(2) Except as may otherwise be specifically provided by law, | 16 |
after the effective date of this section, the director of | 17 |
transportation shall not be required to implement any legislation | 18 |
that names a bridge or a portion of a state highway unless the | 19 |
proposed name is supported by a resolution from the governing | 20 |
legislative body of each county, township, or municipal | 21 |
corporation in which the bridge is located or through which the | 22 |
portion of the state highway being named extends. | 23 |
(B)(1) The director of transportation may erect markers along | 24 |
a bridge or state highway indicating a name enacted by statute | 25 |
that becomes effective after the effective date of this section | 26 |
only if the department of transportation receives contributions | 27 |
sufficient to pay all costs of manufacturing, erecting, and | 28 |
maintaining the markers. The department shall not accept | 29 |
contributions under this section unless it first has determined | 30 |
that placement of the markers at the designated location is | 31 |
permissible under applicable laws and in accordance with the | 32 |
directives for the signing of named memorial highways in the | 33 |
manual adopted by the department under section 4511.09 of the | 34 |
Revised Code. Any money received by the department for these | 35 |
purposes shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit | 36 |
of the state highway operating fund. The department may continue | 37 |
to repair, replace, and maintain any markers in place on the | 38 |
effective date of this section without receiving contributions to | 39 |
pay such costs. | 40 |
(2) Any county, township, or municipal corporation that | 41 |
supports by a resolution a name for the bridge or highway enacted | 42 |
by statute, at its own expense, may erect markers indicating the | 43 |
name of the bridge or highway within its own jurisdiction, but any | 44 |
marker so erected shall be permissible under applicable laws and | 45 |
in accordance with the directives for the signing of named | 46 |
memorial highways in the manual adopted by the department of | 47 |
transportation under section 4511.09 of the Revised Code. | 48 |