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...As used in Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code: (A) "Transportation facilities" means all publicly owned modes and means of transporting people and goods, including the physical facilities, garages, district offices, and other related buildings therefor, and including, but not limited to, highways, righ...

...All duties, powers, and functions conferred by law on the department of transportation and the divisions of the department shall be performed under such rules as the director of transportation may prescribe, and shall be under the director's control. The director shall appoint such employees of the department as are necessary, and shall prescribe their titles and duties.

...(A) The department of transportation shall: (1) Exercise and perform such other duties, powers, and functions as are conferred by law on the director, the department, the assistant directors, the deputy directors, or on the divisions of the department; (2) Coordinate and develop, in cooperation with local, regional, state, and federal planning agencies and authorities, comprehensive and balanced state policy ...

...The department of transportation shall: (A) Consider energy conservation as an integral factor along with economics, engineering, safety, and the environment in the planning, design, and utilization of transportation facilities; (B) Reevaluate existing plans for highways and other transportation modes and require regional transportation studies and local planning agencies operating under state coordination or with ...

...Pursuant to section 5501.02 of the Revised Code, the director of transportation shall distribute the duties, powers, and functions of the department among the divisions of the department. Each division shall be headed by a deputy director, whose title shall be designated by the director, and shall include those other officers and employees as may be necessary to carry out the work of the division. Each deputy...

... Moneys appropriated to the department of transportation and derived from fees, excises, or license taxes relating to the registration, operation, or use of vehicles on public highways, or to fuels used for propelling such vehicle, shall not be expended for any purpose other than as provided in Section 5a of Article XII, Ohio Constitution, and such moneys may be expended only for expenses directly chargeable to the p...

...Notwithstanding section 5501.05 of the Revised Code, real property purchased with money appropriated to the department of transportation may be transferred to a municipality with a population of no more than ten thousand persons as of December 31, 1992, if the real property is to be used for the public purpose of providing health care services to the community.

...(A) For the purpose of succession to all duties, powers, and functions transferred, and of the conduct and completion of matters relating thereto, the department of transportation or the director of transportation shall be held to constitute the continuation of the department of highways and the director of highways. All rules, regulations, acts, determinations, and decisions pertaining to such duties, powers, and fu...

... In addition to those duties, powers, and functions the director of transportation assigns to it, the office of transit: (A) May issue grants from any public transportation grant appropriation to county transit boards, regional transit authorities, regional transit commissions, counties, municipal corporations, and private nonprofit organizations that operate or will operate a public transportation system. The d...

...All funds received by the department of transportation from federal, local, or private sources for the purpose of carrying out public transportation programs shall be deposited into the highway operating fund.

...The department of transportation, in order to assist in statewide strategic transportation planning, shall develop metrics that allow the comparison of data across transportation modes and that also incorporate the full spectrum of state strategic transportation goals, including all of the following: (A) Anticipated future costs of maintaining infrastructure in acceptable condition, both short-term and long-term; (...

...Within three months of the effective date of this act, the department of transportation shall establish a written policy for the classification and prioritization of all new construction plans and contracts. The policy shall consider all aspects of new construction planning in a manner allowing the comparison of competing projects. The director of transportation shall utilize the policy in regard to all new co...

...(A) The functions of the department of transportation with respect to highways shall be to do all of the following: (1) Establish state highways on existing roads, streets, and new locations and construct, reconstruct, widen, resurface, maintain, and repair the state system of highways and the bridges and culverts thereon; (2) Cooperate with the federal government in the establishment, construction, reconstruction,...

...The director of transportation shall appoint a chief engineer, who shall be a registered professional engineer and who shall serve at the pleasure of the director. The chief engineer is exempt from state civil service requirements and regulations, and shall perform such duties as are designated by the director.

...The director of transportation shall divide the state into not exceeding twelve districts and give to each district an appropriate number or name. Each district shall manage all activities within the area of the district, including transportation planning, intermodal coordination, design, operation, and maintenance of highways and bridges, and any associated administrative activities. The director may appoint and as...

...The director of transportation may appoint a chief clerk, who shall be exempt from civil service requirements or regulations. The director may appoint a secretary to the director and a secretary to each assistant director. Secretaries so appointed shall be exempt from civil service requirements or regulations.

...The director of transportation may employ such assistants as are necessary to prepare plans and surveys. Compensation paid for the preparation of plans, surveys, and specifications shall be regarded as a part of the cost and expense of the improvement for which they were made and shall be paid from funds set aside for the improvement. The director may appoint additional clerks and stenographers, and such othe...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Career professional service" means that part of the competitive classified service that consists of employees of the department of transportation who, regardless of job classification, meet both of the following qualifications: (a) They are supervisors, professional employees who are not in a collective bargaining unit, confidential employees, or management level employees, all a...

...The director of transportation shall provide a seal of the department of transportation, which shall be inscribed: "State of Ohio, Department of Transportation." Copies of records or parts thereof, and copies of any plan, drawing, document, or paper writing in the department when certified by the director to be true and correct copies of the record, plan, drawing, document, or paper writing and attested by the seal ...

...The director of transportation shall not be suable, either as a sole defendant or jointly with other defendants, in any court outside Franklin county except in actions brought by a railroad company under section 4957.30 of the Revised Code, or by a property owner to prevent the taking of property without due process of law, in which case suit may be brought in the county where such property is situated, or in any act...

...The director of transportation, either in person or through a representative of the department of transportation, may accept invitations to give addresses or lectures before persons interested in transportation improvement and development. In such cases the director, or the person designated by him, shall receive his actual and necessary expenses in addition to his salary.

...The director of transportation may call into conference any employee of the department of transportation or the officials of any county, township, or municipal corporation for any purpose connected with the director's official duties. Any employee of the department so called into conference shall be entitled to receive his actual and necessary expenses in addition to his salary.

...Each employee or appointee under Chapters 5501., 5503., 5511., 5512., 5513., 5515., 5516., 5517., 5519., 5521., 5523., 5525., 5527., 5528., 5529., 5531., 5533., and 5535. of the Revised Code in cases other than where the amount of the bond is fixed, may be required to give bond in such sum as the director of transportation may determine. All bonds shall be conditioned upon the faithful discharge of the duties of thei...

...(A) The director of transportation shall adopt rules that do the following: (1) Rules governing the posting of signs advising motorists that increased penalties apply for certain traffic violations occurring on streets or highways in a construction zone; (2) Rules governing the posting of signs to be used pursuant to section 2903.081 of the Revised Code giving notice to motorists of the prohibitions set forth in se...

...The director of transportation shall have general supervision of all roads comprising the state highway system. The director may alter, widen, straighten, realign, relocate, establish, construct, reconstruct, improve, maintain, repair, and preserve any road or highway on the state highway system, and, in connection therewith, relocate, alter, widen, deepen, clean out, or straighten the channel of any watercours...