Title 54, Highways, Bridges And Ferries

When all road commissioners have been elected, they shall be the road commissioners for that county, and shall have the supervision of the construction of the roads provided for by the county legislative body, and shall serve until all the roads so provided for have been complete…

The commissioners shall execute a good and solvent bond, in an amount to be specified by the county legislative body, payable to the state, for the benefit of the county from which they were elected, conditioned that they will faithfully and impartially execute all the duties imp…

Should there occur a vacancy for any cause, the vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as provided for the election of the original commissioners under this chapter.

The road commissioners shall be subject to removal for cause by the judge of the circuit court or chancellor of the county, due notice having been given of the charges preferred.

Should any vacancy occur in the commission, it shall be the duty of the county mayor to call the county legislative body together immediately to elect a successor to fill the vacancy, and the remaining commissioners shall transact any business as if no vacancy had occurred until …

No road commissioner shall be a member of the county legislative body or related to any member of the county legislative body within the third degree, either by affinity or consanguinity, computed by the civil law.

(a) All work of grading, macadamizing, concreting, bridge building, etc., shall be let to contractors by the commissioners. It shall be their duty to advertise the letting or lettings in one (1) or more newspapers published in the county and otherwise as their judgment may direct…

The commissioners may let the work in sections, or they may let different kinds of work to different contractors, or they may let the whole to one (1) bidder, if in their judgment it is to the best interest of the taxpayers to do so; provided, that after having examined all bids …

In receiving and letting the contracts, the commissioners shall at all times include the laying of all drain tiles or pipe for the draining of the roads, after the drain tiles or pipe have been placed on the road, by the county, and further include the tamping or packing of the d…

(a) The price for moving dirt, per cubic yard, the price per yard for the laying of macadam, or the price for moving loose or solid rock from the roadbed shall not in any event exceed the maximum price fixed for the removal of those things by the county legislative body of any co…

No commissioners or member of the county legislative body or any officer or employee of the commissioners shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract or job of work or material, or profits of any contract or job, to be furnished or performed under §§ 54-9-124 — 5…

(a) The commissioners elected under this chapter shall not expend the money obtained by the sale of any road bonds for any rights-of-way without first being authorized to do so by the county legislative body, or for any release, or for any damage growing out of the road building …

The commissioners shall pay all contractors every thirty (30) days upon estimates made by the engineer in charge of the work for the county, or upon estimates of the assistant engineer for the county, reserving not in excess of ten percent (10%) of the amount of work done at that…

(a) The commissioners shall employ a competent engineer, and, if need be, assistant engineers. (b) The engineers shall be employed to lay out the work on the roads provided for, making estimates on the roads and work done by the contractors building the roads.

(a) The engineer shall execute a bond to the county for not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or more if a larger bond is demanded by the county legislative body, conditioned that the engineer will honestly and faithfully execute all work entrusted to the engineer's care …

As compensation for the faithful performance of duty, the engineer shall receive an amount agreed upon by the engineer and the road commissioners having charge of the work.

Each engineer so employed shall take and subscribe an oath before entering upon the engineer's duties that all work will be honestly and faithfully executed as entrusted to the engineer's care, without partiality to any section of the county.

Any engineer employed under this chapter shall be subject to removal or discharge by the commissioners for the county, at any time when, in the judgment of a majority, it appears to the best interest of the county to remove the engineer, first giving the engineer thirty (30) days…

After all the roads laid out and provided for in the resolution have been graded, macadamized or otherwise improved for the full length of each road, should there remain a surplus, it shall be expended on such other road or roads not set forth in the resolutions, that in the judg…

(a) The commissioners shall keep a well-bound book, in which shall be recorded in detail the amount of money expended by them on the roads, and where and for what purpose the money was expended. (b) The book shall show to whom the funds have been paid, giving the date and the amo…

(a) It is the duty of the commissioners to keep accurate minutes of all the proceedings had by them, the minutes to be kept in a well-bound book and preserved as a record of their office. (b) (1) The commissioners shall make a written report quarterly to the county legislative bo…

(a) Under this chapter, any county in the state is authorized to issue bonds pursuant to title 9, chapter 21, for the purposes of grading roads, grading and macadamizing roads, grading and concreting roads, building complete concrete roads, building macadam roads with an asphalt …

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as repealing any local law authorizing the issuance of bonds for road purposes, but the power conferred in this chapter shall only be cumulative to the power conferred in the local laws.

Any county may authorize the issuance of bonds pursuant to title 9, chapter 21, for the construction of county highways, roads and bridges and may irrevocably pledge, during each fiscal year, moneys received by way of state aid grants for rural roads, an amount not exceeding fift…

(a) Prior to the issuance of bonds, the county highway department shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, surveys and plans of proposed county highways, roads and bridges, or proposed project or projects, to be constructed, showing the location, design and construction of the pro…

(1) The bond resolution shall contain:(1) The amount, or maximum amount, of the bonds to be issued;(2) The purpose of the bond issued being for the construction of county highways, roads or bridges, as certified by the department;(3) The rate, or maximum rate, of interest that th…

In accordance with the bond resolution, the county trustee shall place in a special account, known as the county highway bond account, the amounts of state-aid road funds and state aid funds received for county highway purposes, but not exceeding fifty percent (50%) of the state …

(a) (1) After the sale of the bonds for the construction of the approved projects, the county legislative body may authorize the county highway department to undertake one (1) or more of the projects or may direct that the project or projects be accomplished by contract.(2) In th…

(a) The department of transportation shall prepare a model contract and performance bond, which the counties, without exception, alteration or modification, shall use, except for filling in appropriate blanks, or spaces, as may be necessary to complete the contract and bond. (b) …

(a) From time to time the department of transportation shall inspect the work as it progresses on the project. (b) On all county road and highway projects, the contractor shall be entitled to payments on account of the contractor's contract in the same way and manner as payments …

(a) Before final acceptance of the project as having been finally completed, the contractor shall furnish evidence to the chief administrative officer of the county highway department, if any, and/or the chief fiscal officer of the county, that all the materials used by the contr…