Sub. S.B. 243

127th General Assembly

(As Passed by the General Assembly)

 

Sens.      Schaffer, Gardner, Jacobson, Boccieri, Carey, Harris, Seitz, Smith, Goodman, Faber, Cates, Grendell, Niehaus, Buehrer, Fedor, Mumper, Spada, Wagoner, Wilson

Reps.      Bacon, Batchelder, Book, Brady, Bubp, Chandler, Combs, DeBose, DeGeeter, Domenick, Evans, Fende, Flowers, Gerberry, Gibbs, Goyal, Grady, Harwood, Hite, Hughes, Letson, Luckie, Mallory, J. McGregor, Miller, Nero, Peterson, Schindel, Schlichter, Slesnick, Stebelton, J. Stewart, Uecker, Wachtmann, Yates, Yuko, Zehringer

Effective date:  *

ACT SUMMARY

Designation of state fruits

·        Adopts the tomato as the state fruit (R.C. 5.081).

·        Adopts the pawpaw as the state native fruit (R.C. 5.082).

Designation of special days, weeks, months, and years

·        Designates calendar year 2008 as the "Year of the Veteran."  (R.C. 5.2263.)

·        Designates January as "Fibromyalgia Awareness Month."  (R.C. 5.2241.)

·        Designates February as "Black History Month."  (R.C. 5.2244.)

·        Designates February 6 as "Ronald Reagan Day."  (R.C. 5.2242.)

·        Designates the calendar week including February 8 as "Ohio Boy Scout Week."  (R.C. 5.2243.)

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

·        Designates May as "Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month."  (R.C. 5.2246.)

·        Designates June 19 as "Juneteenth National Freedom Day."  (R.C. 5.2247.)

·        Designates the third Saturday in August as "Brothers and Sisters' Day."  (R.C. 5.2248.)

·        Designates September as "Ohio Preparedness Month."  (R.C. 5.2253.)

·        Designates September as "Brain Aneurysm Awareness Month."  (R.C. 5.2252.)

·        Designates September as "Childhood Cancer Awareness Month."  (R.C. 5.2254.)

·        Designates September as "Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month."  (R.C. 5.2255.)

·        Designates the first Saturday following the first Monday in September as "Lithopolis Honeyfest Day."  (R.C. 5.2249.)

·        Designates the third week of September as "Mitochondrial Disease Awareness Week."  (R.C. 5.2250.)

·        Designates the fourth Sunday in September as "Internet Safety Day."  (R.C. 5.2251.)

·        Designates October as "Crime Prevention Month."  (R.C. 5.2257.)

·        Designates October as "Disability Employment Awareness Month."  (R.C. 5.2258.)

·        Designates October 22 as "U.S.S. Hocking Day."  (R.C. 5.2256.)

·        Designates November as "Epilepsy Awareness Month."  (R.C. 5.2260.)

·        Designates November as "Omega Psi Phi Month."  (R.C. 5.2261.)

·        Designates the Saturday immediately preceding Thanksgiving as "Adoption Day."  (R.C. 5.2259.)

·        Designates December 21 as "Homeless Persons' Memorial Day."  (R.C. 5.2262.)

·        Designates "Ohio Save for Retirement Week" during the same week as federal law designates "National Save for Retirement Week."  (R.C. 5.2264.)

Special license plates

·        Makes persons who served in the armed forces of the United States in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom or in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom and who are on active duty or are honorably discharged veterans eligible to apply for and receive veterans license plates that are available under continuing law to veterans of other military actions and wars (R.C. 4503.53).

·        Creates "Ohio Army National Guard Retired" and "Ohio Air National Guard Retired" license plates (R.C. 4503.494).

·        Creates "Thank You U.S. Military" license plates (R.C. 4503.531).

·        Creates "Support Our Troops" license plates (R.C. 4503.92).

·        Creates "Multiple Sclerosis Awareness" license plates (R.C. 4503.494).

·        Creates "Sickle Cell Anemia Awareness" license plates (R.C. 4503.496).

·        Creates "In God We Trust" license plates (R.C. 4503.762).

·        Creates historically black fraternity-sorority license plates (R.C. 4503.513).

Designation of specially named roads and bridges

·        Designates a portion of Interstate Route 270 located within Franklin County between mile marker one and mile marker three as the "Trooper Wendy G. Everett Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.681.)

·        Designates the portion of Interstate Route 270 located within Franklin County between mile markers 45 and 47 as the "Trooper Jody S. Dye Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.683.)

·        Designates a portion of United States Route 62 located within southwestern Franklin County between mile marker one and mile marker two as the "Patrolman Jerry R. Neff Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.682.)

·        Designates the bridge that is part of U.S. Route 50 West and spans North Fork Creek at Slate Mills in Ross County as the "Deputy Lawrence Barnes Memorial Bridge."  (R.C. 5533.684.)

·        Designates the bridge spanning Conneaut Creek, located in the municipal corporation of Conneaut in Ashtabula County and that is part of United States Route 20, as "The Ohio Veterans Memorial Bridge."  (R.C. 5533.351.)

·        Designates the portion of Interstate 90 located within the municipal corporation of Willoughby Hills in Lake County as the "Cpl. Joshua Harmon Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.352.)

·        Designates the portion of State Route 66, commencing at the boundary of Shelby and Miami counties and extending in a southeasterly direction to the intersection of that route and Washington Avenue within the city of Piqua in Miami County, as the "Cpl. Samuel F. Pearson Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.605.)

·        Designates a portion of United States Route 50 commencing at mile marker 13 and proceeding in an easterly direction to the intersection of that route and State Route 133 in Clermont County as the "LCPL Nicholas B. Erdy Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.101.)

·        Designates the portion of Interstate 90 located within the municipal corporation of Rocky River in Cuyahoga County as the "LCPL Danny Scherry Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.354.)

·        Designates the portion of State Route 334 located in Clark County as the "Lance Cpl. Kevin S. Smith Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.601.)

·        Designates the portion of Interstate Route 275 located within Clermont County as the "S. Sgt. Matt Maupin Veteran's Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.251.)

·        Designates the portion of State Route 800 located within the municipal corporation of Mineral City in Tuscarawas County as the "Sergeant Jeremy D. Barnett Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.604.)

·        Designates the portion of U.S. Route 23 commencing at the boundary of Franklin and Delaware counties and extending to the city of Delaware as the "Branch Rickey Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.051.)

·        Designates the portion of State Route 2, running in an easterly and westerly direction within Cuyahoga County, as the "Carl B. Stokes Memorial Highway."  (R.C. 5533.92.)

·        Designates the Lake Milton bridge, located in Mahoning County and that is part of Interstate Route 76, as the "Peter J. Delucia Memorial Bridge."  (R.C. 5533.092.)

·        Authorizes the Director of Transportation to erect suitable markers at appropriate locations indicating the names of the roads and bridges listed above.

HISTORY

ACTION

DATE

 

 

Introduced

10-18-07

Reported, S. State & Local Gov't & Veterans Affairs

11-15-07

Passed Senate (31-0)

02-05-08

Reported, H. State Gov't & Elections

12-10-08

Passed House (95-0)

12-10-08

Senate concurred in House amendments (31-0)

12-17-08

 

 

 

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* The Legislative Service Commission had not received formal notification of the effective date at the time this analysis was prepared.  Additionally, the analysis may not reflect action taken by the Governor.