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MT Code § 60-4-308 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 4. Acquisition and Disposition of Property|Part 3. Relocation of Displaced Persons (Repealed)|60-4-308. Repealed

  60-4-308. Repealed. Sec. 6, Ch. 374, L. 1989.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 212, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 426, L. 1971; amd. Sec. 146, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-3929.
MT Code § 60-4-309 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 4. Acquisition and Disposition of Property|Part 3. Relocation of Displaced Persons (Repealed)|60-4-309. Repealed

  60-4-309. Repealed. Sec. 6, Ch. 374, L. 1989.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 212, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 147, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-3930.
MT Code § 60-4-310 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 4. Acquisition and Disposition of Property|Part 3. Relocation of Displaced Persons (Repealed)|60-4-310. Repealed

  60-4-310. Repealed. Sec. 6, Ch. 374, L. 1989.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 212, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 148, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-3931.
MT Code § 60-4-401 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 4. Acquisition and Disposition of Property|Part 4. Relocation of Utilities|60-4-401. Occupancy and relocation -- definitions

  60-4-401. Occupancy and relocation -- definitions. For the purposes of this part, unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions apply:   (1) (a) "Cost of relocation" means the amount paid by the utility for material, labor, and equipment properly attributable to the relocation after deducting any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility.   (b) "Cost of relocation" does not mean engineering costs for designing, locating, staking, inspecting, or any other incidental costs of engineering.   (2) "Facility" means a utility's tracks, pipes, mains, conduits, cables, wires, towers, poles, and other equipment and appliances impacted by a project on a commission-designated highway system or state highway.   (3) "Utility" includes publicly, privately, and cooperatively owned utilities, including water and sewer facilities.   History: En. Sec. 4-116, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2416; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 23, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 231, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 324, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 203, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 21, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-4-402 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 4. Acquisition and Disposition of Property|Part 4. Relocation of Utilities|60-4-402. Occupancy and relocation of utility facilities -- rules

  60-4-402. Occupancy and relocation of utility facilities -- rules. (1) The department shall adopt reasonable rules governing right-of-way occupancy by a utility for the following:   (a) installation, construction, maintenance, repair, or system upgrade of all utilities on commission-designated highway systems or state highways;   (b) except as provided in 60-4-403(2) and (3), reimbursement to a utility for the costs of installation, construction, maintenance, repair, renewal, or relocation of facilities; and   (c) issuance of an occupancy permit or, in the case of a facility not within the scope of Title 60, chapter 4, part 4, an encroachment permit.   (2) The rules must provide for right-of-way occupancy and relocation of publicly owned water and sewer facilities. The rules must ensure that the nonhighway use of the right-of-way does not affect the department's ability to maintain and operate the highway in a safe manner.   (3) The permitting provisions of this section do not apply to existing utility facilities or existing facilities not within the scope of Title 60, chapter 4, part 4, lawfully occupying the highway right-of-way on October 1, 2019.   History: En. Sec. 4-114, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 82, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2414; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 324, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 203, L. 2017; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 303, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-4-403 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 4. Acquisition and Disposition of Property|Part 4. Relocation of Utilities|60-4-403. Relocation -- costs

  60-4-403. Relocation -- costs. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), 75% of all costs of relocation, dismantling, and removal must be paid by the department as a cost of commission-designated highway systems construction.   (2) The department shall pay for the entire cost of relocating a publicly owned water or sewer facility with 500 or fewer service connectors under the following conditions:   (a) the facility has had 500 or fewer subscribers during the entire year before the letting of the project contract; and   (b) the relocation is the result of state highway or commission-designated highway system construction.   (3) The department shall pay for 85% of all costs of relocating a publicly owned water or sewer facility with more than 500 but fewer than 1,000 service connectors, subject to the following conditions:   (a) the facility had more than 500 but fewer than 1,000 subscribers during the entire year before the letting of the project contract; and   (b) the relocation is the result of state highway or commission-designated highway system construction.   History: En. Sec. 4-115, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 83, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2415; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 231, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 324, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 22, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-4-501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 4. Acquisition and Disposition of Property|Part 5. Collaborative Broadband Installation|60-4-501. Broadband deployment

