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Chapter 68 ROADS AND BRIDGES
Article 5 COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS
- Section 68-501 County engineer, appointment, qualifications, approval; termination of appointment, when.
- Section 68-502 Duties of county engineer.
- Section 68-503 Joint county engineer districts; employment of engineer.
- Section 68-504 Office, assistants, supplies and clerical help for county or district engineer.
- Section 68-505 Bond of engineer.
- Section 68-506 Classification and designation of roads in noncounty unit road system counties.
- Section 68-506a City connecting link in county highway; city tax levy and bonds.
- Section 68-506b Same; validation of certain acts of cities; letting of contracts; change of route; eminent domain.
- Section 68-506c Same; apportionment of costs.
- Section 68-506d Same; city to maintain roads.
- Section 68-506f City connecting links in county highway system; agreements for maintenance; compensation or maintenance by county.
- Section 68-506g Designating certain roads located in and out of city as part of county system; improvement and maintenance of.
- Section 68-508 Maps of county roads; filing by county engineer for correction and approval.
- Section 68-509 Elimination of grade crossings; division of costs between railroad and county; eminent domain; publication notice; appeal from award; warning signals.
- Section 68-515b Adoption of county road unit system; procedure.
- Section 68-516 Classification of highways in county unit road counties.
- Section 68-516a County unit system; payment over and use of township funds.
- Section 68-516b Same; delivery of machinery and equipment; appraisement; expenditures within township; assumption of township contracts.
- Section 68-516c Same; issuance of county no-fund warrants, when.
- Section 68-516e County unit system; payments to county from surplus in township general fund; use.
- Section 68-517 Abandonment of county road unit system; election; contracts.
- Section 68-518 Same; petition for election.
- Section 68-518c Tax levies by townships in noncounty unit counties; limitation; petition for election.
- Section 68-520 County road work by or without contract; machinery and equipment; plans and specifications to be filed.
- Section 68-521 Letting of certain contracts; plans and specifications; publication notice; bids, surety; award; bond of contractor; duty of county attorney; inspection by engineer; roads damaged or destroyed by disaster.
- Section 68-522 Itemized bills for county road work, construction or repairs.
- Section 68-523 Township board of highway commissioners.
- Section 68-524 Same; meetings.
- Section 68-525 Township board of highway commissioners; records and accounts; compensation.
- Section 68-526 Duties of township board; plans, materials and equipment; traffic-control devices and signs.
- Section 68-527 Maintenance, improvement and inspection of roads on county or township lines.
- Section 68-527a Settlement of disputes over maintenance, improvement or inspection of roads on county or township lines; district courts; appeal.
- Section 68-529 Deflection of road on county, township or city line; division of cost.
- Section 68-530 Township road overseer; assistants; trustee as overseer in certain counties; repair and improvement work on township roads; limitation; compensation.
- Section 68-531 Same; compensation; bond; tenure.
- Section 68-532 Letting township contracts.
- Section 68-534 Dragging township roads; patrolman; compensation; penalties for unlawful acts.
- Section 68-536 Township roads; use of tax moneys.
- Section 68-538 Reports of township overseer.
- Section 68-539 Reports of the township clerk.
- Section 68-540 Reports by county engineers or road supervisors.
- Section 68-541 Forms for accounts and reports.
- Section 68-542 Meetings of county and township road officials; compensation.
- Section 68-543 In counties under county unit road system; culverts over ditches in front of private property; costs by county or city; additional culverts or new entrances; costs to owner; procedures; penalty.
- Section 68-543a In counties not under county unit road system; culverts over ditches in front of private property; costs; additional culverts or new entrances; procedures; penalty.
- Section 68-544 Tunnels under roads by landowners; approval; costs.
- Section 68-545 Unlawful obstructions, excavations, removal of materials, dumping trash or other materials or plowing of roads; penalty; payment of cost to restore.
- Section 68-547 Highways subject to act[*].
- Section 68-548 Penalties for violations by officers.
- Section 68-549 Penalties for violations by individuals.
- Section 68-550 Continuance of special laws.
- Section 68-551 Mail route inspections; repair.
- Section 68-552 Same; act supplemental.
- Section 68-553 Uniform standard specifications for lumber and timber products for highway purposes.
- Section 68-554 Carload lots; engineer's specifications to bidders; certificate of inspection; affidavit as to preservative treatment.
- Section 68-555 Unlawful purchases.
- Section 68-556 Competitive bids required for carload purchases; proposal forms; time.
- Section 68-557 Penalty for noncompliance.
- Section 68-559a Roads and bridges, construction and reconstruction; tax levy, use of proceeds; extension of period for levy; protest petition and election.
- Section 68-559b Same; expenditures.
- Section 68-559c Same; federal or state aid.
- Section 68-560 Certain townships may turn over maintenance, repair and construction of roads to county; election; resolution; petition; abandonment.
- Section 68-561 Same; procedure upon adoption of act; tax levies; use of machinery.
- Section 68-572 Intergovernmental agreements for road construction and maintenance; county, city and township.
- Section 68-573 Certain counties over 175,000; adoption of master highway development plan; preliminary plans and specifications, approval, filing, cost, how paid.
- Section 68-574 Same; notice of filing of plans; adoption of master development plan; resolution, contents; publication; election.
- Section 68-575 Same; form of ballot.
- Section 68-576 Same; procedure when plan approved; application of 68-704.
- Section 68-577 Same; issuance of bonds; limitations.
- Section 68-580 Designation of streets and roads as arterial highways; definitions.
- Section 68-581 Same; primary arterial highways; designation and financing.
- Section 68-581a Same; use of moneys received from special city and county highway fund by certain cities; purpose.
- Section 68-582 Designation of secondary arterial highways, when; cooperative financing; agreement; use of funds.
- Section 68-583 Same; acquisition of lands for rights of way; costs.
- Section 68-584 Secondary arterial highways; issuance of bonds to pay costs; election, when.
- Section 68-585 Same; feasibility studies by boards; costs, how paid.
- Section 68-586 Counties between 130,000 and 170,000; highway bonds; election.
- Section 68-587 Same; bond debt limitation.
- Section 68-588 Same; construction contracts; standards.
- Section 68-589 Special highway improvement fund; definitions.
- Section 68-590 Same; fund provided; transfers; budget effect.
- Section 68-591 General county rural highway system; procedure for adoption; election required.
- Section 68-592 Classifications of highways; definitions.
- Section 68-593 Procedure upon adoption; payment of funds by townships to county treasurer; use; duties of treasurer.
- Section 68-594 Same; transfer of equipment and road machinery.
- Section 68-595 Same; surplus in general fund of township; payment to county treasurer, when.
- Section 68-596 County rural highway system; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required.
- Section 68-597 Procedure upon adoption; abandonment of system.
- Section 68-598 Same; petition for election.
- Section 68-5,100 County roads; construction and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; election required.
- Section 68-5,101 County roads and bridges; tax levies, use of proceeds.
- Section 68-5,102 Declaration of minimum maintenance roads; procedure; posting of road; limitation of tort liability.
- Section 68-5,103 Road improvements in counties over 300,000; bonds; election; limitation.
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