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ID Code § 40-305 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-305 - REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS.

40-305. REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS. The governor may remove any board member for incompetency, inefficiency, intemperance, misconduct in office, neglect or dereliction of duty. Charges in writing, setting forth fully and concisely the cause and grounds of removal, together with a citation directing the member within fifteen (15) days after the service of the charges and citation to appear and be afforded a public hearing in the office of the governor, shall be effected by delivering a copy of the charges to the member or mailing it by United States registered mail in a sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid, addressed to the member at his last address of record. The appearance may be personal or by answer, and by counsel. Service of the charges and citation shall be complete if delivered personally at the time of delivery, and if mailed at the time of deposit in accordance with the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to service by mail. A complete transcript of the hearing, including the charges, answers, exhibits and testimony and proceedings, findings, decision and order, shall be made. If the member is removed from office, the completed transcript shall within ten (10) days after the decision be filed with the secretary of state.  History: [40-305, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 596.]
ID Code § 40-306 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-306 - COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES.

40-306. COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES. Each member of the board shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(i), Idaho Code. The compensation and expenses shall be allowed and paid from the state highway and the state aeronautic’s accounts.  History: [40-306, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 597; am. 1995, ch. 203, sec. 3, p. 697.]
ID Code § 40-307 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-307 - OFFICE OF BOARD — ORGANIZATION MEETINGS — OFFICERS.

40-307. OFFICE OF BOARD — ORGANIZATION MEETINGS — OFFICERS. The permanent offices of the board shall be maintained in Ada county, in suitable offices and quarters, with equipment, records and supplies as may be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this title. The members of the board shall select a vice chairman at the February meeting of each year, and the board shall adopt a seal having upon it the words, "Idaho Transportation Board–State of Idaho." The secretary of the board shall have care and custody of the seal. The board shall appoint a secretary and fix his compensation. The secretary shall hold office subject to the pleasure of the board, and carry out administrative duties as delegated to him. For the administration of their functions the board may employ other employees and personnel as may be deemed necessary, prescribe their duties, and fix their compensation.  History: [40-307, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 597; am. 1995, ch. 203, sec. 4, p. 697; am. 2001, ch. 183, sec. 13, p. 624.]
ID Code § 40-308 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-308 - MEETINGS — QUORUM.

40-308. MEETINGS — QUORUM. The board shall hold not less than twelve (12) regular meetings each year, on a day of each month as the board shall determine, unless a legal holiday, then on the next ensuing business day, for the purpose of transacting business as may come before it. The chairman of the board shall preside over all meetings, except that he shall only be permitted to vote in the case of a tie vote. In the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman shall preside over meetings, except that he shall have full voting privileges. Additional regular meetings may be held as the board shall determine in its by-laws, rules and regulations. Special meetings of the board may be called at any time and from time to time by four (4) members of the board, and on the written request of the director, showing the necessity and purpose for a meeting. The board chairman may call a special meeting specifying the time, place and purpose of the meeting. The secretary shall cause due notice to be given to each member, either personally or by telephone, mail or telegraph, of the time, place and purpose of all special and regular meetings, and upon his failure so to do, notice may be given either by the chairman or the four (4) members concurring in calling any meeting. Any meeting of the board at which all of the members are present shall be as valid as if held pursuant to proper notice, and should a meeting be held without notice when all members are not present, if the absent member or members shall have signed a waiver, or shall subsequently sign the minutes of the meeting, it shall be as valid and binding as though called upon due notice. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum and a majority of all members of the board shall be necessary for the authorization of any act by the board, except as otherwise herein provided.  History: [40-308, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 597; am. 1995, ch. 203, sec. 5, p. 698.]
ID Code § 40-309 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-309 - POWERS AND DUTIES — VESTED POWERS.

40-309. POWERS AND DUTIES — VESTED POWERS. The board is vested with the following functions, powers and duties: (1) To contract fully, in the name of the state of Idaho, with respect to the rights, powers and duties vested in the board by this title. (2) Sue and be sued in its own name.  History: [40-309, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 597.]
ID Code § 40-311 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-311 - POWERS AND DUTIES — PROPERTY.

