Sacramento County Municipal Code Art. XI Roads and Highways

All existing road districts in the County are hereby consolidated into a single road district, which shall comprise all of the territory lying within the County, outside of incorporated area.

The County Engineer shall be, ex officio, road commissioner of the existing road districts of the County.

The County Engineer as ex officio road commissioner shall have and exercise the powers and perform the duties vested in road commissioners in pursuance of the provisions of this Charter. He shall also make and keep on file a road mileage record and keep same to date, showing each road in the County upon which county funds are expended. He shall keep accounts of all work done on construction of new roads, reconstruction of old roads, and of maintenance of all county roads and highways, all on a unit basis of per mile costs.

No claim against the County for work done on its roads, highways, streets, bridges, ferries and other public works, or in connection with the same, or for materials, supplies, implements or machinery used for or in connection therewith, shall be passed by the Board of Supervisors, or paid for by the Treasurer of the County, unless there shall be endorsed thereon the written approval of the Engineer and the County Executive.

It shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors, immediately after this Charter shall have become effective, to pass and adopt such ordinances as may by law be necessary or proper to fully carry into effect the provisions of this Article.

Before the Board of Supervisors shall create or form any special district it shall submit all petitions for the creation thereof to the County Executive, County Engineer and District Attorney for their advice, counsel, recommendations and suggestions.