(A) As used in this section, "qualified county" means a county to which both of the following apply:
- (1) It has a population between one million one hundred thousand and one million three hundred thousand as of the most recent federal decennial census;
- (2) As of the effective date of this section, an existing public passenger commuter rail service is operated in that county and does not operate in any other county.
- (B) The director of transportation shall include in the process developed under section 5512.02 of the Revised Code, a policy that makes the purchase and replacement of rail lines used for public passenger commuter rail service operated in a qualified county eligible to receive funding approval from the transportation review advisory council.
- (C) Purchases made under division (B) of this section are other statutory highway purposes for the purpose of Ohio Constitution, Article XII, Section 5a.
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