Ohio § 5537.16

§ 5537.16.

(A) The Ohio turnpike and infrastructure commission may adopt such bylaws and rules as

it considers advisable for the control and regulation of traffic on any turnpike project,

for the protection and preservation of property under its jurisdiction and control,

for the maintenance and preservation of good order within the property under its control,

and for the purpose of establishing owner or operator liability for failure to comply

with toll collection rules.  The rules may require that both the owner or lessee and the operator of a motor

vehicle be held jointly and strictly liable for the payment of tolls, fees, and fines.  If the owner or lessee and the operator are jointly and strictly liable, the owner

or lessee may not disclaim liability for a toll, fee, or fine by claiming another

person was operating the motor vehicle at the time the toll, fee, or fine was incurred.  The rules of the commission with respect to the speed, use of special engine brakes,

axle loads, vehicle loads, and vehicle dimensions of vehicles on turnpike projects,

including the issuance of a special permit by the commission to allow the operation

on any turnpike project of a motor vehicle transporting two or fewer steel coils,

shall apply notwithstanding sections 4511.21 to 4511.25, 4513.34, and Chapter 5577.

of the Revised Code.  Such bylaws and rules shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in

Franklin county, and in such other manner as the commission prescribes. (B) Such rules shall provide that public police officers shall be afforded ready access,

while in the performance of their official duty, to all property under the jurisdiction

of the commission and without the payment of tolls. (C) No person shall violate any such bylaws or rules of the commission. (D)(1) All fines collected for the violation of applicable laws of the state and the bylaws

and rules of the commission or moneys arising from bonds forfeited for such violation

shall be disposed of in accordance with section 5503.04 of the Revised Code . (2) All fees or charges assessed by the commission against an owner, lessee, or operator

of a vehicle as a civil violation for failure to comply with toll collection or toll

evasion rules shall be revenues of the commission.