Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions

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Section 5593.01 \| Bridge commissions definitions. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF As used in Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code: (A) "Bridge" includes all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto including approaches. (B) "Improvements" means such repairs, replacements, reconstructions, additions, and betterments of and to a bridge acquired or constructed under such chapter, including such approach facilities thereto, as such commission determines necessary to place it in a safe and efficient condition for the use of the public. (C) "Cost of bridge" as applied to a bridge to be constructed or acquired by purchase or condemnation includes the estimated cost of construction or the cost of acquisition, cost of improvements, financing charges, interest during the period of construction and for a period not exceeding one year thereafter, interest during any period of disuse before completion of improvements, costs of traffic estimates, engineering and legal expenses, plans, specifications, surveys, estimates of cost and revenues, other expenses necessary or incident to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, and such other expenses as are necessary or incident to the financing authorized by Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, the construction or acquisition of the bridge, and the placing of the bridge in operation. (D) "County bridge commission" or "city bridge commission" means the bridge commission provided for in such sections of any such county or city, or if such commission is abolished, any board or officer succeeding to the principal functions thereof or upon whom the powers given by such sections to such commissions are given by law. (E) "Owner" includes all individuals, incorporated companies, societies, or associations having any title or interest in any bridge properties, rights, easements, or franchises to be acquired. (F) "Approach facilities" means such bridge approaches, entrance plazas, overpasses, underpasses, toll booths, toll plazas, exits, and approach highways as the state bridge commission or any county or city bridge commission determines necessary to place any bridge constructed or acquired under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, in a safe and efficient condition for the public and to control and expedite adequately the flow of traffic to and from the bridge and past the bridge in both directions to places on public roads where traffic becomes normal and uncongested. (G) "Revenues" means all tolls, rentals, gifts, grants, receipts, moneys, and all other funds coming into the possession, or under the control, of the state bridge commission or any county or city bridge commission, by virtue of Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, except the proceeds from the sale of bonds issued under authority of such sections.
Section 5593.03 \| Construction and acquisition of bridges. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Any county or city bridge commission may: (A) Construct, acquire by purchase or condemnation, and improve, operate, and maintain bridges entirely within the state or such county or city, or over rivers and navigable waters which form a boundary of the state, or such county or city, notwithstanding that the waters of such river or navigable water may not at all times extend to or reach said boundary line, whenever the bridge, any part thereof, or the approach facilities thereto will extend within the boundary of the state or of such county or city; (B) Pay the costs of such construction, acquisition, improvement, operation, and maintenance; (C) Issue bridge revenue bonds of the state, or of such county or city, as provided by Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code. No bridge shall be constructed by a bridge commission until the director of transportation has approved the location and determined, after public hearing as provided in section 5511.01 of the Revised Code, that such construction is in the public interest. The determination and finding shall be journalized. Before any contracts may be awarded for the construction of such bridge, the plans and specifications shall be approved by the director.
Section 5593.04 \| Resolution. Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of any city desiring to take advantage of Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, shall pass a resolution declaring that the construction or acquisition of a bridge, or the partial acquisition and partial construction, together with adequate repairs and rehabilitation if such bridge is already completed, or adequate completion of construction if such bridge is in process of construction, will be a convenience, necessity, and benefit to such county or city.
Section 5593.05 \| Bridge commission of county or city appointed. Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 - 132nd General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Upon the passage of a resolution provided by section 5593.04 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of the county or the legislative authority of the city shall appoint three persons who shall constitute the bridge commission of such county or city, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party. The bridge commissioners shall immediately enter upon their duties and hold office until the expiration of two, four, and six years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, the term of each to be designated by the board or the legislative authority of the city. Their successors shall be appointed for the term of six years, excepting that any person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term, and any commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment. The commissioners, before entering upon their duties, shall take, subscribe, and file an oath of office as required by Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio Constitution, and sections 3.22 and 3.23 of the Revised Code. Except as otherwise provided in section 3.061 of the Revised Code, each commissioner shall execute a bond, approved by the board or legislative authority, in the penalty of five thousand dollars, conditioned according to law, which bond shall be filed and recorded as other bonds required of county or city officials.
Section 5593.06 \| Organization of commission - inspection of bridges. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Upon the appointment and qualification of the members of any county or city bridge commission, they shall at once proceed to organize. Each such commission shall appoint a vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer, and the commission of any county or city shall elect a chairman. Each member of a county or city bridge commission shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of the city appointing such commission, not exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and the necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of the duties of his office. All salaries and compensations shall be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of such sections, and no such commission shall exercise or carry out any authority given it to bind such commission beyond the extent to which money has been or may be provided under such sections. Each bridge operated entirely or in part by a bridge commission shall be inspected by a professional engineer employed or retained by such commission at least once each year.
