Montana Code Annotated
Part 21. General Provisions Related to County Roads
7-14-2103. 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.

Structure Montana Code Annotated

Montana Code Annotated

Title 7. Local Government

Chapter 14. Transportation

Part 21. General Provisions Related to County Roads

7-14-2101. General powers of county relating to roads and bridges -- definitions

7-14-2102. General powers relating to county roads -- assignment of responsibility

7-14-2103. Duties of county commissioners concerning county roads

7-14-2104. Repealed

7-14-2105. Reports to department of transportation

7-14-2106. Parking regulations in unincorporated places

7-14-2107. Acquisition of right-of-way

7-14-2108. Recording of instruments related to acquisition of right-of-way

7-14-2109. Transfer to state of county responsibility for right-of-way

7-14-2110. Preparation of plat books

7-14-2111. Layout of roads

7-14-2112. Width of roads

7-14-2113. County authority to establish speed limits

7-14-2114. through 7-14-2120 reserved

7-14-2121. County road districts

7-14-2122. County road supervisor

7-14-2123. Acquisition of machinery and materials

7-14-2124. Disposition of surplus crushed rock and gravel

7-14-2125. Inspection of roads and work on roads

7-14-2126. Compensation for making inspections

7-14-2127. Temporary limitation or prohibition of traffic

7-14-2128. Designation of emergency area near construction project

7-14-2129. Control of livestock in emergency area

7-14-2130. Control of the movement of livestock on or near county roads

7-14-2131. Reseeding of right-of-way

7-14-2132. Control of weeds along roads and highways

7-14-2133. Removal of obstructions on county roads

7-14-2134. Removal of highway encroachment

7-14-2135. Notice to remove encroachment

7-14-2136. Penalty for failure to remove encroachment promptly

7-14-2137. Legal actions to remove encroachments or recover costs

7-14-2138. Prosecution by county attorney

7-14-2139. Procedure to make excavations across highway

7-14-2140. Prevention of water flow over highway

7-14-2141. Liability for permitting water to overflow

7-14-2142. Use of Montana-made wooden materials in county road projects