Title VIII, TRANSPORTATION (Ch. 306 - 330B)

All engineers having responsible charge of any improvements, shall give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties and for like accounting for all property entrusted to their custody. All bonds given by such engineers in the employ of the department shall be deemed to emb…

All claims for improving and maintaining the primary road system shall be paid from the primary road fund. [C24, §4702; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b14; C39, § 4755.14; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.14 ]

There is hereby appropriated from the primary road fund to the department a sum sufficient for the purpose of paying any award or judgment to a claimant under chapters 25 and 669 on a claim arising out of activities of the department when such an award cannot be charged to a curr…

The state treasurer is hereby directed to set aside from the primary road fund the sum of five hundred thousand dollars to be known as the primary road contingent fund. [C24, §4703; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b17; C39, § 4755.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.17 ]…

When claims for labor, freight, or other items which must be paid promptly are presented to the said department for payment, the said department may direct that warrants in payment of said claims be drawn on said primary road contingent fund. Such warrants when so drawn and signe…

The claims in payment of which warrants are drawn on the primary road contingent fund, shall be audited in the usual manner prescribed by law and shall have noted thereon that warrants in payment thereof have been drawn on the said contingent fund. After the final audit of such c…

1. The roads and streets of the state are, for the purpose of this chapter , those roads and streets established under chapter 306 . 2. a. Whenever the board of supervisors of a county and the department mutually determine that a portion of a highway under the jurisdiction of eit…

The director of the department of administrative services shall appoint the auditor of the department who shall give bond in the sum of fifty thousand dollars for the faithful performance of the auditor’s duties. The premium on the bond shall be paid by the department from the pr…

1. The department, upon consultation with the council, may construct, reconstruct, improve, and maintain extensions of the primary road system within any city, including the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of storm sewers and electrical traffic control devices reaso…

Any city and the department may enter into an agreement with respect to any project for the paving of any portion of a primary road extension, and for the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of storm sewers and electrical traffic control devices reasonably incident and …

Payment for the work, including the city’s portion thereof, may in the first instance be made out of the primary road fund. Upon completion of the project, the city shall reimburse the department for the amount so advanced out of the primary road fund, including the city’s portio…

The department shall designate the street or streets which shall constitute the primary road extensions in any city of the state, which city is separated from the remainder of the state by a river more than five hundred feet in width from bank to bank. The laws of this state rela…

The department may construct or aid in the construction, and may maintain bridges, viaducts, and railroad grade crossing eliminations on primary road extensions in cities. [C31, 35, §4755-d1; C39, § 4755.25; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.27 ] For departmen…

1. When the department, for the purpose of establishing, constructing, or maintaining any primary road, determines that any secondary road or portion thereof is necessary for a detour or haul road, the department, after consultation with the county board of supervisors having jur…

When the temporary primary road detour or temporary primary road haul road, or any portion thereof, is located within the corporate limits of a city, then as to the portion so located, the provisions of section 313.28 as to consultation, designation, restoration, and payment by t…

1. Purpose. It is the purpose of this section to enhance opportunities for the development and diversification of the state’s economy through the identification and improvement of a network of commercial and industrial highways. The network shall consist of interconnected routes …

1. There is hereby created a primary road fund which shall include and embrace: a. All road use tax funds which are by law credited to the primary road fund. b. All federal aid primary and urban road funds received by the state. c. All other funds which may by law be credited to …

1. Primary roads shall be maintained by the department and the cost thereof paid out of the primary road fund. Extensions of primary roads in cities may be maintained by the department and the cost thereof paid out of the primary road fund. 2. The total amount of funds expended i…

The department is authorized to purchase road material or road machinery required in the improvement or maintenance of the primary roads, after receiving competitive bids, and to pay for the same out of the primary road fund, and is directed to purchase, rent or lease any machine…

1. a. The primary road fund is hereby appropriated for and shall be used in the establishment, construction, and maintenance of the primary road system, including the drainage, grading, surfacing, and construction of bridges and culverts; the elimination or improvement of railroa…

As used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Commission” means the state transportation commission. 2. “Department” means the state department of transportation. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §313.42 ] 89 Acts, ch 134, §7

1. Any city located on the primary road system and in which the primary road extension as officially designated does not pass through the main part or business district of such city, may designate and mark a lateral or detour route in order to facilitate such primary road traffic…

1. The department shall submit to the department of management, as provided by chapter 8 , a detailed estimate of the amount required by the department during each succeeding biennium for the support of the department and for engineering and administration of highway work and mai…

Should the owner of any bridge, for highway traffic, over the Mississippi river or the Missouri river, on the boundary of the state of Iowa, and which bridge is a connecting link between a primary road or primary road extension in a city of this state and a corresponding road or …

The department shall keep accounts in relation to the primary road fund, crediting said fund with all amounts by law creditable thereto and charging said fund with the amount of all duly and finally approved vouchers for claims properly chargeable thereto. [C24, §4692; C27, 31, 3…

When all outstanding indebtedness or other obligations against such bridge and approaches thereto have been paid and discharged the department shall accept transfer of title thereof to the state and is thereafter authorized to take possession of, operate and maintain such bridge …

Any such bridge and approaches, which has been offered to the department and with respect to which the department has entered into a written agreement accepting such offer, shall after the date of such agreement, be free from state and local property and income taxes in this stat…

The authority herein given to the department to enter into agreements for, accept, take over, operate and maintain such bridges may be exercised by the said department independently or in cooperation with other governmental agencies within this state or in adjoining states. [C46,…

The department shall not enter into an agreement of acceptance until the adjoining state enters into an agreement to accept ownership of that portion of the bridge being within the adjoining state. [C46, §313.32; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §313.63 ] 87 Acts, ch …

1. If the department accepts the offer of any bridge over a boundary stream and enters into a written agreement in relation to the bridge as provided in sections 313.59 through 313.63 , this section , and section 313.65 , the owner or operator of the bridge shall thereafter and u…

Before any bridge owned by any individual or private corporation shall be accepted by the department under the provisions of sections 313.59 through 313.64 , the proposal and acceptance shall first be approved by the following tax levying and tax certifying bodies located in the …

1. The department may purchase one-half of any bridge and its approaches for highway traffic over the Mississippi river on the boundary of the state and which is in receivership and is a connecting link between a primary road or primary road extension in a city of the state and a…

There is hereby created a primary road scenic and improvement fund which shall include and embrace all funds hereafter credited thereto. Said fund shall be administered by the department and shall be used for the construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of roadsi…

The account of the primary road fund kept by the department of administrative services and the state treasurer shall show the amount of the primary road fund with all credits thereto and disbursements therefrom. [C24, §4693; C27, 31, 35, §4755-b7; C39, § 4755.07; C46, 50, 54, 58,…

The department shall proceed to the improvement of the primary road system as rapidly as funds become available therefor until the entire mileage of the primary road system is built to established grade, bridged and surfaced with pavement or other surface suited to the traffic on…

Before proceeding with the improvement of any primary road, the department shall cause suitable surveys, plans and specifications for said proposed work to be prepared and filed in its office, and the work shall be done in accordance therewith, except insofar as the same may be m…