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...At the request of the transportation review advisory council, the department of transportation shall provide staff assistance and office space for the council.

...This section applies if a political subdivision outside the jurisdiction of a metropolitan planning organization submits a request to the department of transportation for an interchange to be constructed on an interstate highway or a multi-lane, fully controlled-access highway under the jurisdiction of the department. When reviewing such a request, the department or the transportation review advisory council shall co...

...(A) As used in this section, "qualified county" means a county to which both of the following apply: (1) It has a population between one million one hundred thousand and one million three hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census; (2) As of the effective date of this section, an existing public passenger commuter rail service is operated in that county and does not operate in any other cou...

...(A) The director of transportation shall make all purchases of supplies, products, and services in the manner provided in this section. In all cases except those in which the director provides written authorization for purchases by district deputy directors of transportation, the director shall make all such purchases at the central office of the department of transportation in Columbus. Where the expenditure does no...

...d for the immediate repair of roads or bridges destroyed or damaged by flood, landslide, or other casualty. No person shall place separate orders for the purpose of defeating such sections, and contracts of purchase shall not be valid unless made in conformity with this section. (B) Section 125.092 and division (B) of section 125.11 of the Revised Code apply to the purchase of products by the director pursuan...

...The director of transportation may authorize district deputy directors of transportation to purchase materials, small tools, repair parts for machinery and equipment, and supplies at their respective offices. Before conferring such authority upon deputies, the director shall adopt a regulation prescribing the authority to the deputies in this respect, the conditions under which and the manner in which such purchases ...

...(A) Notwithstanding sections 125.12, 125.13, and 125.14 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation may sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of any item of personal property that is not needed by the department of transportation. The director may exchange any such item, in the manner provided for in this chapter, and pay the balance of the cost of such new item from funds appropriated to the department. The d...

...(A) If any article furnished by a vendor in the performance of a contract or purchase order fails to conform to the specifications and conditions prescribed by the director of transportation or to any sample of the article submitted by the vendor, the director may reject the article. Without additional expense to the department of transportation, the vendor shall reclaim and remove any rejected article that has been ...

...(A) The director of transportation may debar a vendor from consideration for contract awards upon a finding based upon a reasonable belief that the vendor has done any of the following: (1) Abused the solicitation process by repeatedly withdrawing bids before purchase orders or contracts are issued or failing to accept orders based upon firm bids; (2) Failed to substantially perform a contract according to its te...

...(A) The director of transportation shall adopt a policy for use by the department of transportation in giving preference to United States products. The policy shall include criteria and procedures for determining that a product is produced or mined in the United States and shall address information to be submitted by bidders as to the nature of the product and the location where it is produced or mined. The policy ma...

...The director of transportation may upon formal application being made to the director, grant a permit to any individual, firm, or corporation to use or occupy such portion of a road or highway on the state highway system as will not incommode the traveling public. Such permits, when granted, shall be upon the following conditions: (A) The director may issue a permit to any individual, firm, or corporation for any ...

...(A) As used in this section, "road" or "highway" has the same meaning as in section 5501.01 of the Revised Code and also includes any part of the right-of-way. (B) All individuals, firms, and corporations using or occupying any part of a road or highway on the state highway system with telegraph or telephone lines, steam, electrical, or industrial railways, oil, gas, water, or other pipes, mains, conduits, or any o...

...Occupants of land situated along the roads and highways of the state highway system shall remove all obstructions within the bounds of such roads and highways which have been placed there either by themselves or their agents, or with their consent, and not under a franchise or permit legally granted. By obtaining the consent and approval of the director of transportation, obstructions placed within the bounds of such...

...Utility poles along the public highway may be used for the purpose of attaching thereto or placing thereon, signposts, guideposts, warning signs, or other signs when prescribed by the director of transportation or county engineer.

...No franchise or grant to any street, interurban, or other railway shall be granted by the director of transportation, board of county commissioners, or by the council of any municipal corporation, unless such franchise or grant provides that the company shall, when required by the proper authorities in charge of such road or street, make such changes in its grade and method of construction as are necessary to conform...

...If the director of transportation or board of county commissioners deems it necessary, at or near railroad crossings, to remove buildings or other obstructions near such crossings, they shall, by resolution, declare it necessary to appropriate such buildings or other obstructions and the ground upon which they are located, if deemed advisable, and cause notice of the passage of such resolution to be served upon owner...

...(A) The director of transportation, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt rules consistent with the safety of the traveling public and consistent with the national policy to govern the use and control of rest areas within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways and other state highways and in other areas within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways. (B)(1) Exc...

...(A) The department of transportation may contract to sell commercial advertising space within or on the outside surfaces of any building located within a roadside rest area under its jurisdiction in exchange for cash payment. Money the department receives under this section shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating fund. (B) Advertising placed under this section shall comply w...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Telecommunications carrier" has the same meaning as in section 4927.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "Telecommunications or utility structure" means any facility, line, pipe, cable, or other equipment used by a telecommunications carrier or utility provider to provide service. (3) "Utility provider" means any entity described in section 4905.03 of the Revised Code, regardless of whe...

...(A) Whoever violates section 5515.01 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for a first offense; for a subsequent offense such person shall be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars. (B) Whoever violates division (G) of section 5515.02 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for each day that the person remains in violation of that division....

...As used in sections 5516.01 to 5516.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Advertising device" includes any outdoor sign, display, device, figure, painting, drawing, message, placard, poster, billboard, or any other contrivance that is owned or operated by a person or entity that earns compensation for the placement of a message on it and is visible from the main traveled way of any highway on the interstate system or primar...

...No advertising device shall be erected or maintained within six hundred sixty feet of the edge of the right-of-way of a highway on the interstate system except the following: (A) Advertising devices that are located in commercial or industrial zones traversed by segments of the interstate system within the boundaries of a municipal corporation as such boundaries existed on September 21, 1959, and that conform to ru...

...The director of transportation shall adopt, amend, and enforce rules, consistent with the customary use of outdoor advertising, the safety of the traveling public, and national policy as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such rules may include, but shall not be limited to, sizing, lighting, spacing, and such other conditions as may be necessary to promote the safety of the traveling public a...

...(A) Any advertising device that violates section 5516.02, 5516.06, 5516.061, or 5516.062 of the Revised Code or the rules adopted thereunder, or that is being maintained without a validly issued permit, is a public and private nuisance, and shall be removed. Immediately upon discovering the existence of such a nuisance, the director of transportation shall issue an order to the owner or lessee of the land on which s...

...(A) The director of transportation may designate any portion of any of the following as a scenic byway: (1) The interstate system; (2) The national highway system; (3) The primary system; (4) Any state, county, municipal, or township road or highway. (B) The director shall exclude from designation as a scenic byway any segment of a highway in a zoned or unzoned commercial or industrial area that is determi...