Ohio Code 4511.108 – Traffic generator sign program
The director of transportation shall adopt rules under Chapter 119 of the Revised Code to establish a traffic generator sign program and shall set forth in the traffic engineering manual the specifications for a uniform system of traffic generator signs and the criteria for participation in the program. The director shall establish, and may revise at any time, an annual fee to be charged for participation in the traffic generator sign program. Money paid by the qualifying program participants shall be deposited into the state treasury to the credit of the highway operating fund.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4511.108
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way open to the use of the public as a thoroughfare for purposes of vehicular travel. See Ohio Code 4511.01
- Operate: means to cause or have caused movement of a vehicle, streetcar, or trackless trolley. See Ohio Code 4511.01
- Person: means every natural person, firm, co-partnership, association, or corporation. See Ohio Code 4511.01
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
- Traffic: means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles, streetcars, trackless trolleys, and other devices, either singly or together, while using for purposes of travel any highway or private road open to public travel. See Ohio Code 4511.01
The director may contract with any person that applies to operate, construct, maintain, or market the traffic generator sign program. The contract may allow for a reasonable profit to be earned by the successful applicant. In awarding the contract, the director may consider the skill, expertise, prior experience, and other qualifications of each applicant.
If the director determines that the department shall operate this program, all money collected from program participants shall be deposited and credited as prescribed in this section.