28-6803

28-6803. Application approval or rejection;
effective date; franchise term and reversion

A. If it appears to the board of supervisors that the public interest will be
promoted by the application provided in section 28-6802, it may grant the application in
whole or in part or as revised.

B. The board of supervisors shall not grant an application if either:

1. The highway commission files with the board of supervisors a written statement
that the proposed toll road will interfere with an existing or proposed state highway or
state route.

2. The proposed toll road will interfere with an existing or contemplated county
highway.

C. An order granting an application is not effective until a copy of the order and
an engineer's plat of the road approved in writing by the board of supervisors is filed
with the county recorder within thirty days after the date the order is made.

D. A franchise for a toll road shall not be granted for a term of more than ten
years, subject to the right of extension for one additional period of not more than ten
years.

E. On expiration or forfeiture of a toll road franchise:

1. The ownership and all rights and privileges appurtenant to the ownership vest in
the county or counties in which it is located.

2. The board of supervisors may declare it a free highway or collect tolls.