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MT Code § 60-2-137 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 1. Transportation Commission|60-2-137. Design-build contracting process -- submission of proposals -- department's duties

  60-2-137. Design-build contracting process -- submission of proposals -- department's duties. (1) Once the commission, acting on a recommendation of the department, has identified a project for which the design-build contracting process will be used and the commission has approved selection criteria proposed by the department, the department shall prepare and advertise a request for qualifications.  (2) From the responders to the request for qualifications, the department shall prepare a short list of the responders that it believes are most qualified, not to exceed five responders on any single project.   (3) (a) The department shall announce the short list and issue a request for proposals to each of the prospective design-build contractors on the short list, who may then submit a technical and price proposal to the department.   (b) A technical and price proposal submitted in response to a request for proposals must contain detailed descriptions of the prospective design-build contractor's approach to designing, constructing, and managing the project in accordance with the design-build criteria package. The technical and price proposal must also include the prospective design-build contractor's conceptual design and construction sequence and schedule and the lump-sum price to complete the project.   (4) The department shall evaluate the technical and price proposals and make a written recommendation to the commission regarding the department's selection of the design-build contractor to be awarded the contract.   (5) The prospective design-build contractors who appeared on the department's short list but are not awarded the contract may be paid a stipend, in an amount determined by the commission, for costs incurred in submitting the response to the department's request for proposals.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 192, L. 2003; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 56, L. 2007; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 111, L. 2021.
MT Code § 60-2-138 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 1. Transportation Commission|60-2-138. and 60-2-139 reserved

  60-2-138 and 60-2-139 reserved.
MT Code § 60-2-140 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 1. Transportation Commission|60-2-140. Rawhide stampede rustlers and rendezvous trade corridor -- planning

  60-2-140. Rawhide stampede rustlers and rendezvous trade corridor -- planning. The commission shall designate a route, to be known as the rawhide stampede rustlers and rendezvous trade corridor, along the present route of state highway 16 from Glendive to the port of Raymond in order to facilitate trade between Canada and Mexico, to encourage economic development, to enhance the safety of motorists along the route, as appropriate, and to support region connectivity. Planning for the state highway 16 improvements must be included, as appropriate, in any future fiscal plan developed by the department.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 362, L. 2005.
MT Code § 60-2-141 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 1. Transportation Commission|60-2-141. Use of Montana-made wooden materials in highway and road projects

  60-2-141. Use of Montana-made wooden materials in highway and road projects. Unless prohibited by federal law, all contracts let by the commission for the construction or reconstruction of the highways located on commission-designated highway systems and state highways, including portions in cities and towns and all contracts entered into under 7-14-4108, must use Montana-made wooden guardrail posts, fenceposts, signposts, and decking when appropriate and when the cost of wooden materials is less than or equal to the cost of other materials.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 180, L. 2011; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-2-143 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 1. Transportation Commission|60-2-143. and 60-2-144 reserved

  60-2-143 and 60-2-144 reserved.
MT Code § 60-2-145 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 1. Transportation Commission|60-2-145. General contractor construction management contracting process -- submission of proposals -- duties

  60-2-145. (Temporary) General contractor construction management contracting process -- submission of proposals -- duties. (1) After the commission, acting on the recommendation of the department, has identified a project for which the general contractor construction management contracting process will be used and the commission has approved the selection criteria proposed by the department, the department shall prepare and advertise a request for qualifications.  (2) From the responders to the request for qualifications, the department shall prepare a short list of the responders that it believes are most qualified, not to exceed five responders on any single project.   (3) (a) The department shall announce the short list and issue a request for proposals to each of the prospective contractors on the short list.   (b) A technical and price proposal submitted in response to a request for proposals must contain detailed descriptions of the prospective contractor's approach to performing construction management during the preconstruction phase and the construction phase in accordance with the project delivery criteria package.   (4) (a) The department shall evaluate the technical and price proposals and make a written recommendation to the commission regarding the department's selection of the contractor to be awarded the preconstruction phase contract.   (b) After completion of the preconstruction services contract, the department shall make a written recommendation to the commission regarding award of the construction contract. (Terminates December 31, 2024--sec. 9, Ch. 111, L. 2021)   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 111, L. 2021.
MT Code § 60-2-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-201. General powers of department

  60-2-201. General powers of department. (1) The department may plan, lay out, alter, construct, reconstruct, improve, repair, and maintain highways on the commission-designated highway systems and state highways according to priorities established by and on projects selected and designated by the commission.   (2) The department may cooperate and contract with counties and municipalities to provide assistance in performing these functions on other highways and streets.   (3) The department may review and approve projects for the installation of public works on state highway rights-of-way and authorize a county or municipality to let contracts related to such improvements.   (4) The department shall adopt necessary rules for the construction, repair, maintenance, and marking of state highways and bridges.   History: (1) thru (3)En. Sec. 4-106, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 74, Ch. 316, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 283, L. 1977; Sec. 32-2406, R.C.M. 1947; (4)En. Sec. 4-107, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 201, L. 1967; amd. Sec. 75, Ch. 316, L. 1974; Sec. 32-2407, R.C.M. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2406(part), 32-2407(part); amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 324, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 30, L. 1983; amd. Sec. 13, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-2-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-202. Duties of department

