The board of county commissioners of any county in this state may enter into a contract with the state transportation commission by which all or any part of the work of construction and maintenance of county roads and bridges and the purchasing of equipment, materials and supplies shall be under the direction and control of the state transportation commission and subject to the limitations of Sections 67-4-3 through 67-4-16 NMSA 1978, and such board of county commissioners shall draw warrants payable out of the county road and bridge fund to pay for the same, upon itemized vouchers or estimates certified by the secretary.

In the event a county has inadequate equipment and machinery to grade and maintain county roads, upon request by the board of county commissioners and at such times as state equipment and machinery are available in the vicinity and not in use for state purposes, the state transportation commission is authorized to furnish the required equipment and machinery with the operators and personnel required to perform such work in consideration of the actual cost of the gasoline, oil and wages of such operators and personnel involved in the work performed.

History: Laws 1921, ch. 135, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 64-202; 1941 Comp., § 58-303; Laws 1945, ch. 102, § 1; 1953 Comp., § 55-3-4; 2003, ch. 142, § 74.

The 2003 amendment, effective July 1, 2003, added the section heading; substituted "state transportation commission" for "state highway commission"; substituted "Sections 67-4-3 through 67-4-16 NMSA 1978" for "this act"; and substituted "secretary" for "state highway engineer".

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 56 Am. Jur. 2d Municipal Corporations, Counties and Other Political Subdivisions § 494.

20 C.J.S. Counties § 150 et seq.