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...(A) Except as provided in division (D) of this section, no increase by the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission in the toll rate structure that is applicable to vehicles operating on a turnpike project shall become effective unless the commission complies with the notice and hearing requirements prescribed in division (B) of this section, and the commission shall not take any action that expands, has the...

...The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission, the director of transportation or the director's designee, and another person designated by the governor shall establish a procedure whereby a political subdivision or other government agency or agencies may submit a written application to the commission, requesting the commission to construct and operate a turnpike project within the boundaries of the subdivision, age...

...(A) In paying the cost of any turnpike project, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may issue bonds and bond anticipation notes as permitted by this chapter, and may accept moneys from any source to pay the cost of any portion of the turnpike project, including, but not limited to, the federal government, any department or agency of this state, and any political subdivision or other government agenc...

...(A) Not later than December 31, 2009, the Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission shall establish a program for the placement of business logos for identification purposes on directional signs within the turnpike right-of-way. (B)(1) The commission shall establish, and may revise at any time, a fee for participation in the business logo sign program. All direct and indirect costs of the business logo sign ...

...(A) The Ohio turnpike commission shall display the following flags at each service facility that is along the turnpike: (1) The flag of the United States; (2) The flag of Ohio; (3) The flag that depicts the profile of a prisoner of war against the background of a prisoner of war camp watchtower, commonly known as the POW/MIA flag. (B) In purchasing flags to comply with division (A) of this section, the turnpike c...

...(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, whoever violates division (C) of section 5537.16 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor on a first offense; on each subsequent offense such person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (B)(1) Whoever violates division (C) of section 5537.16 of the Revised Code when the violation is a civil violation for ...

...(A) A transportation improvement district may be created by the board of county commissioners of a county. The board, by resolution, shall determine the structure of the board of trustees of the transportation improvement district it creates by adopting the structure contained either in division (C)(1) or (2) of this section. (B) A transportation improvement district is a body both corporate and politic, and the e...

...(A) A transportation improvement district may: (1) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (2) Adopt an official seal; (3) Sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded, provided any actions against the district shall be brought in the court of common pleas of the county in which the principal office of the district is located, or in the court of common pleas o...

...(A) A transportation improvement district may acquire by purchase, lease, lease-purchase, lease with option to purchase, appropriation, or otherwise and in such manner and for such consideration as it considers proper, any public or private property necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, maintenance, repair, or operation of a project. The district may pledge net revenues, to the extent permitted by th...

...The board of trustees of a district may acquire real property in fee simple in the name of the district in connection with, but in excess of that needed for, a project by any method other than appropriation and hold the property for such period of time as the board determines. All right, title, and interest of the district in the property may be sold at public auction or otherwise, as the board considers in the...

...(A) The board of trustees of a transportation improvement district may provide by resolution for the issuance, at one time or from time to time, of bonds of the district for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of any one or more projects. The bond service charges shall be payable solely from pledged revenues pledged for such payment pursuant to the applicable bond proceedings. The bonds of each issue sh...

...The board of trustees of a transportation improvement district may provide by resolution for the issuance of bonds of the district, payable solely from pledged revenues, for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding, including the payment of related financing expenses and, if considered advisable by the board, for the additional purpose of paying costs of improvements, extensions, renovations, or enlargemen...

...This chapter provides an additional and alternative method for doing the things and taking the actions authorized by this chapter. This chapter shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws. The issuance of bonds under this chapter need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.

...(A) The bonds do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision of the state. Bond service charges on outstanding bonds are payable solely from the pledged revenues pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter and as provided in the bond proceedings. All bonds shall contain on their face a statement to that effect. (B) All expenses incurred in car...

...(A) In the discretion of the board of trustees of a transportation improvement district any bonds may be secured by a trust agreement between the board and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state but authorized to exercise trust powers within this state. (B) Any trust agreement may pledge or assign the revenues to be received, but s...

...Revenues derived from each project of a transportation improvement district in connection with which any bonds are outstanding shall be first applied to pay the cost of the construction, maintenance, and repair of the project and to provide such reserves therefor as are provided for in the bond proceedings authorizing the issuance of those outstanding bonds, and otherwise as provided by the board of trustees of the d...

...All moneys received by the board of trustees of a transportation improvement district under this chapter, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds, as revenues, or otherwise are to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter and in any applicable bond proceedings. Such moneys shall be kept in depositories as selected by the board in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, i...

...Any holder of bonds issued and outstanding under this chapter, or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by this chapter may be restricted or modified by the bond proceedings, may by suit, action, mandamus, or other proceedings, protect and enforce any rights under the laws of the state or granted under this chapter or the bond proceed...

...The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter 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 construction, maintenance, and repair of projects by a transportation improvement district constitute the performance of essential governmental functions, the district shall not be ...

...It is hereby found and determined that surface transportation projects undertaken pursuant to this chapter are essential and will contribute to the improvement of the prosperity, health, safety, and welfare of the people of a transportation improvement district and to all of the state, and that it is in the public interest and a proper public purpose for a transportation improvement district to acquire, construct, en...

...Notwithstanding any other section of the Revised Code to the contrary, the approval, consent, or cooperation of a political subdivision is not required for a transportation improvement district project that involves constructing or improving a street or highway that runs through the territory of the political subdivision, connects to a highway that is part of the interstate system, and has been journalized by t...

...A board of county commissioners may enter into an agreement with a contiguous transportation improvement district that the board of county commissioners did not create for the district to undertake a project that is located wholly or partially within that county provided that, the board of county commissioners of the county that created the transportation improvement district also must enter into the agreement....

...A county engineer may sell directly to a county board of developmental disabilities gasoline and diesel fuel that has been purchased for the use of the county engineer's office.

...The county engineer shall make a report to the director of transportation, whenever requested by that official, relative to the highways and bridges in the county, containing such matter and in such form as prescribed by the director, and file a duplicate with the board of county commissioners.

...The county engineer may request advice and assistance from the director of transportation in all matters relating to the duties of such engineer. In so far as the highways, bridges, and culverts under the control of the state are concerned, the engineer shall be governed, in the conduct of his work, by the instructions of the director, as issued for the guidance of engineers.