Bill Text: OH SB222 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: To require certain flags to be displayed at rest areas along the state's interstates and the Ohio Turnpike.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 42-24)

Status: (Passed) 2013-03-22 - Effective Date [SB222 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2011-SB222-Comm_Sub.html

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As Reported by the Highways and Transportation Committee

129th General Assembly Regular Session 2011-2012

Am. S. B. No. 222

Senator Burke 

Cosponsors: Senators Patton, Widener 

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A BILL

To enact sections 5529.07 and 5537.35 of the Revised

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Code to require certain flags to be displayed at

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rest areas along the state's interstates and the

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Ohio Turnpike.

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

Section 1. That sections 5529.07 and 5537.35 of the Revised	5
Code be enacted to read as follows:	6

Sec. 5529.07. (A) The director of transportation shall	7
display the following flags at each rest area that is along the	8
interstate system located within this state:	9

(1) The flag of the United States;

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(2) The flag of Ohio;

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(3) The flag that depicts the profile of a prisoner of war	12
against the background of a prisoner of war camp watchtower,	13
commonly known as the POW/MIA flag.	14

(B) In purchasing flags to comply with division (A) of this	15
section, the director shall, to the maximum extent possible,	16
conform to the preference requirements of sections 125.09 and	17
125.11 of the Revised Code and all rules adopted under those	18
sections to ensure the purchase and use of products made in Ohio	19
and the United States.	20

Sec. 5537.35. (A) The Ohio turnpike commission shall display	21
the following flags at each rest area that is along the turnpike:	22

(1) The flag of the United States;

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(2) The flag of Ohio;

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(3) The flag that depicts the profile of a prisoner of war	25
against the background of a prisoner of war camp watchtower,	26
commonly known as the POW/MIA flag.	27

(B) In purchasing flags to comply with division (A) of this	28
section, the turnpike commission shall, to the maximum extent	29
possible, conform to the preference requirements of sections	30
125.09 and 125.11 of the Revised Code and all rules adopted under	31
those sections to ensure the purchase and use of products made in	32
Ohio and the United States.	33