As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Sub. S. B. No. 15 5
1999-2000 6
SENATOR GARDNER 8
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A B I L L
To amend section 5571.01 and to repeal section 12
5571.17 of the Revised Code to specifically 13
permit a board of township trustees, at township
road intersections, to erect and maintain 14
suitable signposts and to purchase or lease and 16
erect and maintain suitable traffic control
devices and traffic control signals. 17
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 18
Section 1. That section 5571.01 of the Revised Code be 20
amended to read as follows: 21
Sec. 5571.01. (A) The A board of township trustees may 30
construct, reconstruct, resurface, or improve any public road or 32
part thereof under its jurisdiction, or any county road, 33
intercounty highway, or state highway within its township. In 35
the case of a county road, the plans and specifications for the
proposed improvement shall first SHALL be submitted to the board 37
of county commissioners of the county and receive its approval, 39
and in. IN the case of an intercounty or state highway, THE 41
plans and specifications shall first SHALL be submitted to the 42
director of transportation and receive his THE DIRECTOR'S 43
approval. The board of township trustees may widen, straighten, 44
or change the direction of any part of a road in connection with 46
the proceedings for its improvement.
(B) The board of township trustees may construct, improve, 48
maintain, or repair the berm of any road under its jurisdiction, 49
in order to provide a hard surface or other improved approach to 50
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rural mail boxes located on public highways. 51
(C) A BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE 54
MANUAL AND UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ADOPTED 55
UNDER SECTION 4511.09 OF THE REVISED CODE, MAY ERECT AND MAINTAIN 56
AT INTERSECTING ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD, 57
SUITABLE SIGNPOSTS SHOWING THE NAMES AND NUMBERS OF THE ROADS. 58
THE COST OF THE SIGNS SHALL BE PAID FROM THE TOWNSHIP ROAD FUND. 60
(D) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (F) OF THIS SECTION, A BOARD OF 63
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MANUAL AND UNIFORM 64
SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 4511.09 65
OF THE REVISED CODE, MAY ERECT AND MAINTAIN AT INTERSECTING 67
ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD, SUITABLE
SIGNPOSTS SHOWING THE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO ANY NEARBY 68
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. THE COSTS OF THE SIGNS SHALL BE PAID FROM 69
THE TOWNSHIP ROAD FUND. 70
(E) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (F) OF THIS SECTION, A BOARD OF 73
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES MAY PURCHASE OR LEASE AND ERECT AND MAINTAIN AT 75
INTERSECTING ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD,
SUITABLE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS. 76
THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS AND THEIR 78
PLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE SHALL CONFORM WITH THE MANUAL AND 79
SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 4511.09 OF THE REVISED CODE. 80
IN PURCHASING OR LEASING AND ERECTING AND MAINTAINING THE TRAFFIC 81
CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS, THE BOARD MAY EXPEND 82
ANY MONEYS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO IT THAT LEGALLY MAY BE EXPENDED 83
FOR THAT PURPOSE. 84
(F) IF ONE OF THE INTERSECTING HIGHWAYS AS PROVIDED IN 86
DIVISIONS (D) AND (E) OF THIS SECTION IS A STATE HIGHWAY, BOTH OF 88
THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
(1) NO SIGNPOST SHOWING THE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO ANY 92
NEARBY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL BE PLACED AT OR NEAR THE 93
INTERSECTION, AND NO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OR TRAFFIC CONTROL 94
SIGNAL SHALL BE ERECTED AT THE INTERSECTION, WITHOUT PRIOR 95
PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 4511.10 OF THE 96
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REVISED CODE. 97
(2) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL MAINTAIN ANY 99
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES 100
AT THAT INTERSECTION. 101
(G) No contract for the construction or repair of a 103
bridge, the entire cost of which construction or repair exceeds 105
fifty thousand dollars, shall be entered into by the township 106
unless the plans are first approved by the director.
Section 2. That existing section 5571.01 and section 108
5571.17 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 109