As Passed by the House 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-TIBERI-O'BRIEN-SCHULER- 10
OPFER-HOUSEHOLDER-TERWILLEGER-MOTTLEY-VAN VYVEN- 11
WILLIAMS-WILLAMOWSKI-HAINES-WILSON-METZGER-GOODING- 12
VERICH-VESPER-FERDERBER-BUEHRER-CORBIN-TRAKAS-CALVERT- 13
PATTON-HARRIS-AUSTRIA-MAIER 14
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A B I L L
To amend section 5571.01 and to repeal section 17
5571.17 of the Revised Code to specifically 18
permit a board of township trustees, at township
road intersections, to erect and maintain 19
suitable signposts and to purchase or lease and 21
erect and maintain suitable traffic control
devices and traffic control signals. 22
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO: 23
Section 1. That section 5571.01 of the Revised Code be 25
amended to read as follows: 26
Sec. 5571.01. (A) The A board of township trustees may 35
construct, reconstruct, resurface, or improve any public road or 37
part thereof under its jurisdiction, or any county road, 38
intercounty highway, or state highway within its township. In 40
the case of a county road, the plans and specifications for the
proposed improvement shall first SHALL be submitted to the board 42
of county commissioners of the county and receive its approval, 44
and in. IN the case of an intercounty or state highway, THE 46
plans and specifications shall first SHALL be submitted to the 47
director of transportation and receive his THE DIRECTOR'S 48
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approval. The board of township trustees may widen, straighten, 49
or change the direction of any part of a road in connection with 51
the proceedings for its improvement.
(B) The board of township trustees may construct, improve, 53
maintain, or repair the berm of any road under its jurisdiction, 54
in order to provide a hard surface or other improved approach to 55
rural mail boxes located on public highways. 56
(C) A BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE 59
MANUAL AND UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ADOPTED 60
UNDER SECTION 4511.09 OF THE REVISED CODE, MAY ERECT AND MAINTAIN 61
AT INTERSECTING ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD, 62
SUITABLE SIGNPOSTS SHOWING THE NAMES AND NUMBERS OF THE ROADS. 63
THE COST OF THE SIGNS SHALL BE PAID FROM THE TOWNSHIP ROAD FUND. 65
(D) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (F) OF THIS SECTION, A BOARD OF 68
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MANUAL AND UNIFORM 69
SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 4511.09 70
OF THE REVISED CODE, MAY ERECT AND MAINTAIN AT INTERSECTING 72
ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD, SUITABLE
SIGNPOSTS SHOWING THE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO ANY NEARBY 73
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. THE COSTS OF THE SIGNS SHALL BE PAID FROM 74
THE TOWNSHIP ROAD FUND. 75
(E) SUBJECT TO DIVISIONS (F) AND (G) OF THIS SECTION, A 78
BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES MAY PURCHASE OR LEASE AND ERECT AND 79
MAINTAIN AT INTERSECTING ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A 80
TOWNSHIP ROAD, SUITABLE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC 81
CONTROL SIGNALS. THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL 82
SIGNALS AND THEIR PLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE SHALL CONFORM WITH 83
THE MANUAL AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 4511.09 OF 84
THE REVISED CODE. IN PURCHASING OR LEASING AND ERECTING AND 86
MAINTAINING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL 87
SIGNALS, THE BOARD MAY EXPEND ANY MONEYS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO IT 88
THAT LEGALLY MAY BE EXPENDED FOR THAT PURPOSE. 89
(F) IF ONE OF THE INTERSECTING HIGHWAYS AS PROVIDED IN 91
DIVISIONS (D) AND (E) OF THIS SECTION IS A STATE HIGHWAY, BOTH OF 93
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THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
(1) NO SIGNPOST SHOWING THE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO ANY 97
NEARBY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL BE PLACED AT OR NEAR THE 98
INTERSECTION, AND NO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OR TRAFFIC CONTROL 99
SIGNAL SHALL BE ERECTED AT THE INTERSECTION, WITHOUT PRIOR 100
PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 4511.10 OF THE 101
REVISED CODE. 102
(2) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL MAINTAIN ANY 104
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES 105
AT THAT INTERSECTION. 106
(G) IF ONE OF THE INTERSECTING ROADS AS PROVIDED IN 108
DIVISION (E) OF THIS SECTION IS A COUNTY ROAD, A BOARD OF 109
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES SHALL NOT ERECT A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OR 110
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT PRIOR 111
PERMISSION OF THE COUNTY ENGINEER OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE 112
INTERSECTION IS LOCATED.
(H) No contract for the construction or repair of a 114
bridge, the entire cost of which construction or repair exceeds 116
fifty thousand dollars, shall be entered into by the township 117
unless the plans are first approved by the director.
Section 2. That existing section 5571.01 and section 119
5571.17 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. 120