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...The board of county commissioners together with the county engineer or an engineer to be selected by the board, or the director of transportation, may ascertain the safe carrying capacity of the bridges on roads or highways under their jurisdiction. Where the safe carrying capacity of any such bridge is ascertained and found to be less than the load limit prescribed by sections 5577.01 to 5577.12 of the Revised Code,...

...A constable of a township, a marshal of a village, or a police officer of a city may arrest upon view, and without process, a person violating section 5591.42 of the Revised Code.

...Prosecution under sections 5591.42 and 5591.43 of the Revised Code shall be in the name of the state and be commenced within three months after the offense is committed. Sections 5591.33 to 5591.43 of the Revised Code do not take away from the board of county commissioners a right of action for damages, which it may have against a person for injury done to a bridge.

...As used in Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code: (A) "Bridge" includes all property, rights, easements, and franchises relating thereto including approaches. (B) "Improvements" means such repairs, replacements, reconstructions, additions, and betterments of and to a bridge acquired or constructed under such chapter, including such approach facilities thereto, as such commission determines necessary to place it in a sa...

...Any county or city bridge commission may: (A) Construct, acquire by purchase or condemnation, and improve, operate, and maintain bridges entirely within the state or such county or city, or over rivers and navigable waters which form a boundary of the state, or such county or city, notwithstanding that the waters of such river or navigable water may not at all times extend to or reach said boundary line, whenever th...

...The board of county commissioners or the legislative authority of any city desiring to take advantage of Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, shall pass a resolution declaring that the construction or acquisition of a bridge, or the partial acquisition and partial construction, together with adequate repairs and rehabilitation if such bridge is already completed, or adequate completion of construction if such bridge is...

... Upon the passage of a resolution provided by section 5593.04 of the Revised Code, the board of county commissioners of the county or the legislative authority of the city shall appoint three persons who shall constitute the bridge commission of such county or city, not more than two of whom shall belong to the same political party. The bridge commissioners shall immediately enter upon their duties and hold office un...

...Upon the appointment and qualification of the members of any county or city bridge commission, they shall at once proceed to organize. Each such commission shall appoint a vice-chairman and secretary-treasurer, and the commission of any county or city shall elect a chairman. Each member of a county or city bridge commission shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the board of county commissioners or the legislat...

...No person while in the employ of or holding any official relation to any person, firm, or corporation selling or furnishing any materials entering into the construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of any bridge constructed or acquired by the county or city bridge commission, or who is pecuniarily interested therein as a stockholder or otherwise shall be a member of the county or city bridge commission. No su...

...The bridge commission of any county or city may: (A) Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (B) Adopt an official seal, which shall not be the seal of Ohio; (C) Maintain a principal office and suboffices at such places within the county or city as it designates; (D) Sue and be sued in its own name, and plead and be impleaded. Any actions against a bridge commission s...

...The bridge commission of any county or city may provide by resolution, at one time or from time to time, for the issuance of bridge revenue bonds of such county or city for the purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of a bridge. The principal and interest on such bonds shall be payable solely from the funds provided by sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, for such payment. The bonds of each issue s...

...Bridge revenue bonds issued under this chapter do not constitute a debt, or a pledge of the faith and credit, of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, but such bonds are payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment as authorized by this chapter, or by funds derived from the issuance of refunding bonds as authorized under this chapter, which refunding bonds are payable solely from funds pledged...

...In the discretion of the bridge commission of any county or city, any bonds issued under sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code may be secured by a trust agreement between the commission and a corporate trustee, which trustee may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state. Any such trust agreement may pledge or assign the fees and other revenue to be receive...

...The bridge commission of any county or city may fix, revise, charge, and collect tolls for the use of each bridge acquired or constructed by it. Tolls shall be so fixed and adjusted in respect to the aggregate of tolls from the bridge or bridges for which a single issue of bonds is issued, as to provide a fund sufficient, with other revenue from such bridge or bridges to pay: (A) The cost of maintaining, repairing, ...

...All moneys received under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, whether as proceeds from the sale of bonds or as revenues, are trust funds, to be held and applied solely as provided in such sections. Such funds shall be kept in depositories as selected by the bridge commission of any county or city in the manner provided in sections 135.01 to 135.21 of the Revised Code, insofar as such sections are applicable, and the d...

...The bridge commission of any county or city may provide by resolution for the issuance of bridge revenue refunding bonds of such county or city, payable solely from revenues, for the purpose of refunding any bonds then outstanding which have been issued under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of redemption of su...

...The issuance of bridge revenue bonds or bridge revenue refunding bonds under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code need not comply with any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds. Any holder of bonds issued under Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, or of any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee under any trust agreement, except to the extent the rights given by such chapter may be restricted by suc...

...Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code shall provide an additional and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized by such chapter and shall be regarded as supplementary and additional to powers conferred by other laws, and shall not be regarded as in derogation of any powers now existing.

...The bridge commission of any county or city may adopt such bylaws and rules as it determines advisable for the control and regulation of each bridge constructed or acquired by it, for the protection and preservation of property under its jurisdiction and control, and for the maintenance and preservation of good order within the property under its control. Such bylaws and rules shall be published in a newspaper of gen...

...Any municipal corporation or other political subdivision, and all public agencies and commissions of the state notwithstanding any contrary law may lease, lend, grant, or convey to a bridge commission, at its request, upon such terms as the proper authorities of such municipal corporations, other political subdivisions, or public agencies and commissions of the state determines reasonable and fair, and without the ne...

...The exercise of the powers granted by Chapter 5593. of the Revised Code, 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 operation and maintenance of bridges by a bridge commission constitutes the performance of essential governmental functions, the commission shall not be requ...

...When all bridge bonds issued under sections 5593.01 to 5593.24 of the Revised Code, in connection with any bridge and the interest thereon have been paid, or a sufficient amount for the payment of all such bonds and the interest thereon, to the maturity thereof has been set aside in trust for the benefit of the bondholders, such bridge shall become part of the state highway system, shall thereafter be maintained by t...

...All final actions of a bridge commission shall be journalized and such journal shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times.

...Whoever violates section 5593.20 of the Revised Code shall be fined not more than fifty dollars for a first offense; for each subsequent offense such person shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars.

... As used in this chapter: (A) "Regional transportation improvement project" or "project" means a regional transportation improvement project undertaken pursuant to section 5595.02 of the Revised Code. (B) "Transportation improvement" means the construction, repair, maintenance, or expansion of streets, highways, parking facilities, rail tracks and necessarily related rail facilities, bridges, tunnels, overpasse...