COMPILED CODE - Iowa Legislature - State of Iowa

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§ 2914. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ROAD SYSTEMS. Tit. XI, Ch. 7
4 1. It may elect to complete the grading, construction of bridges
5' and culverts, and drainage of any part or all of the primary roads
6 within the county before laying any hard surfacing.
7 2. It may hard surface in any one year, such portion of the roads
8 in the primary system in its county as may be met by its allotted por-
9 tion of the primary road fund for said year, plus any balance remain-
10 ing to its credit from previous allotments, plus the special assessments
11 on abutting and adjacent real estate as hereinafter provided; or it
12 may proceed in any one year with draining and grading on one or
13 more divisions of the primary system and with hard surfacing on
14 other divisions of said system.
15 3. It may proceed with said hard surfacing in a more rapid man-
16 ner when authorized to do so by the voters of the county as herein-
17 after set forth, provided no hard surfacing shall be constructed on
18 any division of the primary roads until the drainage and grading of
19 said division shall have been fully completed.
20 It is hereby made the duty of the board of supervisors to pro-
21 ceed in the improvement of primary roads under this chapter as fast
22 as the primary road fund is available, until the improvement of the
23 primary system is completed; provided, that any county, after drain-
24 ing and grading its primary system, or any division thereof, shall have
25 the right to surface same with gravel or oil or both if by resolution
26 of the board of supervisors it elects so to do. Such graveling or oiling
27 shall not be considered hard surfacing within the meaning of this
28 chapter. Said surfacing shall be done in accordance with the plans
29 and specifications of the highway commission applicable to such
30 improvement and the cost of such improvement when so done may be
31 paid from the primary road fund. Vouchers therefor must be ap-
32 proved by the board of supervisors and forwarded to the highway com-
33 mission for final audit, approval, and payment as provided in section
34 twenty-nine hundred twenty-one of the compiled code.
35 The board of supervisors shall not proceed with hard surfacing
36 of roads until such work shall be authorized by a majority vote of the
37 electors of such county at a general election, or a special election,
38 called for that purpose ; and the board of supervisors of any county
39 may, on its own motion, and shall, if petitioned by the voters in any
40 county equal to ten per cent of the number voting at the last general
41 election, to be determined by the number of electors voting for gov-
42 ernor thereat, submit to said voters the question whether hard surfac-
43 ing shall be done on the primary road system, or any portion thereof,
44 in said county. Said petition shall be in writing, giving the name and
45 residence of each signer thereto, and each sheet thereof shall be veri-
46 fied by a resident of the county. The board of supervisors shall be
47 governed by the result of such election, and, if a majority of said
48 voters voting thereon shall vote therefor, the board shall proceed forth-
49 with with the work. Such election, however, shall not interfere with
50 or affect work under construction, or under contract, or federal aid
51 projects already approved at the time of the holding of said election.
52 Notice of such election shall be given as provided in section
53 twenty-nine hundred thirty-three of the compiled code, and the notice
54 shall give the time said election shall be held and the form of the propo-
55 sition submitted, and such proposition shall be contained in the ballot.
56 Special elections shall be held in the same manner as general elections.