40-311. POWERS AND DUTIES — PROPERTY. The board shall: (1) Purchase, exchange, condemn or otherwise acquire, any real property, either in fee or in any lesser estate or interest, rights-of-way, easements and other rights and rights of direct access from the property abutting highways with controlled access, deemed necessary by the board for present or future state highway purposes. The order of the board that the land sought is necessary for such use shall be prima facie evidence of that fact. (2) Cooperate with and receive donations and aid from private sources in the form of improvements to state owned property. (3) Purchase, lease or otherwise acquire and develop lands for the purpose of securing highway making materials, and purchase, lease or otherwise acquire mill and factory sites and construct, equip and operate mills and factories for the reduction and manufacture of highway making materials. (4) Sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of and convey, in accordance with law, any real property, other than public lands which by the constitution and laws of the state of Idaho are placed under the jurisdiction of the state land board, or parts of them, together with appurtenances. When in the opinion of the board the real property and/or appurtenances are no longer needed for state highway purposes, dispose of any surplus materials and by-products from the real property and appurtenances. (5) Make a lump sum payment with funds available for acquisition, when irrigable lands served or to be served by an irrigation works and system of an organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, existing for the purpose of furnishing water for irrigation, are acquired by the board. The cost and expense of the acquisition of those lands for highway purposes shall be in an amount sufficient to pay the pro rata share of the organization’s indebtedness, if any, including the organization’s indebtedness to the United States or any public or private lending agency, allocable to the lands acquired by the board, together with interest on the pro rata share of the indebtedness in the event the indebtedness shall not be callable in advance of maturity. If the lands acquired by the board and the construction of a highway on those lands shall intersect the irrigation works and system of the organization, then a further sum shall be paid the organization sufficient for the value of the property acquired by the board, and the severance damage to the irrigation works and system, including the damage resulting from the interference and impairment of the operation of the works and system.  History: [40-311, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 601.]
ID Code § 40-313 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-313 - POWERS AND DUTIES — BEAUTIFICATION AND INFORMATION.

40-313. POWERS AND DUTIES — BEAUTIFICATION AND INFORMATION. The board shall: (1) Furnish, erect and maintain, whenever necessary for public safety and convenience, suitable signs, markers, signals and other devices to control, guide and warn pedestrians and vehicular traffic entering or traveling upon the state highway system. (2) Forbid, restrict or limit the erection of unauthorized signs, billboards or structures on the right-of-way of any state highway, and remove therefrom and destroy any unauthorized signs existing on them. (3) Acquire, maintain and improve areas adjacent to highways on the state highway system for the restoration, preservation, and enhancement of scenic beauty, for use as informational sites, and for rest and recreation of the traveling public. The areas shall be parallel to and contiguous with the highway and shall not exceed a width of one thousand (1,000) feet from the adjacent right-of-way line. The board may acquire these areas in fee, easement, or other interest as may be determined by the board to be reasonably necessary to accomplish the purposes of chapter 15, title 40, Idaho Code. Such acquisition is declared to be for a highway use, and may be by gift, purchase, exchange or eminent domain, and if the latter be necessary, it shall be carried out in the same manner as now provided by law for acquisition of right-of-way for state highways. (4) Screen, if feasible, any junkyard lawfully in existence on March 20, 1967, which are within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way and visible from the main traveled way of any highway on the interstate or primary system and not located within an industrial area, zoned or unzoned. The responsibility of the board for screening junkyards is limited to the size of the junkyards and height of storage existing as of March 20, 1967. Any screening, after March 20, 1967, required by an increase in the size of the junkyard or the height of the storage in it shall be the responsibility of the owner and will be done at his expense. The board is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift or the power of eminent domain the lands or interest in lands as may be necessary to provide adequate screening of junkyards, but eminent domain proceedings may not be undertaken to obtain adjacent lands unless they are owned by the owner of the junkyard or the lands of the junkyard are inadequate for this purpose. When the board determines that the topography of the land will not permit adequate screening of junkyards within one thousand (1,000) feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the highway on the interstate or primary system or the screening of the junkyards would not be economically feasible, the board must acquire by gift, purchase or the power of eminent domain, any interests necessary to secure the removal or disposal of the junkyard.  History: [40-313, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 603.]
ID Code § 40-314 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-314 - POWERS AND DUTIES — DEPARTMENTAL.

