This bill amends the provision of law that requires highways, town ways and streets legally established be opened and kept in repair so as to be safe and convenient for travelers with motor vehicles to require that this be done in accordance with standards established by the Department of Transportation. It provides that in determining whether highways, town ways and streets are kept in repair so as to be safe and convenient, differences in roadway surface and the season of the year must be taken into consideration. It repeals the provision of law that provides for a petition process involving the county commissioners when a town liable to maintain a way unreasonably neglects to keep it in repair and instead provides for an updated petition process in accordance with standards established by the department.

Statutes affected:
Bill Text LD 1562, HP 1020: 23.3651, 23.3652, 23.3653, 23.3654