Section 5593.07 \| Restrictions as to members or employees of bridge commissions. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF No person while in the employ of or holding any official relation to any person, firm, or corporation selling or furnishing any materials entering into the construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of any bridge constructed or acquired by the county or city bridge commission, or who is pecuniarily interested therein as a stockholder or otherwise shall be a member of the county or city bridge commission. No such commission shall appoint any person as engineer, superintendent, or foreman sustaining such relation to such person, firm, or corporation. No such engineer, superintendent, or foreman shall thereafter become in any way connected with or interested in any such person, firm, or corporation while in the employ of such commission.
Section 5593.08 \| Bridge commissions - powers and duties. Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The bridge commission of any county or city may: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (B) Adopt an official seal, which shall not be the seal of Ohio; (C) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at such places within the county or city as it designates; (D) Sue and be sued in its own name, and plead and be impleaded. Any actions against a bridge commission shall be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the commission is located, or in the court of common pleas of the county in which the cause of action arose, when such county is located within this state. All summonses, exceptions, and notices of every kind shall be served on the commission by leaving a copy thereof at the principal office with the secretary-treasurer or the person in charge. (E) Construct, acquire by purchase or condemnation, improve, maintain, repair, police, and operate any bridge, and establish rules for the use of any such bridge; (F) Issue bridge revenue bonds of the county or city, payable solely from revenues, as provided in sections 5593.10 and 5593.16 of the Revised Code, for the purpose of paying any part of the cost of any bridge or bridges; (G) Fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls for transit over each bridge constructed or acquired by it; (H) Acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties under this chapter; (I) Acquire, in the name of the county or city, as the case may be, by purchase or otherwise, on such terms and in such manner as it determines proper, or by the exercise of the right of condemnation in the manner provided by sections 163.01 to 163.22 of the Revised Code, any bridge, land, rights, easements, franchises, and other property necessary or convenient for the construction of a bridge or the improvement or efficient operation of any property acquired or constructed under this chapter, or for securing right-of-way leading to any such bridge or its approach facilities; (J) Make and enter into all contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers under this chapter: (1) When the cost under any such contract or agreement, other than compensation for personal services, involves an expenditure of more than ten thousand dollars, the commission shall make a written contract with the lowest and best bidder after advertisement for not less than two consecutive weeks, or as provided in section 7.16 of the Revised Code, in a newspaper of general circulation in Franklin county, and in such other publications as the commission determines, which notice shall state the general character of the work and the general character of the materials to be furnished, the place where plans and specifications therefor may be examined, and the time and place of receiving bids. (2) Each bid for a contract for the construction, demolition, alteration, repair, or reconstruction of an improvement shall contain the full name of every person interested in it and meets the requirements of section 153.54 of the Revised Code. (3) Each bid for a contract except as provided in division (J)(2) of this section shall contain the full name of every person or company interested in it and shall be accompanied by a bond or certified check on a solvent bank, in such amount as the commission determines sufficient, that if the bid is accepted a contract will be entered into and the performance of its proposal secured. (4) The commission may reject any and all bids. (5) A bond with good and sufficient surety, approved by the commission, shall be required of every contractor awarded a contract except as provided in division (J)(2) of this section, in an amount equal to at least fifty per cent of the contract price, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the contract. (K) Employ consulting engineers, superintendents, managers, engineers, construction and accounting experts, attorneys, and other employees and agents as are necessary in its judgment, and fix their compensation. All such expenses are payable solely from the proceeds of bridge revenue bonds issued under this chapter, or from revenues. (L) Receive and accept from any federal agency, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of the city, as the case may be, grants for or in aid of the construction, acquisition, improvement, or operation of any bridge, and receive and accept aid or contributions from any source of money, property, labor, or other things of value, to be held, used, and applied only for the purposes for which such grants and contributions are made; (M) Provide coverage for its employees under sections 4123.01 to 4123.94 and 4141.01 to 4141.46 of the Revised Code; (N) Do all acts necessary or proper to carry out the powers expressly granted in this chapter.
