TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 14. TRANSPORTATION

Part 21. General Provisions Related to County Roads

Duties Of County Commissioners Concerning County Roads

7-14-2103. Duties of county commissioners concerning county roads. (1) A board of county commissioners has general supervision over the county roads within the county.

(2) A board may survey, view, lay out, record, open, work, and maintain county roads that are established in accordance with this chapter. Guideposts must be erected.

(3) A board may discontinue or abandon county roads when freeholders properly petition for discontinuance or abandonment.

(4) A board of county commissioners may determine the level and scope of maintenance on a county road under its jurisdiction, and a local entity or the state may not withhold funds based on the board's maintenance determinations.

History: En. Sec. 5-101, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 104, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2801(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 253, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 440, L. 1999.