ROADS AND HIGHWAYS

Sec. 31: The Board of Supervisors may provide for the formation of road districts for the care, maintenance, repair and supervision of roads, highways, tunnels, viaducts, conduits, subways and bridges; and for the formation of highway construction divisions for the construction of roads, highways, tunnels, viaducts, conduits, subways, and bridges; for the inclusion in any such district or division of the whole or any part of any incorporated city or town upon ordinance passed by such incorporated city or town authorizing the same, and upon the assent to such inclusion by a majority of the qualified electors of such incorporated city or town the portion thereof proposed to be so included at an election held for that purpose; for the organization, government, powers and jurisdiction of such districts and divisions, and for raising revenue therein for such purposes by taxation upon the assent of a majority of the qualified electors of such districts or divisions voting at an election held for that purpose; for the incurring of indebtedness therefor by the county, district, or division for such purposes, respectively, by the issuance and sale by the County, of bonds of the County, District or Division, and the expenditure of the proceeds of the sale of such bonds, and for levying and collecting taxes against the property of the County, District or Division, as the case may be, for the payment of the principal and interest of such indebtedness at maturity; provided that any such indebtedness shall not be incurred without the assent of two-thirds of the qualified electors of the County, District or Division, as the case may be, voting at an election held for that purpose, nor unless before or at the time of incurring such indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax to sufficient to pay the interest or such indebtedness as it falls due, and also for a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof on or before maturity which shall not exceed forty years from the time of contracting the same; and the procedure for voting, issuing and selling such bonds, except, insofar as the same shall be otherwise prescribed in this Charter, shall conform to general laws for the authorizing and incurring of bonded indebtedness by counties so far as applicable, provided further, that the construction, care, maintenance, repair and supervision of roads, highways, tunnels, viaducts, conduits, subways, and bridges for which aid from the State is granted, shall be subject to such regulations and conditions as may be imposed by the legislature.

Sec. 32: (Repealed. Repeal ratified June 2, 1964, effective March 18, 1965.)