40-314. POWERS AND DUTIES — DEPARTMENTAL. The board shall: (1) Establish departmental internal structures deemed necessary for the full and efficient administration of this title. (2) Exercise exclusive control over the employment, promotion, reduction, dismissal and compensation of all employees of the department. (3) Exercise any other powers and duties, including the adoption of rules and regulations, deemed necessary to fully implement and carry out the provisions of this title and the control of the financial affairs of the board and the department.  History: [40-314, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 603.]
ID Code § 40-316 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-316 - POWERS AND DUTIES — REPORTS.

40-316. POWERS AND DUTIES — REPORTS. The board shall: (1) Make annually, on or before December 1 of each year and at other times as the governor may require, reports in writing to the governor concerning the condition, management and financial transactions of the department.  History: [40-316, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 604.]
ID Code § 40-318 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-318 - LIMITATION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY.

40-318. LIMITATION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY. (1) No officer or employee of the department or board shall: (a) Use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election to or a nomination for office, or affecting the result thereof; (b) Directly or indirectly coerce, attempt to coerce, command, or direct any other such officer or employee to pay, lend, or contribute any part of his salary or compensation or anything else of value to any party, committee, organization, agency, or person for political purposes; or (c) Be a candidate and hold elective office in any partisan election. (2) All such officers and employees shall retain the right to: (a) Register and vote in any election; (b) Express an opinion as an individual privately and publicly on political subjects and candidates; (c) Display a political picture, sticker, badge, or button; (d) Participate in the nonpartisan activities of a civic, community, social, labor, or professional organization, or of a similar organization; (e) Be a member of a political party or other political organization and participate in its activities; (f) Attend a political convention, rally, fund-raising function, or other political gathering; (g) Sign a political petition as an individual; (h) Make a financial contribution to a political party or organization; (i) Take an active part in support of a candidate in an election; (j) Be politically active in connection with a question which is not specifically identified with a political party, such as a constitutional amendment, referendum, approval of a municipal ordinance or any other question or issue of a similar character; (k) Serve as an election judge or clerk, or in a similar position to perform nonpartisan duties as prescribed by state or local law; (l) Be a candidate and hold elective office in any nonpartisan election; (m) Take an active part in political organization management; and (n) Otherwise participate fully in public affairs, except as prohibited by law, in a manner which does not materially compromise the neutrality, efficiency, or integrity of the officer’s or employee’s administration of state functions.  History: [40-318, added 1990, ch. 356, sec. 2, p. 964.]
ID Code § 40-319 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-319 - GOOD FAITH OF STATE PLEDGED TO APPROPRIATION.

40-319. GOOD FAITH OF STATE PLEDGED TO APPROPRIATION. For the construction and maintenance of highways as may be eligible for federal aid funds, excepting turnpike projects, the good faith of the state is pledged to make available funds which combined with funds made available by counties, highway districts and cities sufficient to match funds made available to the state of Idaho by the United States government for highway purposes and for the purpose of evidencing good faith, the board in the name of the state, is authorized to enter into any and all agreements with the United States government under rules and regulations approved by the United States government or any of its agencies.  History: [40-319, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 605.]
ID Code § 40-320 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-320 - STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND RIGHT-OF-WAY COSTS BORNE BY STATE — EXCEPTIONS.

40-320. STATE HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND RIGHT-OF-WAY COSTS BORNE BY STATE — EXCEPTIONS. All costs of constructing, reconstructing and acquiring rights-of-way for highways in the state highway system shall be borne by the state. However, when a county or incorporated city in which a state highway is located, or is to be located, desires a higher standard of construction or reconstruction than is planned, the county or city may, with the approval of the board, pay the additional cost.  History: [40-320, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 606.]
ID Code § 40-321 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 3 - IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD|Section 40-321 - COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES ON PROHIBITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS PROHIBITED — EXCEPTION — CONNECTING SERVICE HIGHWAYS.

