Bill Text: OH HB622 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: To require the Department of Veterans Services to contact and assist Gold Star families in the process of having a highway or bridge named in honor of a family member who died while serving in the United States armed forces.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-12-20 - Introduced to House [HB622 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-HB622-Introduced.html

---

As Introduced

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

H. B. No. 622

Representatives Schuring, Bubp 

---

A BILL

To enact section 5902.10 of the Revised Code to

1

require the Department of Veterans Services to

2

contact and assist Gold Star families in the

3

process of having a highway or bridge named in

4

honor of a family member who died while serving in

5

the United States armed forces.

6

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 5902.10 of the Revised Code be	7
enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 5902.10.  (A) "Gold star family" means a family to which	9
both of the following apply:	10

(1) The family includes a member of the armed forces of the	11
United States who died after the effective date of this section	12
under any circumstances prescribed under 10 U.S.C. 1126; and	13

(2) The family includes a widow, parent, or next of kin of	14
the person referred to in division (A)(1) of this section who is	15
eligible for the receipt of a gold star lapel button under 10	16
U.S.C. 1126.	17

(B) The department of veterans services shall develop and	18
implement a program to assist each Ohio gold star family in the	19
enactment of legislation designating any highway, portion of a	20
highway, or bridge that is part of the state highway system in	21
honor of the member of the gold star family to which division	22
(A)(1) of this section applies.	23

The program shall include an appropriately respectful means	24
of contacting each such gold star family with information about	25
memorial highway or bridge designations. The department shall	26
assist an interested gold star family in the process of selecting	27
a highway, portion of a highway, or bridge and, on behalf of the	28
gold star family, shall contact the general assembly members	29
representing the gold star family to facilitate the preparation of	30
a bill to designate a highway, portion of a highway, or bridge in	31
honor of the deceased family member who died while serving in the	32
armed forces of the United States.	33