Montana § 7-4-2812 Duties Related To Roads And Bridges

Montana Statutes

§ 7-4-2812 — Duties Related To Roads And Bridges

Montana § 7-4-2812

Title 7LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Ch. 4OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

Part 28Office of County Surveyor

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Mont. Code Ann. § 7-4-2812 (2026).

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7-4-2812 . Duties related to roads and bridges.

(1)The board of county commissioners may assign responsibility for the supervision and direction of all highways, bridges, and causeways within the county to a county surveyor or to a county road superintendent. The board may allocate the duties between the surveyor and the superintendent.

(2)The duties are to:

(a)keep all highways and bridges free and clear of all obstructions;

(b)grade, maintain, and repair all highways;

(c)construct, maintain, and repair all bridges and causeways;

(d)make all surveys;

(e)establish grades;

(f)prepare plans, specifications, and estimates;

(g)keep accurate cost data;

(h)approve all claims against the county for all highway, bridge, and causeway construction, maintenance, and repair, prior to present

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7-4-2812 . Duties related to roads and bridges. (1) The board of county commissioners may assign responsibility for the supervision and direction of all highways, bridges, and causeways within the county to a county surveyor or to a county road superintendent. The board may allocate the duties between the surveyor and the superintendent.
(2) The duties are to:
(a) keep all highways and bridges free and clear of all obstructions;
(b) grade, maintain, and repair all highways;
(c) construct, maintain, and repair all bridges and causeways;
(d) make all surveys;
(e) establish grades;
(f) prepare plans, specifications, and estimates;
(g) keep accurate cost data;
(h) approve all claims against the county for all highway, bridge, and causeway construction, maintenance, and repair, prior to presentation to the board of county commissioners;
(i) employ and assign deputies and staff;
(j) purchase and secure all highway and bridge machinery and machinery equipment and tools to be used upon highways and bridges, with the approval of the board;
(k) purchase and secure all highway, bridge, and causeway supplies and materials, with the approval of the board;
(l) from time to time, make reports and estimates of all matters relating to highways and bridges when required by the board; and
(m) perform other duties required by law.
(3) The surveyor must receive the annual salary provided by law for salaried county surveyors and other county officials.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 2, Ch. 50, L. 1919; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 29, Ex. L. 1919; re-en. Sec. 4836, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 4836, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 12-104, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 274, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 16-3302(4); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 336, L. 1995.