H.B. 375

127th General Assembly

(As Introduced)

Reps. Fende, Dodd, Harwood, Evans, Brown, J. McGregor, R. Hagan, Widowfield, Setzer, Bubp, Hughes, Webster, Stebelton, B. Williams, Strahorn, Yuko, Letson, Miller, Ujvagi, Celeste, Skindell, Chandler, Otterman, Fessler, Bolon, Domenick

BILL SUMMARY

· Designates the portion of Interstate 90 located within the municipal corporation of Willoughby Hills in Lake County only as the "Cpl. Joshua Harmon Memorial Highway" and authorizes the Director of Transportation to erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name.

CONTENT AND OPERATION

Current law designates Interstate Highway 90 from the Pennsylvania border in Ashtabula County westward to its intersection with the Ohio Turnpike in Lorain County as the "Amvets Highway" (R.C. 5533.35, not in the bill). The bill provides that in addition to this existing designation, the portion of Interstate 90 located within the municipal corporation of Willoughby Hills in Lake County only also is to be known as the "Cpl. Joshua Harmon Memorial Highway." The Director of Transportation is authorized to erect suitable markers along the highway indicating its name. (R.C. 5533.94.)

COMMENT

Army medic Corporal Joshua Harmon was killed in a helicopter crash in Iraq on August 22, 2007.

HISTORY

ACTION	DATE
Introduced	11-01-07

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