To amend section 5533.051 and to enact sections 5501.313, 5533.182, 5533.183, 5533.221, 5533.542, 5533.725, 5533.755, 5533.831, 5533.832, 5533.921, and 5533.98 of the Revised Code to permit the Director of Transportation to designate portions of state highways as memorial highways in honor of each State Highway Patrol trooper who is or has been killed in the line of duty, and to designate a number of memorial highways.

Section 1. That section 5533.051 be amended and sections 5501.313, 5533.182, 5533.183, 5533.221, 5533.542, 5533.725, 5533.755, 5533.831, 5533.832, 5533.921, and 5533.98 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec. 5501.313. (A) The director of transportation, in consultation with the director of public safety and the superintendent of the state highway patrol, may designate portions of state highways that are located outside of municipal corporations, with each portion not exceeding twenty miles in length, as a separate memorial highway in honor of each state highway patrol trooper who is or has been killed in the line of duty.

(B) In acting under this section, the director of transportation may designate a portion of a state highway that is located outside of a municipal corporation that has been given a designation in Chapter 5533. of the Revised Code, and if the director does so that portion shall have both names. If the director designates any such portion under this section and that portion subsequently is given a designation in Chapter 5533. of the Revised Code, that portion shall have both names unless the designation in Chapter 5533. of the Revised Code expressly provides otherwise.

(C) Upon a designation made under this section, the director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the state highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.051. In addition to the designations of the road known as United States route twenty-three in section 5533.05 of the Revised Code, the portion of that road running in a north and south direction, commencing at the boundary of Franklin and Delaware counties and extending to the municipal corporation of Delaware, and also the portion of that road located in Scioto county, from mile marker number three to mile marker number ten, shall be known as the "Branch Rickey Memorial Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along each designated portion of the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.182.  The road known as state route one hundred one, running in a northeasterly and southwesterly direction between the municipal corporations of Castalia and Sandusky in Erie county only, shall be known as the "Sfc. Charles L. Adkins Memorial Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.183. The road known as United States route two hundred fifty, running in a northwesterly and southeasterly direction through the municipal corporation of Sandusky only, shall be known as the "Specialist Charles E. Odums II Memorial Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.221. That portion of the road known as state route number one hundred four, running in a northerly and southerly direction within Ross county only, between the intersection of that state route and Williamsport pike in the north and the intersection of that state route and Pennyroyal road in the south, shall be known as the "David A. Gibson Memorial Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.542.  That portion of the road known as state route number six hundred seventy-six, from mile marker number twenty-two to mile marker twenty-three, in Washington county only, shall be known as the "U.S. Army Specialist Allen Nolan Memorial Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.725. That portion of the road known as state route seven hundred twenty-five, commencing at the intersection of that road and Heincke road in the municipal corporation of Miamisburg and extending in an easterly direction to the intersection of that road and state route seven hundred forty-one, in Montgomery county only, shall be known as the "Marine Corporal Paul W. Zanowick II Memorial Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.755. That portion of the road known as state route fifty-five, running in an easterly direction between the municipal corporations of Troy and Casstown in Miami county, shall be known as the "Pfc. Jeffrey L. Rice Memorial Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.831.  That portion of state route fifty-two located in southern Scioto county between mile marker number seventeen and mile marker number nineteen shall be known as the "Boone Coleman Memorial Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.832. That portion of the road known as state route number thirteen, commencing at the intersection of that route with Cassell road in Knox county and proceeding in a northerly direction to the intersection of that route with Zolman road, shall be known as the "Bill Burgett Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.921.  In addition to the designation in section 5533.92 of the Revised Code, the road known as state route number two, located in Cuyahoga county and also known as the Cleveland memorial shoreway, commencing at Lake avenue and extending in an easterly direction to the point at which the road crosses the Cuyahoga river, shall be known as the "Governor Richard F. Celeste Shoreway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Sec. 5533.98.  In addition to any other name prescribed in the Revised Code or otherwise, that portion of the highway known as state route one hundred twenty-eight, commencing at the intersection of that route and United States route number twenty-seven and proceeding in a northeasterly direction to the intersection of that route and New London road in the municipal corporation of Hamilton, shall be known as the "Cpl. Nicholas H. Olivas Memorial Highway."

The director of transportation may erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

Section 2. That existing section 5533.051 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.