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Home » US Law » 2022 Ohio Revised Code » Title 55 | Roads-Highways-Bridges » Chapter 5593 | Bridge Commissions

Section 5593.01 | Bridge Commissions Definitions.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.03 | Construction and Acquisition of Bridges.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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, […]

Section 5593.04 | Resolution.

Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 – 108th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.05 | Bridge Commission of County or City Appointed.

Effective: March 20, 2019 Latest Legislation: House Bill 291 – 132nd General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.06 | Organization of Commission – Inspection of Bridges.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.07 | Restrictions as to Members or Employees of Bridge Commissions.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.08 | Bridge Commissions – Powers and Duties.

Effective: September 29, 2011 Latest Legislation: House Bill 153 – 129th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.10 | Issuance of Bridge Revenue Bonds.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.11 | Bonds Not a Debt of State.

Effective: October 30, 1989 Latest Legislation: House Bill 230 – 118th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.12 | Trust Indenture.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.13 | Bridge Commission to Fix and Collect Tolls – Use.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.14 | Bond Proceeds and Revenues to Be Held in Trust.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.16 | Bridge Revenue Refunding Bonds.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.161 | Protection and Enforcement of Rights of Bondholder and Trustees.

Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 – 108th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.19 | Chapter Supplementary and Additional.

Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 – 108th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.20 | Bylaws and Rules.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.21 | Conveying Property to Bridge Commission.

Effective: August 27, 1981 Latest Legislation: House Bill 73 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.23 | Bridges Become Part of Highway System Upon Bridge Bond Payment.

Effective: September 4, 1982 Latest Legislation: House Bill 98 – 114th General Assembly 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 […]

Section 5593.24 | Journal of Proceedings.

Effective: July 23, 1969 Latest Legislation: House Bill 826 – 108th General Assembly 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.