83.09 Emergency repairs of county trunk highways. Whenever a flood or other casualty renders any county trunk highway dangerous for travel, the town chairperson may immediately close it and notify the county highway commissioner thereof, and the commissioner shall promptly make repairs necessary to render the highway safe for travel. If sufficient funds are not available in the county maintenance fund, the commissioner may, with the consent of the chairperson of the county board or of the county highway committee, make the necessary repairs, and the cost thereof shall be paid as soon as funds are available.
History: 1983 a. 192 s. 303 (2); 1989 a. 56 s. 258; 2003 a. 214.
NOTE: 2003 Wis. Act 214, which affected this section, contains extensive explanatory notes.
Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
83.01 - County highway commissioner.
83.013 - County traffic safety commissions.
83.015 - County highway committee.
83.016 - Traffic patrol officers, appointment, duties, bond.
83.018 - Road supplies; committee may sell to municipalities.
83.025 - County trunk highways.
83.026 - Federal aid secondary highways.
83.027 - Controlled-access highways.
83.03 - County aid; local levy; donations.
83.035 - Streets and highways, construction.
83.04 - Highway construction by county; noncontract work; payments.
83.05 - Improving streets over 18 feet wide.
83.06 - Maintenance of county aid highways.
83.065 - County road and bridge fund; tax levy.
83.07 - Acquisition of lands, quarries, gravel pits; relocation; eminent domain.
83.08 - Acquisition of lands and interest therein.
83.09 - Emergency repairs of county trunk highways.
83.11 - Marking section and quarter section corners in highways.
83.14 - County aid on town and village initiative.
83.15 - Aid by county for state line bridge or highway.
83.16 - County may contract with foreign county.
83.17 - County may assume compensation liability; agreements with localities.