SENATE BILL 1320
Transportation and Defense (House)
Road maintenance, right-of-way
DESIGNATION OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY – Amends existing law to provide that certain maintenance of a public right-of-way shall not constitute upkeep or maintenance as a highway.
RS31292 / S1320
This legislation would grant highway districts flexibility to serve their public and promote safety. Current law discourages highway districts from assisting first responders by clearing snow from roads that are not in their systems, and from doing requested repairs on those roads, as these actions can lead to a legal obligation to fully maintain them in perpetuity. This bill brings the letter of the law in accordance with the spirit of the law by providing a common-sense exception regarding timetables of allowable repairs and maintenance done to assist first responders.
There is no cost to the State; any relevant operation that highway boards choose to take on would be according to their own budget constraints.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02/12 | Introduced; read first time; referred to JR for Printing |
| 02/13 | Reported Printed; referred to Transportation |
| 02/21 | Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading |
| 02/22 | Read second time; filed for Third Reading |
| 02/27 | Referred to 14th Order for amendment |
| 03/07 | Placed in the Committee of the Whole |
| 03/07 | Reported out without recommendation, as amended |
| 03/07 | Amendments ordered printed; referred for engrossment |
| 03/07 | Amendments reported printed |
| 03/07 | Reported engrossed, filed for first reading, as amended |
| 03/07 | Read first time as amended, filed for Second Reading |
| 03/08 | Read second time as amended, filed for Third reading |
| 03/11 | Retained on calendar |
| 03/12 | Retained on calendar |
| 03/13 | Retained on calendar |
| 03/14 | Read third time in full as amended – PASSED - 34-0-1 AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Carlson, Cook, Den Hartog, Foreman, Grow, Guthrie, Harris, Hart, Hartgen, Herndon, Just, Lakey, Lee, Lenney, Lent, Nichols, Okuniewicz, Rabe, Ricks, Ruchti, Schroeder, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, VanOrden, Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zuiderveld NAYS – None Absent and excused – Winder Floor Sponsor - Toews Title apvd - to House |
| 03/15 | Received from the Senate, Filed for First Reading |
| 03/15 | Read First Time, Referred to Transportation & Defense |