvements made to   24           

                roads leading into and within a conservancy                     

                district and to designate State Route 60, in       26           

                Ashland County only, the "Thomas A. Van Meter      27           

                Memorial Highway."                                              




BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:        29           

      Section 1.  That section 5511.04 be amended and section      31           

5533.64 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:         32           

      Sec. 5511.04.  The director of transportation may relocate   41           

and for such purpose construct or reconstruct such relocated       42           

portions of all roads, highways, and streets, within, leading      43           

through, or adjacent to any lands owned by a conservancy district  44           

organized under sections 6101.01 to 6101.84 of the Revised Code,   45           

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or lands on which any such district has a flood easement,          46           

construction easement, or right-of-way.                            47           

      The director may co-operate in the construction,             49           

reconstruction, improvement, repair, and maintenance of roads      50           

leading from a state highway to any public park, forest preserve,  51           

or recreational area, or within the boundary of any public park,   52           

forest preserve, or recreational area under the control and        53           

custody of such district.                                          54           

      The director shall confer with the board of directors of     56           

any such district upon the construction, reconstruction,           57           

location, or relocation of any roads or highways which must be in  58           

conformity with the general engineering plans of the district.     59           

      With respect to any such road improvement projects, the      61           

director may, upon the terms mutually agreed between him THE       62           

DIRECTOR and the board of the district, in view of the benefits    64           

to be derived, enter into any contracts with such district as may  65           

be necessary or convenient to carry out the general plans of the   66           

district.                                                                       

      The costs of such improvements shall be paid in the same     68           

manner as for A state highway improvement, provided the            69           

expenditures in any one year shall not exceed two hundred          70           

thousand dollars, and the expenditures for highways leading to     71           

the district properties shall not exceed twenty thousand dollars   72           

per mile, and the expenditures within such properties shall not    73           

exceed ten thousand dollars per mile.                              74           

      This section does not derogate or limit the powers of the    76           

director to add additional mileage to the state highway system.    77           

      This section does not derogate or limit the power and        79           

authority conferred upon a district and its board by sections      80           

6101.01 to 6101.84 of the Revised Code.                            81           

      Sec. 5533.64.  THE ROAD KNOWN AS STATE ROUTE NUMBER SIXTY,   83           

RUNNING IN A NORTHERLY AND SOUTHERLY DIRECTION THROUGH ASHLAND     84           

COUNTY ONLY, SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE "THOMAS A. VAN METER MEMORIAL   86           

HIGHWAY."                                                                       

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      THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION MAY ERECT SUITABLE MARKERS    88           

ALONG THE HIGHWAY INDICATING ITS NAME.                             89           

      Section 2.  That existing section 5511.04 of the Revised     91           

Code is hereby repealed.                                           92