Bill Text: OH HB514 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: To authorize the Director of Transportation to enter into an agreement or contract with any entity to establish a traveler information program to provide real-time traffic conditions and travel time information at no cost to the traveler, to require motor vehicle operators to take certain actions upon approaching a highway maintenance vehicle, and to modify the standard for determining the amount of the performance and payment bonds for certain Department of Transportation contracts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-7)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-12-05 - Committee Report - S [HB514 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB514-Introduced.html
As Introduced
A BILL
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Bill Title: To authorize the Director of Transportation to enter into an agreement or contract with any entity to establish a traveler information program to provide real-time traffic conditions and travel time information at no cost to the traveler, to require motor vehicle operators to take certain actions upon approaching a highway maintenance vehicle, and to modify the standard for determining the amount of the performance and payment bonds for certain Department of Transportation contracts.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-7)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-12-05 - Committee Report - S [HB514 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-HB514-Introduced.html
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Representative Newbold
To amend section 5501.03 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
authorize the Director of Transportation to enter | 2 |
into an agreement or contract with any entity to | 3 |
establish a traveler information program to | 4 |
provide real-time traffic conditions and travel | 5 |
time information at no cost to the traveler. | 6 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 5501.03 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
amended to read as follows: | 8 |
Sec. 5501.03. (A) The department of transportation shall: | 9 |
(1) Exercise and perform such other duties, powers, and | 10 |
functions as are conferred by law on the director, the department, | 11 |
the assistant directors, the deputy directors, or on the divisions | 12 |
of the department; | 13 |
(2) Coordinate and develop, in cooperation with local, | 14 |
regional, state, and federal planning agencies and authorities, | 15 |
comprehensive and balanced state policy and planning to meet | 16 |
present and future needs for adequate transportation facilities in | 17 |
this state, including recommendations for adequate funding of the | 18 |
implementation of such planning; | 19 |
(3) Coordinate its activities with those of other appropriate | 20 |
state departments, public agencies, and authorities, and enter | 21 |
into any contracts with such departments, agencies, and | 22 |
authorities as may be necessary to carry out its duties, powers, | 23 |
and functions; | 24 |
(4) Cooperate with and assist the public utilities commission | 25 |
in the commission's administration of sections 4907.47 to 4907.476 | 26 |
of the Revised Code, particularly with respect to the federal | 27 |
highway administration; | 28 |
(5) Cooperate with and assist the Ohio power siting board in | 29 |
the board's administration of Chapter 4906. of the Revised Code; | 30 |
(6) Give particular consideration to the development of | 31 |
policy and planning for public transportation facilities, and to | 32 |
the coordination of associated activities relating thereto, as | 33 |
prescribed under divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section; | 34 |
(7) Conduct, in cooperation with the Ohio legislative service | 35 |
commission, any studies or comparisons of state traffic laws and | 36 |
local traffic ordinances with model laws and ordinances that may | 37 |
be required to meet program standards adopted by the United States | 38 |
department of transportation pursuant to the "Highway Safety Act | 39 |
of 1966," 80 Stat. 731, U.S.C.A. 401; | 40 |
(8) Prepare, print, distribute, and advertise books, maps, | 41 |
pamphlets, and other information that, in the judgment of the | 42 |
director, will inform the public and other governmental | 43 |
departments, agencies, and authorities as to the duties, powers, | 44 |
and functions of the department; | 45 |
(9) In its research and development program, consider | 46 |
technologies for improving roadways, including construction | 47 |
techniques and materials to prolong project life, being used or | 48 |
developed by other states that have geographic, geologic, or | 49 |
climatic features similar to this state's, and collaborate with | 50 |
those states in that development. | 51 |
(B) Nothing contained in division (A)(1) of this section | 52 |
shall be held to in any manner affect, limit, restrict, or | 53 |
otherwise interfere with the exercise of powers relating to | 54 |
transportation facilities by appropriate agencies of the federal | 55 |
government, or by counties, municipal corporations, or other | 56 |
political subdivisions or special districts in this state | 57 |
authorized by law to exercise such powers. | 58 |
(C) The department may use all appropriate sources of revenue | 59 |
to assist in the development and implementation of rail service as | 60 |
defined by division (C) of section 4981.01 of the Revised Code. | 61 |
(D) The director of transportation may enter into contracts | 62 |
with public agencies including political subdivisions, other state | 63 |
agencies, boards, commissions, regional transit authorities, | 64 |
county transit boards, and port authorities, to administer the | 65 |
design, qualification of bidders, competitive bid letting, | 66 |
construction inspection, and acceptance of any projects | 67 |
administered by the department, provided the administration of | 68 |
such projects is performed in accordance with all applicable state | 69 |
and federal laws and regulations with oversight by the department. | 70 |
(E) The director may enter into cooperative or contractual | 71 |
agreements with any individual, organization, or business related | 72 |
to the creation or promotion of a traveler information program. | 73 |
The traveler information program shall provide real-time traffic | 74 |
conditions and travel time information to travelers by telephone, | 75 |
text message, internet, or other similar means at no cost to the | 76 |
traveler. The director may contract with a program manager for the | 77 |
traveler information program. The program manager shall be | 78 |
responsible for all costs associated with the development and | 79 |
operation of the traveler information program. The compensation | 80 |
due to a program manager or vendor under any of these agreements | 81 |
may include deferred compensation in an amount determined by the | 82 |
director. Excess revenue shall be remitted to the department for | 83 |
deposit into the highway operating fund. | 84 |
(F) Any materials or data submitted to, made available to, or | 85 |
received by the director of transportation, to the extent that the | 86 |
materials or data consist of trade secrets, as defined in section | 87 |
1333.61 of the Revised Code, or commercial or financial | 88 |
information, are confidential and are not public records for the | 89 |
purposes of section 149.43 of the Revised Code. | 90 |
Section 2. That existing section 5501.03 of the Revised Code | 91 |
is hereby repealed. | 92 |