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Home » US Law » 2022 Ohio Revised Code » Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges » Chapter 5543 | Duties of County Engineer

Section 5543.01 | General Powers and Duties of County Engineer.

Effective: June 10, 2004 Latest Legislation: House Bill 299 – 125th General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the county engineer shall have general charge of the following: (1) Construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of all bridges and highways within the engineer’s county, under the jurisdiction of the board […]

Section 5543.02 | Annual Report.

Effective: June 29, 2005 Latest Legislation: House Bill 68 – 126th General Assembly The county engineer shall report to the board of county commissioners, on or before the first day of June in each year, the condition of the county roads, bridges, and culverts, and estimate the probable amount of funds required to maintain and […]

Section 5543.03 | Report to Director of Transportation.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5543.04 | Naming and Numbering Roads and Bridges – Maps.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly The county engineer, under the direction and supervision of the director of transportation, shall name and number all the public roads of his county, other than intercounty and state highways and shall number all the bridges and culverts on such roads. All […]

Section 5543.05 | County Engineer to Assign Expense of Road or Bridge.

Effective: December 20, 2005 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 107 – 126th General Assembly The county auditor shall, before drawing a warrant for any moneys expended by the county on any highways, other than intercounty or state highways, or on any bridges or culverts on the highways, require of the county engineer the assignment of the […]

Section 5543.06 | Annual Meeting of County and Township Authorities.

Effective: July 1, 1983 Latest Legislation: House Bill 373 – 115th General Assembly The county engineer shall annually call a meeting, within the county, at a time and place approved by the board of county commissioners, of all the township and county authorities having directly to do with the construction and repair of roads and […]

Section 5543.08 | Assistance of Director of Transportation.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5543.09 | Supervision by County Engineer.

Effective: September 20, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 187 – 123rd General Assembly (A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, the county engineer shall supervise the construction, reconstruction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of the highways, bridges, and culverts under the jurisdiction of the board of county commissioners, and the construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, […]

Section 5543.10 | Constructing Sidewalks, Curbs, or Gutters.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly (A) The county engineer, upon the order of the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees, shall construct sidewalks, curbs, or gutters of suitable materials, along or connecting the public highways, outside any municipal corporation, upon the petition of a […]

Section 5543.11 | Grade and Width of Sidewalks – Permission for Construction.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly The county engineer may establish the grade and width of sidewalks constructed along or connecting the public highways, outside any municipal corporation, and designate the character of construction, and have general supervision of such sidewalks. This section and section 5543.10 of the […]

Section 5543.12 | County Engineer Right of Entry.

Effective: October 1, 1953 Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 – 100th General Assembly The county engineer or anyone acting under his authority, when authorized by the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees, may enter immediately: (A) Upon any lands adjacent to any of the highways in the county for the purpose of […]

Section 5543.13 | Agreement as to Compensation and Damages.

Effective: January 1, 1966 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 94 – 106th General Assembly When lands are entered upon under section 5543.12 of the Revised Code, the county engineer shall agree with the owners of such lands, subject to the approval of the board of county commissioners or board of township trustees, as to the amount […]

Section 5543.14 | County Engineer to Trim or Remove Vegetation Along Roads.

Effective: March 18, 1999 Latest Legislation: House Bill 653 – 122nd General Assembly The county engineer may trim or remove any and all trees, shrubs, and other vegetation growing in or encroaching onto the right-of-way of the county roads of the engineer’s county, and the board of township trustees may trim or remove any and […]

Section 5543.16 | Construction and Repair of Approaches and Driveways – Cost.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly The owners of land shall construct and keep in repair all approaches or driveways from the public roads, under the direction of the county engineer. If in the construction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of any road, the approach or driveway of an […]

Section 5543.18 | Erection of Signposts.

Effective: September 28, 1973 Latest Legislation: House Bill 200 – 110th General Assembly When authorized by the board of county commissioners the county engineer shall erect and maintain at intersecting roads on intercounty and state highways, suitable signposts, the design of which shall be approved by the director of transportation, showing the names and numbers […]

Section 5543.19 | Construction or Reconstruction by Force Account.

Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly (A) The county engineer may, when authorized by the board of county commissioners and not required by this section or other law to use competitive bidding, employ such laborers and vehicles, use such county employees and property, lease such implements and tools, […]

Section 5543.20 | Responsibility for Bridge Inspection.

Effective: June 30, 2021 Latest Legislation: House Bill 74 – 134th General Assembly The county engineer shall inspect all bridges or portions thereof on the county highway system inside and outside of municipalities, bridges on township roads, and other bridges or portions of bridges for which responsibility for inspection is by law or agreement assigned […]

Section 5543.21 | Public Trail Intersection Markers.

Effective: October 20, 1972 Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 249 – 109th General Assembly The county engineer shall install and maintain suitable, uniform markers designating intersections with and accesses to state recreational trails, wherever any trail established pursuant to Chapter 1519. of the Revised Code intersects with a county or township road, or along any county […]