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Sub. S. B. No. 44 As Reported by the House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs Committee
As Reported by the House Infrastructure, Homeland Security and Veterans Affairs Committee
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Cafaro, Clancy, Padgett, Miller, D., Schuler, Grendell, Boccieri, Cates, Harris, Schaffer, Spada, Stivers, Wilson
Representatives Domenick, Reinhard, Wachtmann
A BILL
To amend sections 5511.09 and 5589.081 of the Revised
Code to
permit local jurisdictions to request the
Director
of Transportation to designate a name
for a bridge
that is part of the highway system
and to
allow
the use of retractable studded snow
tires
any time of year so
long as the studs are
not
extended during prohibited times.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 5511.09 and 5589.081 of the Revised
Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5511.09. Within a county, any highway or bridge that is
part of
the state highway system may be officially assigned a
distinctive
name, commemorative of an historical event or
personage or a
commonly accepted and appropriate name, by which
the highway or bridge is
known. Upon agreement of the governing
bodies of the county and
each township and municipal corporation
within the county through
which the highway extends or in which
the bridge is located, a request for approval of the highway or
bridge
name may be submitted to the director of transportation.
The
agreement shall be indicated by a resolution from each
governing
body in support of the proposed highway or bridge name.
The resolution may
not be withdrawn, amended, or repealed for
thirty days following
receipt of the resolution by the requesting
authority, or during
the time the request is pending before the
director.
Within thirty days after receipt of such a request, the
director shall inform the requesting authority of his the
director's decision.
If the director approves the request, the
requesting authority
may, at its own expense, may erect markers
indicating the name of the
highway or bridge within the county,
provided that any marker so erected
shall conform to the law of
this state and to federal law and
shall be in accordance with the
directives for the signing of
named memorial highways included in
the manual adopted by the
department of transportation under
section 4511.09 of the Revised
Code.
Only one name per county shall be assigned to a highway
or a
bridge under this section, and the name shall apply to the entire
extension of the highway or the entire portion of the bridge
within the county. A name assigned to a
state highway or part
thereof or a bridge under this section may be altered
or
abolished, pursuant to approval of the director, in the same
manner as provided for assignment of the original name.
This section shall not in any way modify, limit, or
restrict
the authority of a municipal corporation to designate
within the
municipal corporation, the name of a highway or a bridge that is
part of the state highway system. If a municipal corporation has
acted pursuant to its authority and designated the name of a
highway or bridge within the municipal corporation, no other name
may be
assigned to that highway or bridge under this section.
Sec. 5589.081. (A) For purposes of this section, "studded
tire" means any tire designed for use on a vehicle and equipped
with metal studs or studs of wear-resisting material that project
beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire; and "motor
vehicle," "street or highway," "public safety vehicle," and
"school bus" have the same meaning meanings as given those terms
in
section
4511.01 of the Revised Code.
(B) No (1) Except as provided in division (B)(2) of this
section, no person shall operate any motor vehicle, other than
a
public safety vehicle or school bus, that is equipped with
studded
tires on any street or highway in this state, except
during the
period extending from the first day of November of
each year
through the fifteenth day of April of the succeeding
year.
(2) A person may operate a motor vehicle that is equipped
with retractable studded tires with the studs retracted at any
time of the year, but shall operate the motor vehicle with the
studs extended only as provided in division (B)(1) of this
section.
(C) This section does not apply to the use of tire chains
when there is snow or ice on the streets or highways where such
chains are being used, or the immediate vicinity thereof.
Section 2. That existing sections 5511.09 and 5589.081 of the
Revised Code
are hereby repealed.
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