As Reported by the Senate Highways and Transportation Committee

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

S. B. No. 37

Senator Hughes 

Cosponsors: Senators Bacon, Grendell, Sawyer, Seitz 

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A BILL

To enact section 5501.70 of the Revised Code to

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require the Director of Transportation to

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designate portions of state highways, county or

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township roads, or streets or highways located

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within municipal corporations as memorial highways

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in honor of each State Highway Patrol trooper,

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county sheriff, deputy sheriff, township

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constable, or police officer of a township police

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department or district or law enforcement agency

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of a municipal corporation who is or has been

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killed in the line of duty.

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

Section 1. That section 5501.70 of the Revised Code be	12
enacted to read as follows:	13

Sec. 5501.70. (A)(1) The director of transportation, in	14
consultation with the director of public safety and the	15
superintendent of the state highway patrol, shall designate	16
portions of state highways, with each portion not exceeding twenty	17
miles in length, as a separate memorial highway in honor of each	18
state highway patrol trooper who is or has been killed in the line	19
of duty.	20

(2) The director of transportation, in consultation with the	21
appropriate county sheriffs, shall designate portions of state	22
highways, portions of county roads, or a combination of such	23
portions, with each portion or combined portions not exceeding	24
twenty miles in total length, as a memorial highway in honor of	25
each county sheriff or deputy sheriff who is or has been killed in	26
the line of duty.	27

(3) The director of transportation, in consultation with the	28
appropriate township constable or chief of a township police	29
department or district, shall designate portions of state	30
highways, portions of county roads, portions of township roads, or	31
a combination of such portions, with each portion or combined	32
portions not exceeding twenty miles in total length, as a memorial	33
highway in honor of each township constable or police officer of a	34
township police department or district who is or has been killed	35
in the line of duty.	36

(4) The director of transportation, in consultation with the	37
appropriate chiefs of the law enforcement agencies of municipal	38
corporations, shall designate portions of state highways, portions	39
of county roads, portions of township roads, a combination of such	40
portions, or a combination of such portions and a portion of a	41
street or highway located within a municipal corporation, with	42
each portion or combined portions not exceeding twenty miles in	43
total length, as a memorial highway in honor of each police	44
officer of a law enforcement agency of a municipal corporation who	45
is or has been killed in the line of duty.	46

(B) In acting under this section, the director of	47
transportation may designate a portion of a state highway, county	48
or township road, or street or highway located within a municipal	49
corporation that has been given a designation in Chapter 5533. of	50
the Revised Code, and if the director does so that portion shall	51
have both names. If the director designates any such portion under	52
this section and that portion subsequently is given a designation	53
in Chapter 5533. of the Revised Code, that portion shall have both	54
names unless the designation in Chapter 5533. of the Revised Code	55
expressly provides otherwise.	56

(C) Upon a designation made under this section, the director	57
of transportation may erect suitable markers along the state	58
highway, county or township road, or street or highway located	59
within a municipal corporation indicating its name.	60