  60-4-501. Broadband deployment. (1) The department shall maintain a list of entities working on broadband deployment in the state.  (2) When the department plans a highway construction project involving construction methods suitable for installing broadband conduit in the highway right-of-way or conducive to accessing the utility right-of-way, the department shall notify entities working on broadband deployment of the project to encourage collaborative broadband installation.   (3) The department may adopt administrative rules to implement this section.   (4) As used in this section, "entities working on broadband deployment" includes but is not limited to local governments, nonprofit organizations, cable television companies, and telephone companies.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 221, L. 2021.
MT Code § 60-4-601 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 4. Acquisition and Disposition of Property|Part 6. Right-of-Way Use Agreements|60-4-601. Interstate right-of-way -- department role

  60-4-601. Interstate right-of-way -- department role. (1) The department of transportation may grant a right-of-way use agreement for the use of longitudinal right-of-way along interstate highways in the state for eligible projects that:  (a) provide evidence that construction and completion will result in a significant investment, a documented positive significant fiscal impact, or both, to the Montana economy within the first year of operation;   (b) are in the public interest; and   (c) are approved by the federal highway administration.   (2) To request a right-of-way use agreement in accordance with this section, the owner of an eligible project must submit an application to the department that demonstrates compliance with subsection (1). The department shall work with the applicant and the federal highway administration throughout the review process and approve or deny the application within 90 days of approval by the federal highway administration.   (3) The department and the applicant shall agree to the payment of the fair market value of the portion of the right-of-way where the project will be located prior to the right-of-way use agreement being granted.   (4) The department may adopt rules necessary for the administration of this section, including application fees to be paid by an applicant seeking a right-of-way use agreement and any rules necessary to ensure the state is not prevented from receiving federal funds for highway purposes.   (5) For the purposes of this section:   (a) "Eligible project" means a pipeline or fiber optic or other communications-type cables and associated infrastructure.   (b) "Public interest" is determined by federal highway administration guidance.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 439, L. 2021.
MT Code § 60-5-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-101. Policy

  60-5-101. Policy. The legislature declares it to be the policy of this state to facilitate the flow of traffic and promote public safety by controlling access to:   (1) interstate highways;   (2) throughways and intersections with throughways;   (3) other commission-designated highway systems and state highways.   History: En. Sec. 10-101, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 152, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4301; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 23, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-5-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-102. Definitions

  60-5-102. Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following definitions apply:   (1) "Arterial highway" means a state highway designated by the commission as part of the noninterstate component of the national highway system, the primary highway system, and any highway so designated as a part of the secondary highway system that has been constructed and is being used primarily for through traffic on a continuous route.   (2) "Controlled-access facility" means and includes streets, alleys, public roads, private roads, and ways of passage intersecting a controlled-access highway and real property contiguous to the right-of-way of a controlled-access highway.   (3) "Controlled-access highway" means those portions of an interstate highway, throughway, or throughway intersection that the commission designates for through traffic or other commission-designated highway system or state highway over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no easement of access or only a limited easement of access, light, air, or view. It also means those portions of spurs to interstate highways that the commission designates as unsafe or impeded by unrestricted access of traffic from intersecting streets or alleys or public or private roads or ways of passage.   (4) "Existing highway" means and includes highways, roads, and streets established, constructed, and in use on March 2, 1955. It does not include highways, roads, or streets established, constructed, and in use after that date or highways, roads, or streets or portions of highways, roads, or streets relocated after that date.   (5) "Highway authorities" or "authority" means the entities in state, county, and municipal governments that have authority to construct, repair, and maintain highways, roads, and streets.   (6) "Throughway" means a portion of an arterial highway constructed and used for carrying traffic partially or entirely around a town or city or a portion of a town or city.   (7) "Throughway intersection area" means an area within a radius of 300 feet from the point of intersection of the centerlines of a throughway and a public road, street, or highway.   History: En. Sec. 10-102, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 153, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4302; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-5-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-103. Designation as controlled-access highway

