17-50-305 - County powers to acquire, construct, and control roads and other facilities -- Retainage. - Utah Statutes

17-50-305. County powers to acquire, construct, and control roads and otherfacilities -- Retainage.
(1) A county may:
(a) contract for, purchase, or otherwise acquire, when necessary, rights of way for countyroads over private property, and may institute proceedings for acquiring such rights of way asprovided by law;
(b) lay out, construct, maintain, control, and manage county roads, sidewalks, ferries andbridges within the county, outside of cities and towns;
(c) designate the county roads to be maintained by the county within or extending throughany city or town, which may not be more than three in the same direction;
(d) abolish or abandon county roads that are unnecessary for the use of the public, in themanner provided by law; and
(e) lay out, construct, maintain, control, and manage landing fields and hangars for theuse of airplanes or other vehicles for aerial travel.
(2) If any payment on a contract with a private contractor to construct county roads,sidewalks, ferries, and bridges under this section is retained or withheld, it shall be retained orwithheld and released as provided in Section 13-8-5.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 133, 2000 General Session