Ohio Revised Code Search

...At any time during the development of a highway project, subject to section 5501.331 of the Revised Code, the owner of an interest in real property may donate to the state, and the director of transportation may accept in the name of the state, all or part of the interest that is needed for purposes of the highway project.

... interest in real property is donated under section 5501.33 of the Revised Code before adoption of an environmental document prepared by the department of transportation for the highway project, the deed by which the donation is made shall clearly state each of the following: (A) All alternatives to a proposed alignment of the highway project shall be studied and considered pursuant to the "National Environmental Po...

...rney general, shall prepare a deed releasing the property donated under section 5501.33 of the Revised Code to the grantor or the grantor's successors or assigns. The deed shall declare the occurrence of the condition and the consequent reversion. The deed shall be executed by the governor, countersigned by the secretary of state, recorded in the office of the director of administrative services, and delivered to the...

... in any of the real property. After determining that a parcel of real property is no longer required for highway purposes, the director shall have the parcel appraised by a department prequalified appraiser. (B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the director shall advertise the sale of real property that is no longer required for highway purposes in a newspaper of gen...

...The director of transportation has determined that it is feasible to use in the construction of highways sands, gravel, and soils that contain varying amounts of petroleum products resulting from the upgrading of underground storage tanks. In order to maximize the beneficial reuse of these petroleum contaminated sands, gravel, and soils, the director shall establish a program to promote the reuse of these materials ...

...The director of transportation shall maintain a laboratory of research and tests and employ qualified personnel to conduct research pertaining to materials, supplies, and equipment used in road construction and maintenance and to test materials, supplies, and equipment used in the construction and maintenance of the state highway system. The director may make tests of road building materials for authorities of any co...

...inery, and other equipment owned by the department of transportation. Such buildings may be secured by purchase or lease or by the purchase of a suitable site and the erection thereon of suitable buildings. The director may equip such buildings with the necessary tools and equipment for the care and repair of such automobiles, trucks, machinery, and other equipment. The expense incurred by the director in providing ...

...(A) Except as provided in division (C) of this section, the director of transportation may remove snow and ice from state highways, purchase the necessary equipment including snow fences, employ the necessary labor, and make all contracts necessary to enable such removal. The director may remove snow and ice from the state highways within municipal corporations, but before doing so the director must obtain the consen...

...thin the limits of a state highway. The department of agriculture or other proper department may, with the consent of the director of transportation, take charge of the care of such trees, and such department, in the event it takes charge of such trees, may, with the consent of the director of transportation, plant additional trees within the limits of a state highway. The cost and expense of caring for or planting s...

...ssistance support and safety program. Under the program, the department of transportation shall provide supplemental grass, weed, and other natural growth removal to a village when all of the following apply: (1) The grass, weeds, or other natural growth are within the right-of-way of a state highway. (2) The state highway is within the corporate limits of the village. (3) The location of the grass, weeds, or o...

...Any contract made by the director of transportation under Chapters 4561., 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code shall be made in the name of the state and executed on its behalf by the director. No appointee of the director, other than the assistant directors of transportation, may bind the director in a contract, ...

...nance, or construction of a bridge crossing a stream that forms a boundary line of this state, and may expend state highway funds for said purpose. Except as provided in division (A)(3) of this section, no such agreement shall be made that obligates this state to expend more than the cost of the construction of such portion of said bridge as is located within the state, and not more than fifty per cent of the...

...on 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, bridge, and tunnel toll violations. Such agreements shall pertain to any public toll transportation facil...

..., 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 consulting with the director of natural resources, that the property or interest conveyed or made subject to a permit to use is not needed b...

...for highways by persons erecting advertising devices on the property. The program shall be operated in accordance with guidelines in effect on January 1, 1996. Nothing in this section shall prohibit or restrict the director from determining that property on which an advertising device is located has become necessary for state highway or recreation purposes and terminating a lease or permit. Nothing in this section s...

...343., 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 transportation in fee simple or in any such lesser estate as it determines and for such consideration as is mutually agreed upon, provided that any suc...

...cations of persons inspecting or supervising inspections, and procedures and practices facilitating professional inspection of bridges. (b) Develop and furnish inspection forms and other forms relating to inspection, and approve forms used in lieu of the departmental forms; (c) Assist and cooperate with governmental units, upon request, with inspection, disseminate information to appropriate governmental officia...

...ith the director. Inspection shall be made or supervised by a professional engineer.

...ble for maintaining the pavements and sidewalks on either end of the bridge is responsible for the routine maintenance of all bridges located on the state highway system within the municipal corporation. (B) The director may enter into an agreement with the legislative authority of a municipal corporation or a county, upon mutually agreeable terms, for the municipal corporation or county to operate and perform major...

...tice if the person is interested in leasing the property, and such other information as the director considers necessary. (D) If the director receives information in writing from two or more persons who are interested in leasing the real property, one of whom is the owner of real property that adjoins the property offered for lease, the director may lease the property to that person. If the director receives s...

...y 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 present evidence satisfactory to the state substantiating the cost of relocation. The director may audit all financial records which the director det...

...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 ...

...el. (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 be used to pay the maintenance, repair, or reconstruction expenses of a particular s...

...ditions, and for coordinating and addressing immediate conditions at a transit agency, as defined in the guidelines developed by the director; (b) Investigate accidents and hazardous conditions at transit agencies; (c) Approve or disapprove any corrective action plan of a transit agency intended to minimize, control, correct, or eliminate any investigated hazard; (d) Enforce the correction of identified hazardous ...