Sub. S.B. 114*

126th General Assembly

(As Reported by H. Transportation, Public Safety, & Homeland Security)

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

Reps. Bubp, D. Evans, Perry, Sayre, Uecker

BILL SUMMARY

· Designates the bullfrog as the official state amphibian (R.C. 5.033).

· Designates the Great Serpent Mound as the official state effigy mound (R.C. 5.074).

· Designates the Buckeye Trail as the official state trail (R.C. 5.075).

· Designates the pawpaw as the state native fruit (R.C. 5.081).

· Designates the tomato as the state fruit (R.C. 5.082).

· Designates the book Lentil as the official state children's book and its author, Robert McCloskey, the official state children's book author (R.C. 5.091).

· Designates October as "German Heritage Month" (R.C. 5.2233).

· Designates April 29 as "Dale Earnhardt Day" (R.C. 5.2235).

· Designates November as "Epilepsy Awareness Month" (R.C. 5.2236).

· Designates June 12 as "Ronald Reagan Day" (R.C. 5.2237).

· Designates March as "2nd Chance of Life: Saving Babies, Supporting Families Month" (R.C. 5.2238).

· Designates May as "Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month" (R.C. 5.2239).

· Designates the period beginning June 14 and ending July 14 as "American Flag Month" (R.C. 5.2240).

· Designates the third week of May as "Co-op Education Week" (R.C. 5.2241).

· Designates December 21 as "Homeless Persons' Memorial Day" (R.C. 5.2242).

· Designates April 29 as "Heritage and Freedom Flag of the Former Republic of Vietnam Day" (R.C. 5.2243).

· Designates September as "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month" (R.C. 5.2244).

· Designates May as "Nurses Month" (R.C. 5.2245).

· Designates the sandwich known as "Carle's Bratwurst" as the official state sandwich (R.C. 5.2246).

· Designates February as "Black History Month" (R.C. 5.2247).

· Designates November 15 as "Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Day" (R.C. 5.2248).

· Designates February as "American Heart Month" (R.C. 5.2249).

· Permits organizations to receive certain motor vehicle registration information from the Bureau of Motor Vehicles about persons who obtain license plates sponsored by those organizations (R.C. 4501.27).

· Requires the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to adopt rules governing the display of battle stars on combat-related and military-related license plates (R.C. 4503.433).

· Creates "Domestic Violence Awareness" license plates and requires persons who obtain them to pay a contribution of $20 (R.C. 4503.492).

· Creates "Ohio Agriculture" license plates and requires persons who obtain them to pay a contribution of $15 (R.C. 4503.503).

· Creates "Historically Black Fraternity-Sorority" license plates (R.C. 4503.513).

· Creates "Fairport Harbor Breakwall Lighthouse" license plates and requires persons who obtain them to pay a contribution of $15 (R.C. 4503.523).

· Creates "Operation Iraqi Freedom" license plates (R.C. 4503.531).

· Creates "Ruptured Duck" license plates (R.C. 4503.542).

· Creates "Gold Star Family" license plates (R.C. 4503.546).

· Creates Ohio's Horse license plates and requires persons who obtain them to pay a contribution not exceeding $40 as determined by the Ohio Coalition for Animals, Inc. (R.C. 4503.553).

· Creates Ohio C.O.P.S. (Ohio Concerns of Police Survivors) license plates and requires persons who obtain them to pay a contribution of $15 (R.C. 4503.712).

· Creates "Children with Medical Handicaps" license plates and requires persons who obtain them to pay a contribution of $20 (R.C. 4503.722).

· Creates "Civil Air Patrol" license plates (R.C. 4503.731).

· Creates "Support Our Troops" license plates and requires persons who obtain them to pay a contribution of $25 (R.C. 4503.92).

· Creates Ohio "Volunteer" license plates and requires persons who obtain them to pay a contribution of $15 (R.C. 4503.93).

· Permits political subdivisions to submit a joint request to the Director of Transportation to name a bridge that is part of the state highway system (R.C. 5511.09).

· Designates Interstate Routes 70 and 71 as the "Purple Heart Trail" (R.C. 5533.09).

· Designates part of United States Route 50 in Clermont County as the "LCPL Nicholas B. Erdy Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.101).

· Designates part of State Route 131 in Clermont County as the "Sam Bateman Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.116).

· Designates State Route 11 within Ashtabula County as the "Marine Private Henry Kalinowski Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.281).

· Designates the bridge that spans the south fork of the Licking River and that is on State Route 13 in Licking County as the "K.I.A. Memorial Bridge" (R.C. 5533.321).

· Designates Interstate Route 71 within Middleburg Heights as the "Corporal Brad D. Squires Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.332).

· Designates State Route 2 within Willoughby as the "Brian Montgomery Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.632).

· Designates part of State Route 188 within Fairfield County as the "Deputy Ethan Collins Memorial Road" (R.C. 5533.75).

· Designates part of United States Route 30 within Crawford County as the "Lieutenant Harry L. Martin Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.76).

· Designates parts of State Routes 5 and 82 within Trumbull County as the "President Ronald Wilson Reagan Outerbelt" (R.C. 5533.77).

· Designates State Route 334 in Clark County as the "Lance Cpl. Kevin S. Smith Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.791).

· Designates State Route 93 in Lawrence County as the "Glenn Presnell Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.801).

· Designates the bridge on State Route 108 over the Maumee River in Henry County as the "Henry County Veterans Bridge" (R.C. 5533.811).

· Designates State Route 660 in Guernsey County as the "Major James W. Reed Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.871).

· Designates part of State Route 44 in Lake County as the "Andy Nowacki Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.91).

· Designates part of United States Route 30 in Crawford County as the "Staff Sergeant Kendall H. Ivy II Memorial Highway" (R.C. 5533.92).

· Designates the bridge over the Ohio River at Pomeroy in Meigs County as the "Bridge of Honor" (R.C. 5533.93).

· Requires the Department of Transportation to erect and maintain one sign each in the northbound and southbound roadways of Interstate Route 75 approaching Exit Number 74 that reads "Hobart Institute of Welding Technology Exit 74" (Section 4).

· Designates the portion of the Western Reserve Greenway Bike Path located in Trumbull County as the "Garrett Wonders Memorial Bikeway" (Section 5).

· States that the General Assembly recognizes the historical significance of the mining shovel The Silver Spade and supports the efforts of the Harrison Coal and Reclamation Historical Park to save it as a tourist attraction (Section 8).

· States that the General Assembly recognizes the significance of the eastern states, including Ohio, in the preparation for, and the return of, the Lewis and Clark Expedition and supports the extension of the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to include such additional sites (Section 9).

· States that the General Assembly recognizes the importance of the National Road, known as United States Route 40, and its role in the development of this nation and designates the year 2006, the bicentennial of its authorization by Congress, as the Year of the Historic National Road (Section 10).

HISTORY

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

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* This analysis was prepared before the report of the House Transportation, Public Safety, and Homeland Security Committee appeared in the House Journal. Note that the list of co-sponsors and the legislative history may be incomplete.