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New Horizon Mine <br />C.R.S. 43-5-305 <br />COLORADO REVISED STATUTES <br />* This document reflects changes current through all laws passed at the <br />Second Regular Session of the Sixty -Ninth General Assembly <br />of the State of Colorado (2014) <br />and changes approved by the electorate at the November 2014 election <br />TITLE 43. TRANSPORTATION <br />HIGHWAY SAFETY <br />ARTICLE 5. HIGHWAY SAFETY <br />PART 3. OFFENSES <br />C.R.S. 43-5-305 (2014) <br />43-5-305. Owners construct culverts - penalty <br />(1) Any person or corporation owning or constructing any ditch, race, drain, or <br />flume in, upon, or across any highway shall keep the highway open for safe and <br />convenient travel by constructing culverts, bridges, or similar structures over such <br />ditch, race, drain, or flume. When any ditch is constructed across, in, or upon any <br />highway, the person owning or constructing such ditch shall construct a culvert, <br />bridge, or similar structure long enough to conduct the water from shoulder to <br />shoulder from such road or highway or of such greater length as the board of <br />county commissioners having jurisdiction thereover may require, plans for said <br />culvert, bridge, or similar structure having been approved in advance by said board <br />of county commissioners. The board of county commissioners shall maintain said <br />culvert, bridge, or similar structure after construction, in accordance with the <br />provisions of section 37-84-106, C.R.S. <br />(2) Any person or corporation who fails to construct a culvert, bridge, or similar <br />structure across any ditch, race, drain, or flume, within a time limit to be specified <br />by the board of county commissioners when the plans therefor are approved by <br />said board as provided in subsection (1) of this section, shall forfeit the sum of <br />twenty-five dollars to the county for each day of failure to construct such bridge, <br />culvert, or similar structure together with the cost of construction thereof. Proceeds <br />from such penalty shall be paid into the road fund of the district. It is the duty of <br />the road supervisor of the district to construct such culvert, bridge, or similar <br />structure if the owner of such ditch, race, drain, or flume fails to comply. <br />HISTORY: Source: L. 1883: p. 251, § 38-G.S. § 2990.L. 1885: p. 324, § 1.R.S. <br />08: § 5829.C.L. § 1285,CSA: C. 143, § 391. 47: p. 747, § 1.CRS 53: § 120-4-5. <br />C.R.S. 1963: § 120-4-5. <br />SL -17 Phase III Bond Release Application Page 29 <br />