The board of county commissioners of each county shall construct cattle guards where privately owned fences intersect school bus routes on county roads when consent is obtained from each owner of real property upon which the cattle guards are to be constructed. The cost of constructing the cattle guards shall be paid out of the county road fund as other county road expenses are paid. History: 1953 Comp., § 77-14-8, enacted by Laws 1967, ch. 16, § 226; 2009, ch. 49, § 1. ANNOTATIONSThe 2009 amendment, effective June 19, 2009, required a county to pay for cattle guards only where publicly owned fences intersect a school bus route.
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