Ohio Revised Code Search

...itation, operation, and maintenance of roadways providing for ingress to and egress from that bridge or system of bridges. However, no such agreement shall obligate this state to expend more than fifty per cent of the total project costs. (4) Any agreement that is entered into under this section shall be approved by the governor and attorney general of the state before it becomes effective. (5) Each agreement...

...(A) As used in this section, "private toll transportation facility" means any person, as defined by section 1.59 of the Revised Code, or other business entity engaged in the collecting or charging of tolls on a toll bridge that was previously owned by a municipal corporation. (B) The governor, or the governor's designee, may enter into agreements with other states that govern the reciprocal enforcement of highway, ...

...(A) The director of transportation may convey or transfer the fee simple estate or any lesser estate or interest in, or permit the use of, for such period as the director shall determine, any lands owned by the state and acquired or used for the state highway system or for highways or in connection with highways or as incidental to the acquisition of land for highways, provided that the director determines, after con...

...In accordance with section 5501.45 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall implement a program allowing, by lease or permit, the use of lands owned by the state and acquired or used for the state highway system or for highways or in connection with highways or as incidental to the acquisition of land for highways by persons erecting advertising devices on the property. The program shall be operated ...

...Notwithstanding section 9.70 and Chapters 123., 339., 501., 511., 721., 723., 747., 749., 759., 903., 3301., 3313., 3337., 3339., 3341., 3343., 3349., and 3375. of the Revised Code, the various departments of state, institutions, commissions, subdivisions, and districts of the state, and other public agencies, without competitive bidding, may grant, convey, or transfer real property to the department of transportatio...

...ighway, including structures upon which railroad locomotives or cars may travel. (2) The director shall have general responsibility for initiating, developing, and maintaining procedures and practices that provide for and promote professional inspection of bridges. The director shall: (a) Prepare, maintain, and update a manual of bridge inspection that will provide standards applicable to the inspection of all br...

...The operator of a toll bridge located entirely or partly in the state shall inspect such bridge on a schedule established by the director of transportation, but at least once every twenty-four months. The operator shall file a copy of the inspection report with the director. Inspection shall be made or supervised by a professional engineer.

...control, minor and emergency repairs to railing and appurtenances, emergency patching of deck, and maintenance of traffic signal and lighting systems, including the supply of electrical power. (4) "Operation" relates solely to lift bridges and to those expenses that are necessary for the routine, daily operation of a lift bridge, such as payroll, workers' compensation and retirement payments, and the cost of utiliti...

...r on an intersecting highway or private road, or near an airport where such use of the property may interfere with airport safety, any lease made shall be conditioned upon the lessee's written agreement to use the property for only crops that will not create such an obstruction of the view of the highway or interference with airport safety. If the director has reasonable cause to believe that such an agreement ...

...(A) The state shall reimburse a utility for the cost of relocation of utility facilities necessitated by the construction of a highway project only in the event that the utility can evidence a vested interest in the nature of a fee interest, an easement interest, or a lesser estate in the real property it occupies in the event that the utility possesses a vested interest in such property. The utility shall pres...

...Not later than the thirty-first day of December of each year, the Ohio department of transportation shall submit reports to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives summarizing, by county and by project, the amounts of state and federal money spent on encumbered for highway projects during the preceding fiscal year. The summaries shall indicate whether a project is for new construct...

...(A) The department of transportation shall prepare expense reports related to grants and loans that are issued by the department through its transportation grant and loan programs. The department shall submit each report to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives at the earliest of the following periods: (1) The conclusion of the term of loan; (2) The conclusion of the project ...

...pairing, or reconstructing highways and roads upon which animal-drawn vehicles travel. (1) All money the state receives under this division shall be credited to the highway operating fund created by section 5735.051 of the Revised Code to be expended by the department of transportation as described in this division. If money is contributed to the state under this section, the donor may direct that the contribution b...

...and is not regulated by the federal railroad administration. (2) "Transit agency" means an entity operating a rail fixed guideway system.

...(A) Each transit agency shall do all of the following: (1) Develop a system safety program documentation that complies with the safety program documentation standards adopted by the department of transportation under section 5501.55 of the Revised Code and includes standards and laws for the personal safety and security of passengers and employees; (2) Conduct an annual internal safety audit and submit the audit to...

...(A) When the boundaries of two municipal corporations are adjacent, the department of transportation shall ensure that limited access exit and entrance interchanges to an interstate highway located in those municipal corporations are constructed at intervals of at least one interchange every four and one-half miles when the following conditions exist: (1) The adjacent municipal corporations each have a population o...

...As used in sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code: (A) "Affected jurisdiction" means any unit of government within the state in which all or part of a transportation facility is located or any other public entity directly affected by the transportation facility. (B) "Force majeure" means an uncontrollable force or natural disaster not within the power of the operator or the state. (C) "Maintenance" ...

...(A) The department of transportation may solicit, receive, consider, evaluate, and accept a proposal for a public-private initiative. (B) In soliciting and selecting a private entity with which to enter into a public-private initiative, the department shall use one or both of the following: (1) Sealed bidding; (2) Selection of proposals, with or without negotiations, based on qualifications, best value, or ...

...(A) The department of transportation may receive, consider, evaluate, and accept an unsolicited proposal for a public-private initiative if the proposal meets all of the following: (1) Addresses the needs identified in the appropriate state, regional, or local transportation plan by improving safety, reducing congestion, increasing capacity, or enhancing economic efficiency and the proposal is on the transpo...

...(A) After selecting a solicited or unsolicited proposal for a public-private initiative, the department of transportation shall enter into a public-private agreement for a transportation facility with the selected private entity or any configuration of private entities. An affected jurisdiction may be a party to a public-private agreement entered into by the department and a selected private entity or combination of ...

...In the event of termination of the public-private agreement, the authority and duties of the operator cease, except for any duties and obligations that extend beyond the termination as provided in the public-private agreement, and the transportation facility reverts to the department of transportation and shall be dedicated to the department for public use.

...(A) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of material default by an operator, not related to an event of force majeure, the department of transportation may do the following: (1) Elect to take over the transportation facility, including the succession of all right, title, and interest in the transportation facility, subject to any liens on revenues previously granted by the private entity; (2) Term...

...Obligations may be issued under section 5531.10 of the Revised Code for the purpose of providing funds to carry out sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code with respect to the development or financing of a transportation facility.

...(A) For the purposes of carrying out sections 5501.70 to 5501.83 of the Revised Code, the department of transportation may do all of the following: (1) Accept, subject to applicable terms and conditions, available funds from the United States or any of its agencies, whether the funds are made available by grant, loan, or other financial assistance; (2) Enter into agreements or other arrangements with the Uni...

...A transportation facility and any tangible personal property used exclusively with a transportation facility that is owned by the department of transportation and leased, licensed, financed, or otherwise conveyed to an operator, or that is acquired, constructed, or otherwise provided by an operator on behalf of the department, is exempt from all ad valorem property taxes and special assessments levied against p...