(A) The state, county, and township shall each maintain its roads, as designated in section 5535.01 of the Revised Code; however, the county or township, by agreement between the board of county commissioners and the board of township trustees, may contribute to the repair and maintenance of the roads under the control of the other. The state, county, or township, or any two or more of them, by agreement, may expend any funds available for road construction, improvement, or repair upon roads inside a village. A village may expend any funds available for street improvement upon roads outside the village and leading to the village.

(B)

(1) In the case of an emergency, any political subdivision having authority to repair and maintain roads or streets may provide emergency road or street repair and maintenance assistance to any other political subdivision if the political subdivision seeking to provide the assistance has adopted a resolution or ordinance stating that it will participate in the provision of emergency road or street repair and maintenance assistance within this state, on a case by case basis, whenever it is possible for that political subdivision to do so. The resolution or ordinance shall identify any employees authorized to provide that assistance outside the boundaries of the political subdivision.

(2) Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to performance of road or street repair and maintenance services, applies to a political subdivision having authority to repair and maintain roads or streets that has adopted a resolution or ordinance under division (B)(1) of this section, and to the employees of such a political subdivision, when the employees are providing emergency road or street repair and maintenance assistance outside the boundaries of the political subdivision.

(3) Employees of a political subdivision who provide emergency road or street repair and maintenance assistance outside the boundaries of that political subdivision pursuant to a resolution or ordinance adopted under division (B)(1) of this section may participate in any pension or indemnity fund that their employer establishes and are entitled to all rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as when performing road or street repair and maintenance services within the political subdivision that employs them.

(C)

(1) In nonemergency situations, any political subdivision having authority to construct, reconstruct, resurface, improve, repair, and maintain roads or streets may enter into an agreement, under terms agreeable to all parties, with any other political subdivision having that authority to obtain or provide road or street construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, improvement, repair, or maintenance services. The cost, if any, of services obtained under the agreement may be paid from general fund moneys of the political subdivision receiving the services, or from any other funds available for the repair and maintenance of roads or streets within that political subdivision.

(2) Chapter 2744. of the Revised Code, insofar as it applies to the performance of road or street construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, improvement, repair, or maintenance services, applies to a political subdivision having authority to perform those services that has entered into an agreement authorized by division (C)(1) of this section, and to the employees of such a political subdivision, when the employees are performing those services outside the boundaries of the political subdivision under that agreement.

(3) Employees of a political subdivision who perform road or street construction, reconstruction, resurfacing, improvement, repair, or maintenance services outside the boundaries of that political subdivision pursuant to an agreement authorized by division (C)(1) of this section may participate in any pension or indemnity fund that their employer establishes and are entitled to all rights and benefits of Chapter 4123. of the Revised Code, to the same extent as when performing those services within the political subdivision that employs them.

(D) As used in this section, "emergency" means a natural disaster, or a state of emergency as declared by the governor or a county sheriff, that has occurred or been declared in the county, township, or municipal corporation receiving emergency road or street repair and maintenance assistance authorized by this section.

Effective Date: 04-05-2001 .