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68-516a. County unit system; payment over and use of townshipfunds.Upon the adoption of the county road unit system in any county, thetownship board of any township in such county shall forthwith pay overto the county treasurer of such county any and all unused money or fundsor surplus funds in the hands of such township board which have beenreceived or acquired by such township from any source for road purposesor for the purchase of machinery or equipment for the construction andmaintenance of roads. Upon receipt of said funds and moneys, the countytreasurer shall credit the same to a special fund for each such townshipand the board of county commissioners shall expend said special fund forthe construction and maintenance of roads in the township from which itwas received, which expenditure shall be in addition to funds expendedby the county in such township from the regular county road and bridgefund.
The county treasurer shall likewise credit and transfer to saidspecial fund of each township all tax moneys in his hands on the datethe county road unit system is adopted which were received by him inpayment of taxes levied by such township for road purposes and all suchtaxes thereafter collected by him, and he shall likewise credit andtransfer all other moneys in his hands on the date of adoption of thecounty road unit system which were received by him for the use of suchtownship for road purposes. The provisions of this section shall also beapplicable to counties which have adopted the county road unit systemprior to the date this act takes effect and to all townships andtownship boards in such counties.
History: L. 1931, ch. 252, § 1; L. 1949, ch. 345, § 2; March 16.
