Effective: June 29, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 86 – 123rd General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 572 – 121st General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: March 17, 1989 Latest Legislation: House Bill 357 – 117th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: March 17, 1989 Latest Legislation: House Bill 357 – 117th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: April 16, 1993 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 297 – 119th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: September 10, 2012 Latest Legislation: House Bill 487 – 129th General Assembly 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, […]
Effective: June 30, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 107 – 121st General Assembly 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. Last updated April 21, 2022 at 3:30 PM
Effective: July 1, 2015 Latest Legislation: House Bill 53 – 131st General Assembly 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: […]
Effective: July 3, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 62 – 133rd General Assembly (A) Notwithstanding section 117.11 of the Revised Code, the auditor of state, at least once a year, shall audit the accounts and transactions of one large and two small regional transit authorities. (B) The auditor shall submit a copy of each audit […]
Effective: June 30, 1995 Latest Legislation: House Bill 107 – 121st General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: June 29, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 68 – 126th General Assembly (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 […]
Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 572 – 121st General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: September 17, 1996 Latest Legislation: House Bill 572 – 121st General Assembly 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, […]
Effective: March 17, 1989 Latest Legislation: House Bill 357 – 117th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: July 1, 2013 Latest Legislation: House Bill 51 – 130th General Assembly 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 […]
Effective: October 17, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 166 – 133rd General Assembly (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, […]
Effective: July 3, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 62 – 133rd General Assembly 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 […]