Section 5593.10 \| Issuance of bridge revenue bonds. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The bridge commission of any county or city may provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds of such county or city for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of a bridge. The principal and interest on such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided by sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, for such payment. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall bear interest at such rate or rates determined by the commission, shall mature at such time or times, not to exceed fifty years from their date or dates, as is determined by the commission, and may be made redeemable before maturity, at the option of the commission, at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as are fixed by the commission prior to the issuance of the bonds. The commission shall determine the form of the bonds, including the interest coupons to be attached thereto, and shall fix the denomination or denominations of the bonds and the place or places of payment of principal and interest, which may be at any bank or trust company within or without the state. The bonds shall be signed by the chairman and vice-chairman of the commission or by their facsimile signatures, the official seal of the commission shall be affixed thereto and attested by the secretary-treasurer of the commission, and any coupons attached thereto shall bear the facsimile signature of the chairman and vice-chairman of the commission. In case any officer whose signature, or a facsimile of whose signature, appears on any bonds or coupons ceases to be such an officer before delivery of bonds, such signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if he had remained in office until such delivery. All bonds issued, under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, shall have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the negotiable instruments law of this state. The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered form, or both, as the commission determines, and provision may be made for the registration of any coupon bonds as to the principal alone and also as to both principal and interest, and for the reconversion into coupon bonds or bonds registered as to both principal and interest. The commission may sell such bonds in the manner and for the price it determines to be for the best interest of the state. The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be used solely for payment of the cost of the bridge or bridges for which such bonds were issued, and shall be disbursed in such manner and under such restrictions as the commission provides in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement, as provided by section 5593.12 of the Revised Code, securing the same. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue, by error of estimates or otherwise, are less than such cost, additional bonds may in like manner be issued to provide the amount of such deficit, and, unless otherwise provided in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement securing the same, are deemed to be of the same issue and are entitled to payment from the same fund, without preference or priority of the bonds first issued. If the proceeds of the bonds of any issue exceed the cost of the bridge for which such bonds were issued, the surplus shall be deposited to the credit of the sinking fund for such bonds. Additional bonds may be issued to provide for the extension and improvement of any such bridge. Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the commission may, under like restrictions, issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds have been executed and are available for delivery. The commission may also provide for the replacement of any bonds which become mutilated or are destroyed or lost. Bonds may be issued under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, without obtaining the consent of any department, division, board, bureau, or agency of the state, and without any other proceeding or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings, conditions, or things which are specifically required by such chapter.
Section 5593.11 \| Bonds not a debt of state. Effective: October 30, 1989 Latest Legislation: House Bill 230 - 118th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Bridge revenue bonds issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, but such bonds are payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, or by funds derived from the issuance of refunding bonds as authorized under this chapter, which refunding bonds are payable solely from funds pledged for their payment as authorized by such chapter. All such bridge revenue bonds shall contain on the face thereof a statement to the effect that the bonds, as to both principal and interest, are not an obligation of this state or of any political subdivision thereof, but are payable solely from revenues pledged for their payment. All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from funds provided under this chapter. This chapter does not authorize the bridge commission of any county or city to incur indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the state or any political subdivision thereof. Such bonds of counties and cities may be issued beyond the general limit of net indebtedness prescribed by Chapter 133. of the Revised Code, and shall not be considered in ascertaining the limitations of the net indebtedness created or incurred by the county or city without a vote of the electors.
Section 5593.12 \| Trust indenture. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF In the discretion of the bridge commission of any county or city, any bonds issued under sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the commission and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign the fees and other revenue to be received, but shall not convey or mortgage the bridge involved or any part thereof. Any such trust agreement or any resolution providing for the issuance of such bonds may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as are reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the commission in relation to the acquisition of property, and the construction, improvement, maintenance, operation, repair, and insurance of the bridge in connection with which such bonds are authorized, the rates of fees to be charged, and the custody, safeguarding, and application of all moneys, and provisions for the employment of consulting engineers in connection with the construction or operation of such bridge. Any bank or trust company incorporated under the laws of this state which may act as depository of the proceeds of bonds or of revenue may furnish such indemnifying bonds or may pledge such securities as are required by the commission. Any such trust agreement may set forth the rights and remedies of the bondholders and of the trustee, and may restrict the individual right of action by bondholders as is customary in trust agreements or trust indentures securing bonds or debentures of corporations. Such trust agreement may contain such other provisions as the commission determines reasonable and proper for the security of the bondholders. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of any such trust agreement may be treated as a part of the cost of the operation of such bridge. Any such trust agreement may provide the method whereby general administrative overhead expense of the commission shall be allocated among the several bridges constructed or acquired by it as a factor of the operation expense of each such bridge.
Section 5593.13 \| Bridge commission to fix and collect tolls - use. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The bridge commission of any county or city may fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of each bridge acquired or constructed by it. Tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted in respect to the aggregate of tolls from the bridge or bridges for which a single issue of bonds is issued, as to provide a fund sufficient, with other revenue from such bridge or bridges to pay: (A) The cost of maintaining, repairing, and operating such bridge or bridges; (B) The principal of and the interest on such bonds as such principal and interest becomes due and payable, and to create reserve for such purposes. Such tolls are not subject to supervision or regulation by any other commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state. The tolls and all other revenues derived from each bridge or bridges in connection with which the bonds of any issue have been issued, except such part thereof as are necessary to pay such cost of maintenance, repair, and operation and to provide such reserves therefor as are provided for in the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or in the trust agreement securing the bonds, shall be set aside, at such regular intervals as are provided in the resolution or agreement, in a sinking fund which is hereby pledged to and charged with the payment of the principal of and the interest on such bonds as they become due, and the redemption price of the purchase price of bonds retired by call or purchase as therein provided. Such pledge shall be valid and binding from the time the pledge is made. The tolls or other revenues or moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the commission are immediately subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any such pledge is valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the commission, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any trust agreement by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the commission. The use and disposition of moneys to the credit of such sinking fund is subject to the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds or of such trust agreement. Except as is otherwise provided in such resolution or trust agreement, such sinking fund shall be a fund for all such bonds, without distinction or priority of one over another.
