As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee

125th General Assembly
Regular Session
2003-2004
Sub. H. B. No. 70


REPRESENTATIVES Willamowski, Hughes, Seitz, Distel, Jolivette, Young, Faber, Carano, Fessler, Seaver, Hollister, McGregor, Strahorn, Olman, Grendell, Boccieri, Latta, Harwood, Ujvagi, Webster, Reinhard, Schlichter, Perry, Sferra, Aslanides, Daniels, Key, Hagan, Clancy, Schneider, Raussen, Core, Calvert, J. Stewart, Walcher, Buehrer, Niehaus, D. Evans, Setzer, Trakas, T. Patton, Gibbs, Carmichael, Gilb, Flowers, Reidelbach, G. Smith, Cates, C. Evans, Skindell, DePiero, Hoops, Allen, DeBose, Jerse, Schmidt, Koziura, S. Patton, Widener, Miller, D. Stewart, Taylor, S. Smith, Kilbane, Brown, Widowfield, Book, Cirelli, Chandler, Otterman, Woodard, Driehaus, Redfern

A BILL
To amend section 5517.02 and to enact sections 1
5533.241, 5533.69, 5533.70, 5533.71, 5533.72, and 2
5533.73 of the Revised Code to designate 3
Interstate Route 75 as the "Pearl Harbor Memorial 4
Highway" and to permit the Director of 5
Transportation to erect markers along the highway 6
indicating its name, to name four roads and a 7
bridge in Butler County, and to specify those 8
Department of Transportation projects requiring 9
the use of a force account project assessment 10
form.11


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

       Section 1. That section 5517.02 be amended and sections 12
5533.241, 5533.69, 5533.70, 5533.71, 5533.72, and 5533.73 of the 13
Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:14

       Sec. 5517.02.  (A) Before undertaking the construction, 15
reconstruction by widening or resurfacing, or improvement, 16
maintenance, or repair of a state highway, or a bridge or culvert 17
thereon, or the installation, maintenance, or repair of a traffic 18
control signal on a state highway, the director of transportation 19
shall make an estimate of the cost of the work using the force 20
account project assessment form developed by the auditor of state 21
under section 117.16 of the Revised Code. In constructing, or 22
reconstructing by widening or resurfacing, improving, maintaining, 23
and repairing state highways, and the bridges and culverts 24
thereon, and in installing, maintaining, and repairing traffic 25
control signals on state highways, the director, except as 26
provided in division (B) of this section, shall proceed by 27
contract let to the lowest competent and responsible bidder, after 28
advertisement as provided in section 5525.01 of the Revised Code.29

        (B)(1) Where the work contemplated is the construction of a 30
bridge or culvert, or the installation of a traffic control 31
signal, estimated to cost not more than fifty thousand dollars, 32
the director may proceed by employing labor, purchasing materials, 33
and furnishing equipment.34

       (2) The director may also proceed with maintenance or repair35
work by employing labor, purchasing materials, and furnishing36
equipment, provided the total estimated cost of the completed37
operation, or series of connected operations, does not exceed 38
twenty-five thousand dollars per mile of highway, exclusive of 39
structures and traffic control signals, or fifty thousand dollars 40
for any single structure or traffic control signal. 41

       (3) The director may proceed by furnishing equipment, 42
purchasing materials, and employing labor in the erection of 43
temporary bridges or the making of temporary repairs to a highway 44
or bridge rendered necessary by flood, landslide, or other 45
extraordinary emergency. If the director determines inability to46
complete such emergency work by force account, the director may47
contract for any part of the work, with or without advertising for 48
bids, as the director considers for the best interest of the 49
department of transportation.50

       Sec. 5533.241. (A) In addition to the designation in section 51
5533.24 of the Revised Code, the road known as interstate route 52
seventy-five, running in a southerly direction from the city of 53
Toledo in Lucas county, through the counties of Wood, Hancock, 54
Allen, Auglaize, Shelby, Miami, Montgomery, Warren, and Butler to 55
the city of Cincinnati in Hamilton county, also shall be known as 56
the "Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway."57

       (B) The director of transportation may erect suitable markers 58
along the highway indicating its name. If the director erects such 59
markers, the markers, to the greatest extent possible, shall be 60
located near Toledo, Lima, Dayton, and Cincinnati.61

       (C) The department of transportation may accept private 62
contributions to pay all or part of the costs of manufacturing, 63
erecting, and maintaining the markers. Any private money received 64
by the department for the purposes of this section shall be 65
deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the state highway 66
operating fund or any other fund of the department as determined 67
by the director.68

       Sec. 5533.69.  The road known as state route number one 69
hundred twenty-six, commencing in the community of Venice in 70
Butler county and extending westward to the Indiana border, shall 71
be known as the "Governor William Bebb Bicentennial Roadway."72

       The director of transportation may erect suitable markers 73
along the highway indicating its name.74

       Sec. 5533.70.  The road known as state route number seven 75
hundred forty-four, commencing in the municipal corporation of 76
Somerville in Butler county and extending eastward to the 77
intersection of that road and state route number one hundred 78
twenty-two in that county, shall be known as the "Governor James 79
M. Cox Bicentennial Roadway."80

       The director of transportation may erect suitable markers 81
along the highway indicating its name.82

       Sec. 5533.71.  In addition to the designation in section 83
5533.14 of the Revised Code, the road known as state route number 84
four, commencing at the intersection of that road and High Street 85
in the municipal corporation of Hamilton in Butler county and 86
extending northeasterly to the intersection of that state route 87
and central avenue in the municipal corporation of Middletown in 88
that county, shall be known as the "Governor James E. Campbell 89
Bicentennial Roadway."90

       The director of transportation may erect suitable markers 91
along the highway indicating its name.92

       Sec. 5533.72.  The road known as United States route number 93
one hundred twenty-seven, commencing in the municipal corporation 94
of Seven Mile in Butler county and extending northward to the 95
intersection of that United States route and United States route 96
number thirty-five in the municipal corporation of Eaton in Preble 97
county, shall be known as the "Governor Andrew L. Harris 98
Bicentennial Roadway."99

       The director of transportation may erect suitable markers 100
along the highway indicating its name.101

       Sec. 5533.73.  The Maud-Hughes road bridge spanning Gregory 102
Creek in Butler county, located at mile twenty-three and 103
eighteen-hundredths of state route number one hundred twenty-nine, 104
shall be known as the "William R. Foster Bridge."105

       The director of transportation may erect suitable markers 106
upon the bridge, or the approaches thereto, indicating its name.107

       Section 2.  That existing section 5517.02 of the Revised Code 108
is hereby repealed.109