S.B. 114

126th General Assembly

(As Passed by the Senate)

Sens. Goodman, Harris, Coughlin, Amstutz, Spada, Wachtmann, Gardner, Jordan, Carey, Schuler, Schuring, Padgett, Fedor, Dann, Armbruster, Austria, Brady, Cates, Clancy, Fingerhut, Grendell, Hagan, Hottinger, Jacobson, Mallory, Miller, Mumper, Niehaus, Prentiss, Roberts, Wilson, Zurz

BILL SUMMARY

· Designates Interstate Routes 70 and 71 as the "Purple Heart Trail."

CONTENT AND OPERATION

Current law designates part of Interstate 76 (from its intersection with Interstate 71 in Medina County to its intersection with Interstate 80 in Mahoning County) as "The Military Order of the Purple Heart Memorial Highway." Current law also designates the entire length of Interstate 70 in Ohio as the "Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Highway" and the entire length of Interstate 71 in Ohio as the "Disabled American Veterans' Highway." Part of Interstate 71 in Ashland County also is known as the "Trooper James R. Gross Memorial Highway." (R.C. 5533.09; also R.C. 5533.30, 5533.32, and 5533.33, not in the bill.)

In addition to the respective designations in current law, the bill designates the entire lengths of Interstate Routes 70 and 71 within the state as the "Purple Heart Trail" and authorizes the Director of Transportation to erect suitable markers along each highway indicating its name (R.C. 5533.09).

HISTORY

ACTION	DATE
Introduced	03-29-05
Reported, S. Highways & Transportation	10-27-05
Passed Senate (32-0)	11-15-05

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