  60-5-103. Designation as controlled-access highway. (1) A portion of any interstate highway, throughway or throughway intersection, or other commission-designated highway system or state highway may not be designated as a controlled-access highway unless the commission adopts a resolution so designating it. The resolution must be adopted by the majority vote of the members in attendance at any regular or special meeting. In it, the commission shall find and determine that it is necessary and desirable that:   (a) the owners or occupants of the abutting land or other persons have no easement of access or only a limited easement of access, light, air, or view;   (b) the rights of or easements to access, light, air, or view be acquired by the state so as to prevent that portion of highway from becoming unsafe for or impeded by unrestricted access of traffic from intersecting streets, alleys, public or private roads, or ways of passage.   (2) The resolution must contain a statement of the reasons for its adoption and set forth the location, distance, and termini of the portion of the highway designated as a controlled-access highway.   History: En. Sec. 10-103, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 215, L. 1969; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4303; amd. Sec. 25, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-5-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-104. Powers of highway authorities

  60-5-104. Powers of highway authorities. (1) Those authorities of the state, counties, and municipalities authorized to participate in construction and maintenance of highways may plan, designate, establish, regulate, vacate, alter, improve, maintain, and provide controlled-access facilities for public use. Each authority shall by resolution make the findings and determinations provided for in 60-5-103 in order to designate a highway as a controlled-access facility.   (2) The highway authorities of the state, counties, incorporated cities, and towns, respectively or in cooperation each with the other, may acquire private or public property and property rights for controlled-access highways or controlled-access facilities and service roads. The property rights may include rights of access, air, view, and light. The property and property rights may be acquired by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation, as provided in Title 70, chapter 30, and chapter 4 of this title, for the acquisition of property or property rights in connection with highways, roads, and streets in their respective jurisdictions.   (3) Within incorporated cities and towns and upon county roads or secondary highways, the department of transportation may not control access without the consent of the appropriate governing body.   (4) Each authority may also exercise with relation to controlled-access facilities any current or future authority it has over highways, roads, or streets within its jurisdiction. Each authority may, within its jurisdiction, regulate, restrict, or prohibit the use of controlled-access facilities by any vehicles or traffic.   History: (1), (3), (4)En. Sec. 10-105, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 436, L. 1973; Sec. 32-4305, R.C.M. 1947; (2)En. Sec. 8-218, Ch. 197, L. 1965; Sec. 32-4018, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4018, 32-4305; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 512, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 35, Ch. 125, L. 2001.
MT Code § 60-5-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-105. Design of controlled-access facility -- entrance and exit restricted

  60-5-105. Design of controlled-access facility -- entrance and exit restricted. (1) Each highway authority may so design any controlled-access facility and so regulate, restrict, or prohibit access as to best serve the traffic for which the facility is intended. In so doing, it may divide and separate any controlled-access facility into separate roadways by the construction of raised curbings, central dividing sections, or other physical separations or by designating the separate roadways by signs, markers, stripes, and other devices.   (2) No person shall have any right to enter upon, exit from, or cross any controlled-access facility except at designated points at which access may be permitted. Terms and conditions governing such access may be specified from time to time.   History: En. Sec. 10-106, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4306.
MT Code § 60-5-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-106. Elimination of grade crossings

