As Passed by the House

127th General Assembly Regular Session 2007-2008

Sub. S. B. No. 44

Senator Carey 

Cosponsors: Senators Cafaro, Clancy, Padgett, Miller, D., Schuler, Grendell, Boccieri, Cates, Harris, Schaffer, Spada, Stivers, Wilson 

Representatives Domenick, Reinhard, Wachtmann, Combs, Dolan, Evans, Fende, Flowers, McGregor, J., Schindel, Schlichter 

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A BILL

To amend sections 5511.09 and 5589.081 of the Revised

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Code to permit local jurisdictions to request the

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Director of Transportation to designate a name

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for a bridge that is part of the highway system

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and to allow the use of retractable studded snow

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tires any time of year so long as the studs are

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not extended during prohibited times.

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

Section 1. That sections 5511.09 and 5589.081 of the Revised	8
Code be amended to read as follows:	9

Sec. 5511.09.  Within a county, any highway or bridge that is	10
part of the state highway system may be officially assigned a	11
distinctive name, commemorative of an historical event or	12
personage or a commonly accepted and appropriate name, by which	13
the highway or bridge is known. Upon agreement of the governing	14
bodies of the county and each township and municipal corporation	15
within the county through which the highway extends or in which	16
the bridge is located, a request for approval of the highway or	17
bridge name may be submitted to the director of transportation.	18
The agreement shall be indicated by a resolution from each	19
governing body in support of the proposed highway or bridge name.	20
The resolution may not be withdrawn, amended, or repealed for	21
thirty days following receipt of the resolution by the requesting	22
authority, or during the time the request is pending before the	23
director.	24

Within thirty days after receipt of such a request, the	25
director shall inform the requesting authority of histhe	26
director's decision. If the director approves the request, the	27
requesting authority may, at its own expense, may erect markers	28
indicating the name of the highway or bridge within the county,	29
provided that any marker so erected shall conform to the law of	30
this state and to federal law and shall be in accordance with the	31
directives for the signing of named memorial highways included in	32
the manual adopted by the department of transportation under	33
section 4511.09 of the Revised Code.	34

Only one name per county shall be assigned to a highway or a	35
bridge under this section, and the name shall apply to the entire	36
extension of the highway or the entire portion of the bridge	37
within the county. A name assigned to a state highway or part	38
thereof or a bridge under this section may be altered or	39
abolished, pursuant to approval of the director, in the same	40
manner as provided for assignment of the original name.	41

This section shall not in any way modify, limit, or restrict	42
the authority of a municipal corporation to designate within the	43
municipal corporation, the name of a highway or a bridge that is	44
part of the state highway system. If a municipal corporation has	45
acted pursuant to its authority and designated the name of a	46
highway or bridge within the municipal corporation, no other name	47
may be assigned to that highway or bridge under this section.	48

Sec. 5589.081.  (A) For purposes of this section, "studded	49
tire" means any tire designed for use on a vehicle and equipped	50
with metal studs or studs of wear-resisting material that project	51
beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire; and "motor	52
vehicle," "street or highway," "public safety vehicle," and	53
"school bus" have the same meaningmeanings as given those terms	54
in section 4511.01 of the Revised Code.	55

(B) No(1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this	56
section, no person shall operate any motor vehicle, other than a	57
public safety vehicle or school bus, that is equipped with studded	58
tires on any street or highway in this state, except during the	59
period extending from the first day of November of each year	60
through the fifteenth day of April of the succeeding year.	61

(2) A person may operate a motor vehicle that is equipped	62
with retractable studded tires with the studs retracted at any	63
time of the year, but shall operate the motor vehicle with the	64
studs extended only as provided in division (B)(1) of this	65
section.	66

(C) This section does not apply to the use of tire chains	67
when there is snow or ice on the streets or highways where such	68
chains are being used, or the immediate vicinity thereof.	69

Section 2. That existing sections 5511.09 and 5589.081 of the	70
Revised Code are hereby repealed.	71