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As Reported by House Transportation and Public Safety Committee
123rd General Assembly
Regular Session
1999-2000 | Am. Sub. S. B. No. 15 |
SENATORS GARDNER-ARMBRUSTER-WHITE-LATELL-DiDONATO-
CARNES-MUMPER-SPADA-DRAKE-
REPRESENTATIVES BATEMAN-
OLMAN-BENDER-CLANCY-MEAD
A BILL
To amend section 5571.01 and to repeal section 5571.17 of the Revised Code to
specifically permit a board of township trustees, at township
road intersections, to erect and maintain suitable signposts and to
purchase
or lease and erect and maintain suitable traffic control devices and traffic
control signals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5571.01 of the Revised Code be amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 5571.01. (A) The A board of township trustees may
construct, reconstruct,
resurface, or improve any public road or part thereof under its
jurisdiction, or any county road, intercounty highway, or state highway
within its township.
In the case of a county road, the plans and specifications for the
proposed
improvement shall first SHALL be submitted to the board of
county commissioners of
the county and receive its approval, and in. IN the case
of an intercounty or
state highway, THE plans and specifications shall first
SHALL be submitted to the
director of transportation and receive his THE DIRECTOR'S
approval. The board of township trustees may widen, straighten, or change the
direction of any part of a road
in connection with the proceedings for its improvement.
(B) The board of township trustees may construct, improve, maintain, or
repair the berm of any road under its jurisdiction, in order to provide a hard
surface or other improved approach to rural mail boxes located on public
highways.
(C) A BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, IN CONFORMITY
WITH THE MANUAL AND UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 4511.09 OF THE REVISED
CODE, MAY ERECT AND MAINTAIN AT
INTERSECTING ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD,
SUITABLE SIGNPOSTS SHOWING THE NAMES AND NUMBERS OF THE ROADS. THE
COST OF THE SIGNS SHALL BE PAID FROM THE
TOWNSHIP ROAD FUND.
(D) SUBJECT TO DIVISION (F) OF THIS
SECTION, A BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES, IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MANUAL AND
UNIFORM SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES ADOPTED UNDER
SECTION 4511.09 OF THE REVISED CODE, MAY ERECT AND MAINTAIN
AT
INTERSECTING ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD, SUITABLE
SIGNPOSTS SHOWING THE DIRECTION AND DISTANCE TO ANY NEARBY
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. THE COSTS OF THE SIGNS SHALL BE PAID FROM THE
TOWNSHIP ROAD FUND.
(E) SUBJECT TO DIVISIONS
(F) AND (G) OF THIS SECTION, A BOARD OF
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES MAY PURCHASE OR LEASE AND ERECT AND MAINTAIN
AT INTERSECTING ROADS, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH IS A TOWNSHIP ROAD,
SUITABLE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS.
THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS AND
THEIR PLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE SHALL CONFORM WITH THE MANUAL
AND SPECIFICATIONS ADOPTED UNDER SECTION 4511.09 OF THE
REVISED CODE. IN PURCHASING OR LEASING
AND ERECTING AND MAINTAINING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS, THE BOARD MAY EXPEND ANY MONEYS THAT
ARE AVAILABLE TO IT THAT LEGALLY MAY BE EXPENDED FOR THAT
PURPOSE.
(F) IF ONE OF THE INTERSECTING HIGHWAYS AS PROVIDED IN DIVISIONS
(D) AND (E) OF THIS SECTION IS A STATE
HIGHWAY, BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
(1) NO SIGNPOST
SHOWING THE DIRECTION AND
DISTANCE TO ANY NEARBY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
SHALL BE PLACED AT OR NEAR THE
INTERSECTION, AND NO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OR TRAFFIC CONTROL
SIGNAL SHALL BE ERECTED AT THE INTERSECTION, WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION OF
THE DIRECTOR AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 4511.10 OF THE
REVISED CODE.
(2) THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SHALL MAINTAIN ANY TRAFFIC
CONTROL SIGNAL ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES AT THAT
INTERSECTION.
(G) IF ONE OF THE INTERSECTING ROADS AS PROVIDED IN
DIVISION (E) OF THIS SECTION IS A COUNTY ROAD, A BOARD OF
TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES SHALL NOT ERECT A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OR TRAFFIC
CONTROL SIGNAL AT THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT PRIOR PERMISSION OF THE
COUNTY ENGINEER OF THE COUNTY IN WHICH THE INTERSECTION IS LOCATED.
(H) No contract for the construction or repair of a bridge,
the entire cost of which
construction or repair exceeds fifty thousand dollars, shall be entered into
by the township unless the plans are first approved by the director.
Section 2. That existing section 5571.01 and section 5571.17 of the Revised
Code are hereby repealed.
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