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H. B. No. 514 As IntroducedAs Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
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A BILL
To amend section 5501.03 of the Revised Code to
authorize the Director of Transportation to enter
into an agreement or contract with any entity to
establish a traveler information program to
provide real-time traffic conditions and travel
time information at no cost to the traveler.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5501.03 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 5501.03. (A) The department of transportation shall:
(1) Exercise and perform such other duties, powers, and
functions as are conferred by law on the director, the department,
the assistant directors, the deputy directors, or on the divisions
of the department;
(2) Coordinate and develop, in cooperation with local,
regional, state, and federal planning agencies and authorities,
comprehensive and balanced state policy and planning to meet
present and future needs for adequate transportation facilities in
this state, including recommendations for adequate funding of the
implementation of such planning;
(3) Coordinate its activities with those of other appropriate
state departments, public agencies, and authorities, and enter
into any contracts with such departments, agencies, and
authorities as may be necessary to carry out its duties, powers,
and functions;
(4) Cooperate with and assist the public utilities commission
in the commission's administration of sections 4907.47 to 4907.476
of the Revised Code, particularly with respect to the federal
highway administration;
(5) Cooperate with and assist the Ohio power siting board in
the board's administration of Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code;
(6) Give particular consideration to the development of
policy and planning for public transportation facilities, and to
the coordination of associated activities relating thereto, as
prescribed under divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section;
(7) Conduct, in cooperation with the Ohio legislative service
commission, any studies or comparisons of state traffic laws and
local traffic ordinances with model laws and ordinances that may
be required to meet program standards adopted by the United States
department of transportation pursuant to the "Highway Safety Act
of 1966," 80 Stat. 731, U.S.C.A. 401;
(8) Prepare, print, distribute, and advertise books, maps,
pamphlets, and other information that, in the judgment of the
director, will inform the public and other governmental
departments, agencies, and authorities as to the duties, powers,
and functions of the department;
(9) In its research and development program, consider
technologies for improving roadways, including construction
techniques and materials to prolong project life, being used or
developed by other states that have geographic, geologic, or
climatic features similar to this state's, and collaborate with
those states in that development.
(B) Nothing contained in division (A)(1) of this section
shall be held to in any manner affect, limit, restrict, or
otherwise interfere with the exercise of powers relating to
transportation facilities by appropriate agencies of the federal
government, or by counties, municipal corporations, or other
political subdivisions or special districts in this state
authorized by law to exercise such powers.
(C) The department may use all appropriate sources of revenue
to assist in the development and implementation of rail service as
defined by division (C) of section 4981.01 of the Revised Code.
(D) The director of transportation may enter into contracts
with public agencies including political subdivisions, other state
agencies, boards, commissions, regional transit authorities,
county transit boards, and port authorities, to administer the
design, qualification of bidders, competitive bid letting,
construction inspection, and acceptance of any projects
administered by the department, provided the administration of
such projects is performed in accordance with all applicable state
and federal laws and regulations with oversight by the department.
(E) The director may enter into cooperative or contractual
agreements with any individual, organization, or business related
to the creation or promotion of a traveler information program.
The traveler information program shall provide real-time traffic
conditions and travel time information to travelers by telephone,
text message, internet, or other similar means at no cost to the
traveler. The director may contract with a program manager for the
traveler information program. The program manager shall be
responsible for all costs associated with the development and
operation of the traveler information program. The compensation
due to a program manager or vendor under any of these agreements
may include deferred compensation in an amount determined by the
director. Excess revenue shall be remitted to the department for
deposit into the highway operating fund.
(F) Any materials or data submitted to, made available to, or
received by the director of transportation, to the extent that the
materials or data consist of trade secrets, as defined in section
1333.61 of the Revised Code, or commercial or financial
information, are confidential and are not public records for the
purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code.
Section 2. That existing section 5501.03 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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