Colorado § 43-5-305 Owners construct culverts - penalty

Colorado Statutes

§ 43-5-305 — Owners construct culverts - penalty

Colorado § 43-5-305

Title 43Transportation

Art.Highway Safety

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 43-5-305 (2026).

Text

(1)Any person or corporation owning or constructing any ditch, race, drain, or flume in, upon, or across any highway shall keep the highway open for safe and convenient travel by constructing culverts, bridges, or similar structures over such ditch, race, drain, or flume. When any ditch is constructed across, in, or upon any highway, the person owning or constructing such ditch shall construct a culvert, bridge, or similar structure long enough to conduct the water from shoulder to shoulder from such road or highway or of such greater length as the board of county commissioners having jurisdiction thereover may require, plans for said culvert, bridge, or similar structure having been approved in advance by said board of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners sha

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(1) Any person or
corporation owning or constructing any ditch, race, drain, or flume in, upon, or
across any highway shall keep the highway open for safe and convenient travel by
constructing culverts, bridges, or similar structures over such ditch, race, drain, or
flume. When any ditch is constructed across, in, or upon any highway, the person
owning or constructing such ditch shall construct a culvert, bridge, or similar
structure long enough to conduct the water from shoulder to shoulder from such
road or highway or of such greater length as the board of county commissioners
having jurisdiction thereover may require, plans for said culvert, bridge, or similar
structure having been approved in advance by said board of county commissioners.
The board of county commissioners shall maintain said culvert, bridge, or similar
structure after construction, in accordance with the provisions of section 37-84-106, C.R.S.

(2) Any person or corporation who fails to construct a culvert, bridge, or
similar structure across any ditch, race, drain, or flume, within a time limit to be
specified by the board of county commissioners when the plans therefor are
approved by said board as provided in subsection (1) of this section, shall forfeit the
sum of twenty-five dollars to the county for each day of failure to construct such
bridge, culvert, or similar structure together with the cost of construction thereof.
Proceeds from such penalty shall be paid into the road fund of the district. It is the
duty of the road supervisor of the district to construct such culvert, bridge, or
similar structure if the owner of such ditch, race, drain, or flume fails to comply.

Legislative History

Source: L. 1883: p. 261, � 38. G.S. � 2990. L. 1885: p. 324, � 1. R.S. 08: � 5829. C.L. � 1285. CSA: C. 143, � 39. L. 47: p. 747, � 1. CRS 53: � 120-4-5. C.R.S. 1963: � 120-4-5.