Title 40 — HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES

40-501. Transportation department. An Idaho transportation department is established, and for the purposes of section 20, article IV of the constitution of the state of Idaho, is an executive department of state government. The department shall have as its head the Idaho transpor…

40-502. Maintenance of state highways. All state highways shall be maintained by the department at state expense, including sections of state highways located within local highway jurisdictions, except that in local highway jurisdictions where state highway sections are built to …

40-503. Offices — Appointment — Qualifications — Compensation. (1) An office of the director of the Idaho transportation department is established, and the board shall appoint a director having knowledge and experience in transportation matters. The director shall serve at the pl…

40-504. Director — Bond. Before entering upon the duties of his office, the director shall swear or affirm that he holds no other public office, nor any position under any political committee or organization. The affirmation shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.…

40-505. Director — Duties and powers. The director shall be the technical and administrative officer of the board and under the board’s control, supervision and direction, shall have general supervision and control of all activities, functions and employees of the department. He …

40-506. Compensation for taking certain property. (1) The department is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation, all advertising displays and any property rights pertaining to them, when those advertising displays are required to be removed under the provisions of…

40-507. Construction and maintenance of information centers. (1) The department may design, erect, authorize, supervise and maintain information centers at safety rest areas in a number and at locations as it may determine to be necessary to meet the need of safety and effectivel…

40-508. Traffic safety commission created — Membership. (1) An Idaho traffic safety commission is established within the department. (2) The commission shall be composed of not more than fifteen (15) members appointed by the director, who shall include the chairman of the transpo…

40-509. Duties of traffic safety commission. The commission shall: (1) Periodically review traffic safety problems in Idaho and develop effective plans for additional local-state cooperative activities; (2) Recommend to the director those agency programs and political subdivision…

40-510. Ports of entry or checking stations established — Motor vehicle investigator activities — Authority of the board to employ individuals. (1) To augment and help make more efficient and effective the enforcement of certain laws of the state of Idaho, the Idaho transportatio…

40-511. Stopping and inspection. (1) Wherever by the laws of the state of Idaho any vehicle with a maximum gross weight or registered gross weight, or operated at a gross weight, of twenty-six thousand one (26,001) pounds or more, excepting those transporting placardable quantiti…

40-512. Penalties. Any person failing to stop at any port of entry or checking station when so required by the provisions of section 40-511, Idaho Code, or, failing to submit to the inspection, grading or weighing required by any law of the state of Idaho, shall be guilty of a mi…

40-513. Veterans memorial centennial bridge established. The Bennett Bay bridge located on interstate highway I-90 in Kootenai county shall be designated as the "Veterans Memorial Centennial Bridge" to honor those persons who served in the armed forces during periods of wartime a…

40-513A. Designation of the I.B. perrine bridge. The bridge spanning the Snake River Canyon on U.S. Highway 93 south of Interstate Highway 84 near the city of Twin Falls, Idaho, shall be designated as the "I.B. Perrine Bridge" to honor I.B. Perrine for his part as founder and fat…

40-513B. Portion of U.S. highway 95 designated as Stu Dopf memorial highway. That portion of United States Highway 95 through the canyon between Midvale and Cambridge shall be known and designated as the "Stu Dopf Memorial Highway" in honor of the journalist who was interested in…

40-513C. Designation of purple heart trail. That portion of interstate highway I-90 located in Idaho is the Idaho portion of the national purple heart trail. The Idaho transportation department shall design and construct signs indicating the highway number, the designation as the…

40-513D. State Highway 3 designated as North Idaho Medal of honor highway. State highway 3, connecting U.S. highway 12 near Spalding with interstate 90 near Rose Lake, shall be designated as the "North Idaho Medal of Honor Highway" to honor Idahoans awarded the congressional meda…

40-513E. designation of Vietnam veterans memorial highway. That portion of interstate highway I-84 located in Idaho is designated as the Vietnam veterans memorial highway. The Idaho transportation department shall design and construct signs indicating the highway number, the desi…

40-513F. designation of the idaho medal of honor highway. That portion of U.S. highway 20 located in Idaho shall also be known as the "Idaho Medal of Honor Highway." The Idaho transportation department shall design and construct signs indicating the designation as the "Idaho Meda…

40-513G. DESIGNATION OF THE POW/MIA MEMORIAL HIGHWAY. The portion of U.S. highway 26 located in Idaho beginning at the Oregon border and ending at the Wyoming border shall be known as the "POW/MIA Memorial Highway." The Idaho transportation department may place and maintain suita…

40-513H. designation of the bobby chambers memorial highway. The portion of state highway 6 located near Potlatch, Idaho, beginning at the intersection of United States Highway 95 and ending at the western city limits of the city of Potlatch, is to be known as the "Bobby Chambers…

40-514. Public transportation services — Public transportation services advisory council created — Interagency working group created — Department support. (1) All state agencies except the department of education and all public entities that use public funds to provide public tra…

40-515. short title. This section through section 40-520, Idaho Code, shall be known and may be cited as the "Idaho Broadband Dig Once and Right-of-Way Act."

40-516. Legislative Intent: DIG ONCE POLICY. (1) It is the intent of the legislature to recognize that the citizens of the state live and work in a data-driven society and that the connectivity in Idaho’s urban and rural areas are key for a thriving Idaho economy. Broadband is a …

40-517. Definitions. As used in sections 40-515 through 40-520, Idaho Code: (1) "Broadband" means wide bandwidth communication transmissions allowing high speed internet access with an ability to simultaneously transport multiple signals and traffic types at a minimum transmissio…

40-518. Dig Once Policy Notification and Project Identification. (1) The department shall develop on a competitively neutral basis a registry of broadband providers interested in installing broadband infrastructure along a highway. The department shall update the registry no less…

40-519. provider shall not be assessed fair market value. A broadband provider installing broadband infrastructure in accordance with sections 40-515 through 40-520, Idaho Code, shall not be assessed fair market value.

40-520. Rights-of-Way for Broadband. (1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the department shall allow a broadband provider longitudinal use and access to the rights-of-way of a highway for the installation, operation, and maintenance of broadband infrastructur…

40-528. Federal Transit Administration Authority. (1) The Idaho transportation department and its director are the designated recipients for the federal transit administration funding for the rural transit program and the small urban transit program within the state of Idaho. (2)…