  60-2-202. Duties of department. The department shall:   (1) maintain and preserve the records of the commission in its office at Helena; and   (2) file and preserve copies of all plans, specifications, contracts, estimates, and official acts taken by it or by the commission.   History: En. Sec. 4-109, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 93, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 77, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2409(2); amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 140, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 82, L. 1991.
MT Code § 60-2-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-203. Maintenance responsibility

  60-2-203. Maintenance responsibility. (1) The department shall maintain all public highways or portions of public highways that it maintained on July 1, 1976.   (2) The department shall assume the maintenance responsibilities for paved secondary roads as roads are identified cooperatively by the department and the county or counties in which a paved secondary road or paved secondary road segment is located. The department may phase in maintaining the paved secondary roads but must have completely assumed the responsibilities by January 1, 2001.   History: En. 32-2402.2 by Sec. 2, Ch. 390, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2407.2; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 542, L. 1999.
MT Code § 60-2-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-204. Maintenance agreements with local governments

  60-2-204. Maintenance agreements with local governments. Except as provided in 60-2-203, the department may enter into an agreement with a local governing body to maintain portions of public highways within its boundaries upon terms and conditions as may be agreed upon. However, in the case of highways in the state maintenance system as referred to in 60-2-128 and 60-2-203:   (1) the department shall bear the entire cost of maintenance, operation, and construction work performed by the local governing body pursuant to these agreements; and   (2) the department is responsible for the entire cost of placement and maintenance of all traffic control devices involved in these agreements required by 61-8-203.   History: En. 32-2402.3 by Sec. 3, Ch. 390, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2407.3; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 411, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 87, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 542, L. 1999.
MT Code § 60-2-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-205. Powers of department with respect to highways not located entirely within the state

  60-2-205. Powers of department with respect to highways not located entirely within the state. The department may expend funds for the construction, reconstruction, engineering, administration, betterment, and maintenance of highways designated under 60-2-106. It may do all things necessary or required to carry out fully the cooperation contemplated under Title 23, U.S.C., with regard thereto.   History: En. Sec. 4-108, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 76, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2408(2); amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 23, L. 1979.
MT Code § 60-2-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-206. Compilation of statistics -- investigation -- consultation

  60-2-206. Compilation of statistics -- investigation -- consultation. (1) The department shall compile statistics regarding public highways throughout the state and collect all related information deemed expedient.   (2) It shall investigate various methods of construction adapted to different sections of the state and decide the best methods of construction and maintenance of highways, bridges, and road markers.   (3) The department may be consulted at all reasonable times by county officers having care and authority over highways and bridges and shall advise them on construction, repair, alteration, or maintenance.   (4) The department shall furnish such information and advice as may be requested by persons interested in the construction, maintenance, and marking of public highways. It shall at all times lend its aid in promoting highway improvement throughout the state.   History: En. Sec. 4-110, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 78, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2410.
MT Code § 60-2-207 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-207. Agreements concerning analysis of effects of weight on highways

  60-2-207. Agreements concerning analysis of effects of weight on highways. (1) The department may contract with the United States or any state or group of states or agencies thereof or any nonprofit association, on a joint or cooperative basis, to study, analyze, or test the effects of weights on highways. Studies or tests shall seek solutions to the problems connected with the imposition of motor vehicle weights on highways.   (2) Studies or tests may be made either by designating existing highways or by constructing test strips, including natural resource roads.   History: En. Sec. 4-111, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 79, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2411.
MT Code § 60-2-208 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-208. Seeding along highways

  60-2-208. Seeding along highways. (1) After a segment of a commission-designated highway system or state highway is constructed, the department shall seed barrow pits, slopes, and shoulders to an adaptable perennial grass or combination of perennial grasses and legumes whenever establishment of perennial grass covers seem suitable. The seed must be certified.   (2) The department shall seek joint recommendations and specifications as to time and method of seeding, fertilizing practices, and grass species from the Montana extension service, the experiment station, and the natural resources conservation service.   (3) After a right-of-way in open range has been fenced pursuant to 60-7-103, the department may seed the land within the fence with a grass that may be cropped for hay and may lease the land or sell the right to take the hay to qualified persons.   History: En. Sec. 4-112, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 255, L. 1974; amd. Sec. 80, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2412; amd. Sec. 243, Ch. 42, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 14, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-2-209 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-209. Description and plan of new highway or reconstructed or controlled-access facility