  60-5-106. Elimination of grade crossings. (1) Each highway authority may provide for elimination of intersections at grade of controlled-access highways or controlled-access facilities with existing commission-designated highway systems and state highways, county roads, and city or town streets. Elimination must be accomplished at the boundary of the controlled-access right-of-way.   (2) After the establishment of any controlled-access highway or facility, a private or public highway or street that is not a part of the highway or facility may not intersect it at grade, except as may be provided in the resolution designating it a controlled-access highway or facility. A street, road, highway, or other public or private way may not be opened into or connected with any controlled-access highway or facility without the prior consent and approval of the appropriate highway authority that adopted the controlled-access resolution.   (3) The commission may, whenever it determines that the public safety is not impaired, authorize the continued intersection at grade of lightly traveled farm entrances and minor public roads as ways of access to controlled-access highways in sparsely populated rural areas. The commission has sole jurisdiction to determine the existence and location of any intersection with interstate highways, throughways, and other commission-designated highway systems and state highways.   History: En. Sec. 10-107, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4307; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 40, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-5-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-107. Existing roads and streets as service roads

  60-5-107. Existing roads and streets as service roads. (1) In connection with the development of any controlled-access highway or facility, each highway authority may plan, designate, establish, use, regulate, alter, improve, maintain, and vacate local service roads and streets. Each authority may designate as local service roads and streets any existing road or street.   (2) Service roads and streets shall be of appropriate design. They shall be separated from the controlled-access highway or facility by means of all devices determined to be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.   (3) Each authority shall exercise jurisdiction over service roads and streets in the same manner as is authorized over controlled-access highways or facilities.   History: En. Sec. 10-108, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4308.
MT Code § 60-5-108 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-108. Maintenance of frontage roads

  60-5-108. Maintenance of frontage roads. Frontage roads shall be maintained by the department of transportation.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 90, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 154, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4308.1; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 512, L. 1991.
MT Code § 60-5-109 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-109. Marking of controlled-access highway or facility with signs

  60-5-109. Marking of controlled-access highway or facility with signs. Any controlled-access highway or facility and portions thereof shall be physically marked by signs indicating to drivers of vehicles the points at which they enter and leave a controlled-access area.   History: En. Sec. 10-109, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4309.
MT Code § 60-5-110 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-110. Commercial enterprise or structure prohibited -- exceptions

  60-5-110. Commercial enterprise or structure prohibited -- exceptions. (1) Except as provided in 60-5-505 and subsections (2) and (3) of this section, a commercial enterprise or structure may not be operated on the publicly owned or leased right-of-way of a controlled-access highway or controlled-access facility.   (2) The department may, under the terms and conditions that it considers appropriate, install or allow others to install electronic communication equipment or electronic informational kiosks on the right-of-way of any state highway, including a controlled-access facility. The department may charge a fee for the use of the equipment or kiosk. The fees must be deposited in the highway nonrestricted account provided for in 15-70-125 to be used for highway purposes.   (3) (a) The department may, under terms and conditions that it considers appropriate, contract with a blind vendor certified pursuant to Title 18, chapter 5, part 4, for the installation of vending machines on the right-of-way of any state highway, including a controlled-access facility.   (b) A blind vendor installing a vending machine pursuant to this subsection (3) is subject to the applicable provisions of Title 18, chapter 5, part 4.   History: En. Sec. 10-110, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4310; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 537, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 168, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 435, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 267, L. 2017.
MT Code § 60-5-111 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 1. Control of Access|60-5-111. Violations -- penalties

  60-5-111. Violations -- penalties. (1) On any controlled-access highway or facility, it is unlawful for any person to construct, operate, or maintain any road or private driveway connecting with the highway or facility without first obtaining permission in writing from the highway authority having jurisdiction and, with the exception of an interstate highway, from the local governing body.   (2) A person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon arrest and conviction, the person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5 or more than $100 or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not less than 5 days or more than 90 days, or both.   History: En. Sec. 10-111, Ch. 197, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 32-4311(1), (1)(e), (2); amd. Sec. 1932, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 60-5-501 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 5. Control of Access and Information Signs|Part 5. Information Signs|60-5-501. Purpose

  60-5-501. Purpose. It is the purpose of this part to provide for the installation of motorist information signs giving specific information of interest to the traveling public regarding motorist services that are conveniently accessible from the interstate and primary highways within the state.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 537, L. 1989.