As Reported by House Transportation and Public Safety Committee 1
123rd General Assembly 4
Regular Session Am. Sub. S. B. No. 15 5
1999-2000 6
SENATORS GARDNER-ARMBRUSTER-WHITE-LATELL-DiDONATO- 8
CARNES-MUMPER-SPADA-DRAKE-REPRESENTATIVES BATEMAN- 9
OLMAN-BENDER-CLANCY-MEAD 10
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A B I L L
To amend section 5571.01 and to repeal section 13
5571.17 of the Revised Code to specifically 14
permit a board of township trustees, at township
road intersections, to erect and maintain 15
suitable signposts and to purchase or lease and 17
erect and maintain suitable traffic control
devices and traffic control signals. 18
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 19
Section 1. That section 5571.01 of the Revised Code be 21
amended to read as follows: 22
Sec. 5571.01. (A) The A board of township trustees may 31
construct, reconstruct, resurface, or improve any public road or 33
part thereof under its jurisdiction, or any county road, 34
intercounty highway, or state highway within its township. In 36
the case of a county road, the plans and specifications for the
proposed improvement shall first SHALL be submitted to the board 38
of county commissioners of the county and receive its approval, 40
and in. IN the case of an intercounty or state highway, THE 42
plans and specifications shall first SHALL be submitted to the 43
director of transportation and receive his THE DIRECTOR'S 44
approval. The board of township trustees may widen, straighten, 45
or change the direction of any part of a road in connection with 47
the proceedings for its improvement.
(B) The board of township trustees may construct, improve, 49
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maintain, or repair the berm of any road under its jurisdiction, 50
in order to provide a hard surface or other improved approach to 51
rural mail boxes located on public highways. 52
(C) A BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE 55
MANUAL AND UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ADOPTED 56
UNDER SECTION 4511.09 OF THE REVISED CODE, MAY ERECT AND MAINTAIN 57
AT INTERSECTING ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD, 58
SUITABLE SIGNPOSTS SHOWING THE NAMES AND NUMBERS OF THE ROADS. 59
THE COST OF THE SIGNS SHALL BE PAID FROM THE TOWNSHIP ROAD FUND. 61
(D) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (F) OF THIS SECTION, A BOARD OF 64
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MANUAL AND UNIFORM 65
SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 4511.09 66
OF THE REVISED CODE, MAY ERECT AND MAINTAIN AT INTERSECTING 68
ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD, SUITABLE
SIGNPOSTS SHOWING THE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO ANY NEARBY 69
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. THE COSTS OF THE SIGNS SHALL BE PAID FROM 70
THE TOWNSHIP ROAD FUND. 71
(E) SUBJECT TO DIVISIONS (F) AND (G) OF THIS SECTION, A 74
BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES MAY PURCHASE OR LEASE AND ERECT AND 75
MAINTAIN AT INTERSECTING ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A 76
TOWNSHIP ROAD, SUITABLE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC 77
CONTROL SIGNALS. THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL 78
SIGNALS AND THEIR PLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE SHALL CONFORM WITH 79
THE MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 4511.09 OF 80
THE REVISED CODE. IN PURCHASING OR LEASING AND ERECTING AND 82
MAINTAINING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL 83
SIGNALS, THE BOARD MAY EXPEND ANY MONEYS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO IT 84
THAT LEGALLY MAY BE EXPENDED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 85
(F) IF ONE OF THE INTERSECTING HIGHWAYS AS PROVIDED IN 87
DIVISIONS (D) AND (E) OF THIS SECTION IS A STATE HIGHWAY, BOTH OF 89
THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
(1) NO SIGNPOST SHOWING THE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO ANY 93
NEARBY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL BE PLACED AT OR NEAR THE 94
INTERSECTION, AND NO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OR TRAFFIC CONTROL 95
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SIGNAL SHALL BE ERECTED AT THE INTERSECTION, WITHOUT PRIOR 96
PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 4511.10 OF THE 97
REVISED CODE. 98
(2) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL MAINTAIN ANY 100
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES 101
AT THAT INTERSECTION. 102
(G) IF ONE OF THE INTERSECTING ROADS AS PROVIDED IN 104
DIVISION (E) OF THIS SECTION IS A COUNTY ROAD, A BOARD OF 105
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES SHALL NOT ERECT A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OR 106
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT PRIOR 107
PERMISSION OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE 108
INTERSECTION IS LOCATED.
(H) No contract for the construction or repair of a 110
bridge, the entire cost of which construction or repair exceeds 112
fifty thousand dollars, shall be entered into by the township 113
unless the plans are first approved by the director.
Section 2. That existing section 5571.01 and section 115
5571.17 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 116