§ 24-05-18 — Counties may cooperate with department - Procedure

North Dakota § 24-05-18

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 24: Highways, Bridges, and Ferries
• Ch. 24-05: County Roads

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Whenever any board of county commissioners of any county decides that any county road
or roads in such county must be improved or constructed in cooperation with the department,
such board shall make written application to the director for the improvement and construction
thereof. If the director approves such application, the director, in writing, shall notify the said
board of such approval, and at the same time shall submit to the said board an estimate of the
cost of such improvement, including the cost of engineering, the purchase or acquirement of
right of way, and all other expenses, and the share or portion thereof which such county shall
bear. However, the director may not require any county to pay for the cost or expense of
acquiring right of way for the state highway system. Whenever the board of county
commissioners aforesaid shall elect to proceed with such improvement, the said board shall
adopt a resolution signifying such election and in such resolution must set aside out of such
funds as are or may become available the amount necessary to pay the county's share of the
cost of such improvement. Upon written demand of the director, the board of county
commissioners shall instruct and direct the county auditor by resolution to draw a warrant or
warrants on the county treasurer in favor of the contractor, or of the department, for the county's
share of such amount or amounts as may become due during the progress of such

improvement. The county shall also draw additional warrants in favor of the department as may
be necessary to reimburse it for the county's share of the cost of engineering and the acquisition
of right of way. Such warrants must be drawn by the county treasurer upon the certificate of the
director.