40-321. COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES ON PROHIBITED ACCESS HIGHWAYS PROHIBITED — EXCEPTION — CONNECTING SERVICE HIGHWAYS. No commercial enterprise or activity for serving motor vehicle users, other than emergency services for disabled vehicles and vending machines permitted under the provisions of federal law or federal rule and section 67-5411, Idaho Code, and board right-of-way use permit shall be conducted within or on any property designated as, or acquired for, or in connection with a prohibited access highway, as designated by the Idaho transportation board. However, the board may construct on that property, at locations it deems appropriate, connecting service highways parallel to the prohibited access highways in such manner as to facilitate the establishment and operation of commercial enterprises for serving motor vehicle users on private property abutting those service highways.  History: [40-321, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 606.]
ID Code § 40-401 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 4 - IDAHO TURNPIKE AUTHORITY|Section 40-401 - TURNPIKE PROJECTS.

40-401. TURNPIKE PROJECTS. The board is empowered to construct, maintain, repair and operate turnpike projects at locations established by it, and shall be an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions in the construction, operation and maintenance of turnpike projects.  History: [40-401, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 606.]
ID Code § 40-402 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 4 - IDAHO TURNPIKE AUTHORITY|Section 40-402 - IDENTIFICATION OF TURNPIKE PROJECTS.

40-402. IDENTIFICATION OF TURNPIKE PROJECTS. Each specific turnpike project shall be clearly identified by an appropriate descriptive name and shall be operated as a separate enterprise. When a turnpike project is proposed by the board, it shall provide all surveys necessary to establish its economic feasibility, including the origin and destination counts, engineering surveys and other reports which may be required in order to secure adequate financing.  History: [40-402, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 606.]
ID Code § 40-403 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 4 - IDAHO TURNPIKE AUTHORITY|Section 40-403 - INCIDENTAL POWERS — GRADE SEPARATIONS — RELOCATION OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS — RIGHT OF ENTRY.

40-403. INCIDENTAL POWERS — GRADE SEPARATIONS — RELOCATION OF PUBLIC HIGHWAYS — RIGHT OF ENTRY. (1) The board shall have power to construct grade separations at intersections of any turnpike project with public highways and to change and adjust the lines and grades of those highways in order to accommodate them to the design of the grade separation. The cost of the grade separations and any damage incurred in changing and adjusting lines and grades of highways shall be ascertained and paid by the board as a part of the cost of the turnpike project. (2) If the board shall find it necessary to change the location of any portion of any public highway, it shall cause it to be reconstructed at a location as the highway board having jurisdiction over the highway to be reconstructed shall deem most favorable and of substantially the same type and in as good condition as the original highway. The cost of reconstruction and any damage incurred in changing the location of any highway shall be ascertained and paid by the board as a part of the cost of the turnpike project. (3) Any highway affected by the construction of any turnpike project may be changed or relocated by the board in the manner provided by law for the vacation or relocation of public highways, and any damage awarded shall be paid by the board as a part of the cost of the project. (4) The board and its authorized agents and employees may enter upon any lands, waters and premises in the state for the purposes of making surveys, soundings, drillings and examinations as it may deem necessary or convenient for the purposes of a turnpike project, and such an entry shall not be deemed a trespass, nor shall an entry for those purposes be deemed an entry under any condemnation proceedings which may be then pending. The board shall make reimbursement for any actual damages resulting to the lands, water, and premises as a result of those activities.  History: [40-403, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 606.]
ID Code § 40-404 (2021)
2021 Idaho Code|Title 40 - HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES|Chapter 4 - IDAHO TURNPIKE AUTHORITY|Section 40-404 - FEEDER HIGHWAYS.

40-404. FEEDER HIGHWAYS. (1) The board is authorized to: (a) Construct, repair and maintain any feeder highway which in the opinion of the board will increase the use of a turnpike project to which the highway is a feeder; (b) Assume maintenance and repair operations of an existing highway which is needed as a feeder highway. Before exercising these powers, consent of local authority exercising jurisdiction over the existing highway must be obtained; and (c) Realign an existing highway and build additional sections of highway over new alignment in connection with the existing highway. (2) Where a feeder highway is constructed over new alignment, the board is granted the same powers concerning construction as is granted in connection with the construction of the turnpike project. Any feeder highway, eighty per cent (80%) or more of which is built over new alignment, shall for the purposes of this section be deemed to be a new feeder highway. (3) Where the board has constructed a new feeder highway, it shall have the obligation to maintain and repair the new feeder highway. (4) No toll shall be charged for transit between points on any feeder or new feeder highway.  History: [40-404, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 607.]