TITLE 40

HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES

CHAPTER 7

APPROPRIATIONS

40-712.  City’s portion of highway funds paid to auditor — Fiscal assistance funds. (1) Any city which maintains highways shall continue to receive their proportionate share of moneys distributed under section 40-709, Idaho Code, but in a single county-wide highway district organized under the provisions of chapter 10, title 40, Idaho Code, or under chapter 273, laws of 1971, those moneys shall be paid to the county auditor for the benefit of the county-wide highway district.

(2)  Any city or county which receives moneys under the provisions of the state and local fiscal assistance act of 1972 may utilize those funds for any purposes that were solely the responsibility of that city or county prior to March 17, 1973, and which responsibility was transferred to a county-wide highway district by chapter 273, laws of 1971. Any city or county which receives moneys under the provisions of the state and local fiscal assistance act of 1972 may utilize those funds for the design, construction, reconstruction and maintenance of sidewalks, when deemed to be for public safety. Utilization of the fiscal assistance funds may be accomplished by a transfer of the funds to a county-wide highway district, and the provisions of sections 67-2326 through and including 67-2333, Idaho Code, may be utilized for transfer, provided, the provisions of the state and local fiscal assistance act of 1972 are adhered to.

History:

[40-712, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 626.]