Section 5593.14 \| Bond proceeds and revenues to be held in trust. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF All moneys received under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, are trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in such sections. Such funds shall be kept in depositories as selected by the bridge commission of any county or city in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, insofar as such sections are applicable, and the deposits shall be secured as provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code. The resolution authorizing the issuance of bonds of any issue or the trust agreement securing such bonds shall provide that any officer to whom, or any bank or trust company to which, such moneys are paid shall act as trustee of such moneys and hold and apply them for the purposes hereof, subject to such regulations as sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, and such resolution or trust agreement provide.
Section 5593.16 \| Bridge revenue refunding bonds. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The bridge commission of any county or city may provide by resolution for the issuance of bridge revenue refunding bonds of such county or city, payable solely from revenues, for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which have been issued under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of such bonds. The issuance of such bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the commission in respect to such bonds shall be governed by such chapter insofar as it is applicable.
Section 5593.161 \| Protection and enforcement of rights of bondholder and trustees. Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The issuance of bridge revenue bonds or bridge revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. Any holder of bonds issued under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by such trust agreement, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under such sections, trust agreement, or the resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by such sections, or by the trust agreement or resolution, to be performed by the commission or any officer thereof, including the fixing, charging, and collecting of tolls.
Section 5593.19 \| Chapter supplementary and additional. Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code shall provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by such chapter and shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.
Section 5593.20 \| Bylaws and rules. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The bridge commission of any county or city may adopt such bylaws and rules as it determines advisable for the control and regulation of each bridge constructed or acquired by it, for the protection and preservation of property under its jurisdiction and control, and for the maintenance and preservation of good order within the property under its control. Such bylaws and rules shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which such bridge is located, and in such other manner as the commission prescribes. Such rules and regulations shall provide that public police officers shall be afforded ready access, while in the performance of their official duty, to all property under the jurisdiction of the commission, without the payment of fees. No person shall violate any such bylaws or rules. All fines collected for any such violation shall be paid into the treasury of the commission.
Section 5593.21 \| Conveying property to bridge commission. Effective: August 27, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 73 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Any municipal corporation or other political subdivision, and all public agencies and commissions of the state notwithstanding any contrary law may lease, lend, grant, or convey to a bridge commission, at its request, upon such terms as the proper authorities of such municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, or public agencies and commissions of the state determines reasonable and fair, and without the necessity for an advertisement, order of court, or other action or formality, other than the regular and formal action of the authorities concerned, any real property which is necessary or convenient to the effectuation of the authorized purposes of the commission, including public roads and other real property already devoted to public use. On or before the first day of February in each year the commission shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the governor and the general assembly. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering the commission's operations during the year. The commission shall submit a copy of its proposed annual budget for each calendar year to the general assembly, the office of budget and management, and the legislative budget office of the legislative service commission at the same time such budget is submitted to the trustees of the commission's bond holders. The commission shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year by certified public accountants and cost thereof may be treated as a part of the cost of construction or of operations of any bridges then in operation or in course of construction, such cost to be apportioned among said bridges in the discretion of the commission, but not in contravention of any existing trust agreement to which the commission is a party.
Section 5593.22 \| Operation and maintenance of bridges by bridge commission exempt from taxation. Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF The exercise of the powers granted by Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, is, in all respects, for the benefit of the people of the state, for the increase of their commerce and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of bridges by a bridge commission constitutes the performance of essential governmental functions, the commission shall not be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon any bridge or upon any property acquired or used by the commission under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, or upon the income therefrom, and the bonds issued under such chapter, their transfer, and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation within the state.
Section 5593.23 \| Bridges become part of highway system upon bridge bond payment. Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 - 114th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF When all bridge bonds issued under sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, in connection with any bridge and the interest thereon have been paid, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon, to the maturity thereof has been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, such bridge shall become part of the state highway system, shall thereafter be maintained by the department of transportation, and shall be free of tolls.
Section 5593.24 \| Journal of proceedings. Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF All final actions of a bridge commission shall be journalized and such journal shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times.
Section 5593.99 \| Penalty. Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 - 108th General Assembly PDF: Download Authenticated PDF Whoever violates section 5593.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.