130th Ohio General Assembly
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S. B. No. 157  As Introduced
As Introduced

129th General Assembly
Regular Session
2011-2012
S. B. No. 157


Senator Patton 

Cosponsors: Senators Lehner, Kearney, Bacon 



A BILL
To enact section 4511.111 of the Revised Code to authorize the use of traffic signs warning of the presence of a child with a disability.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 4511.111 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 4511.111.  (A) Upon request by a local authority, the department of transportation shall place and maintain on a state highway a warning sign advising of the presence of a deaf or blind child if the department considers the sign necessary for public safety and welfare. The director of transportation shall establish guidelines and procedures as necessary to implement this section and may require supporting information, including medical verification of the child's disability and proof of the child's residence near the state highway.
(B)(1) The legislative authority of a local authority shall establish a program for the placement on any street or highway under its jurisdiction of warning signs advising of the presence of a deaf or blind child. The program shall include a form allowing the parent or guardian of a deaf or blind child to request the placement of a warning sign and a process for the appropriate traffic or engineering personnel to approve or disapprove with an explanation, the placement of the sign based on public safety and welfare considerations. The form may require the parent or guardian to provide medical verification of the child's disability and may require the parent or guardian to notify the local authority in writing when the family moves, the child no longer lives at home, the child's disability improves, or the child reaches a specified age indicative of personal safety awareness.
(2) If a parent or guardian submits a request to a local authority and the request is for placement of a warning sign on a state highway, the local authority shall forward the request to the department of transportation in accordance with the procedures established under division (A) of this section.
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