  60-2-209. Description and plan of new highway or reconstructed or controlled-access facility. (1) Whenever the department establishes the location, width, and lines of any new, reconstructed, or proposed highway or the commission designates a road, street, or highway as a controlled-access facility, the department shall make a description and plan showing the centerline and the established width, the immediate boundary lines of all private property over, across, or through which the highway passes, the name of the owner of the property, the boundaries of that part of the private ownership included within the right-of-way of the highway, the parcel number assigned to that part of each ownership included within the highway right-of-way, together with the project number under which the highway is or is proposed to be constructed or reconstructed.   (2) Reference to the project number, parcel number, and section or quarter section, tract, block, or lot from which the same has been subdivided is a valid description of the parcel in all deeds given to or received from the state in which a parcel is transferred.   History: En. Sec. 4-113, Ch. 197, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 131, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 81, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-2413.
MT Code § 60-2-210 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-210. Payment of construction and maintenance costs within municipalities

  60-2-210. Payment of construction and maintenance costs within municipalities. The department, either solely or in conjunction with a city, county, or consolidated local government, shall pay the costs of construction of streets, curbs, gutters, and sidewalks and maintenance of streets, highways, curbs, and gutters that are:   (1) state highway routes; and   (2) within incorporated municipalities.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 210, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 40, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1627; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 153, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 512, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 106, L. 1995.
MT Code § 60-2-211 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-211. Bypassing of municipalities -- consent of municipal governing body

  60-2-211. Bypassing of municipalities -- consent of municipal governing body. (1) The department may not construct highway bypasses or highway relocation projects without prior consent of the governing body of an incorporated municipality when the bypasses or projects:   (a) are not part of the national system of interstate highways built under the National Defense Highway Act; and   (b) divert motor vehicles from an existing highway route through a municipality incorporated prior to January 1, 1965.   (2) The department shall notify the governing body of the municipality by certified mail that it proposes to bypass the municipality. A contract may not be let or work commenced until the governing body notifies the department of its consent or until the elapse of 60 days after the notice has been sent by the department to the municipality, whichever first occurs. The failure of the municipality to act and notify the department of its action within the 60-day period is implied consent to the bypass.   (3) Actual consent or refusal to bypass shall be in the form of a resolution duly adopted by a majority of the members of the governing body of the municipality.   (4) The governing body may not withdraw consent once the department has been notified of the consent.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 210, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 41, Ch. 316, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 32-1628.
MT Code § 60-2-212 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-212. reserved

  60-2-212 reserved.
MT Code § 60-2-213 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-213. Interstate emergency maintenance service agreements

  60-2-213. Interstate emergency maintenance service agreements. (1) The department may negotiate and enter into a bilateral agreement with an adjoining state or province to provide for the exchange of emergency maintenance services on highways located in Montana or the adjoining state or province.   (2) An agreement authorized under subsection (1) must be confined to emergency situations. The department is prohibited from entering into agreements with adjoining states or provinces that would result in an adjoining state or province performing routine maintenance on highways located in Montana.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 167, L. 1991.
MT Code § 60-2-214 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-214. and 60-2-215 reserved

  60-2-214 and 60-2-215 reserved.
MT Code § 60-2-216 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-216. Repealed

  60-2-216. Repealed. Sec. 35, Ch. 308, L. 1995.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 423, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 34, Ch. 658, L. 1987.
MT Code § 60-2-217 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-217. Signs identifying mountain ranges -- scenic loop highways -- costs -- responsibility of department

  60-2-217. Signs identifying mountain ranges -- scenic loop highways -- costs -- responsibility of department. (1) Subject to the provisions of federal law, the department shall design and erect at relevant locations signs, clearly visible to traffic, identifying:   (a) each prominent mountain range that is visible to an occupant of a vehicle traveling on a highway in Montana that is part of the national highway system or primary highway system; and   (b) the junctions with highways that are part of the national highway system or primary highway system in Montana of scenic highways designated under authority of the commission or the department. The signs must mark where the scenic loop leaves and returns to the national highway system or primary highway system.   (2) (a) The department may not pay the cost of the manufacture and erection of the signs provided for in subsection (1)(b) out of funds appropriated to the department.   (b) Scenic loop highway signs are intended to provide tourist information, and the department's responsibility for the construction, maintenance, or traffic operation of the highway so signed is not affected by the signs.   (c) Erection of scenic loop highway signs does not create a scenic highway.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 325, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 144, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-2-218 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-218. Welcome and farewell signs -- design, erection, maintenance -- completion date -- exceptions

  60-2-218. Welcome and farewell signs -- design, erection, maintenance -- completion date -- exceptions. The department shall:   (1) design, erect, and maintain welcome and farewell signs within Montana at the nearest practical location to the border of the state where each national highway system or primary highway system enters or leaves Montana; and   (2) select locations for the signs consistent with the requirements for public safety and maximum visibility and with all applicable provisions of federal law.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 621, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 363, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 299, L. 2019.
MT Code § 60-2-219 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 60. Highways and Transportation|Chapter 2. State Administration|Part 2. Department of Transportation General Powers and Duties|60-2-219. Department authorized to accept and expend funds for welcome and farewell signs

  60-2-219. Department authorized to accept and expend funds for welcome and farewell signs. The department may accept money from other state agencies, federal agencies, or private persons for the purposes of 60-2-218 and may expend the money received for those purposes.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 621, L. 1989.