Bill Analysis

Legislative Service Commission

LSC Preliminary Summary

S.B. 184

126th General Assembly

(As Passed by the General Assembly)

 

Sens.      Gardner, Armbruster, Cates, Grendell, Mumper, Niehaus, Padgett, Wilson

Reps.     Barrett, Beatty, Blessing, Brown, Carano, Combs, DeBose, Domenick, Driehaus, Evans, D., Fende, Fessler, Flowers, Hughes, Key, Latta, Otterman, Patton, S., Perry, Skindell, Smith, G., Wagoner, Willamowski, Williams, Woodard, Yates

Effective date:  *

ACT SUMMARY

·        Establishes a 35-mile per hour speed limit for highways outside municipal corporations within island jurisdictions.

CONTENT AND OPERATION

Under continuing law, highways outside municipal corporations generally have a speed limit of 55 miles per hour unless those highways qualify for the 65-mile per hour speed limit.  The act establishes a speed limit of 35 miles per hour on highways outside municipal corporations that are within an island jurisdiction (R.C. 4511.21(B)(8)).

HISTORY

ACTION

DATE

 

 

Introduced

09-22-05

Reported, S. Highways
& Transportation


11-16-05

Passed Senate (32-0)

11-16-05

Reported, H. Transportation, Public Safety & Homeland Security


02-02-06

Passed House (96-0)

02-14-06

 

 

 

06-sb184-126.doc/kl



* The Legislative Service Commission had not received formal notification of the effective date at the time this analysis was prepared.  Additionally, the analysis may not reflect action taken by the Governor.