Vermont § 309 - Highway work by State for towns

§ 309. Highway work by State for towns

• (a) When requested by the legislative body of a municipality, the Agency may, by agreement
  with these officials, do any construction or maintenance work on any town highway
  or bridge under the jurisdiction of the legislative body. (b) When requested by the legislative body of a municipality, the Agency may contract
  the work. The Agency in all such cases shall furnish plans and specifications upon
  which the contract shall be awarded by the legislative body or, if it has been agreed
  that the Agency should make the contract award, the Agency, to the lowest responsible
  bidder. All work shall be done to the satisfaction of and in accordance with the requirements
  of the Agency. (c) Upon demand of the Agency, the municipality shall reimburse the State for the municipality’s
  share of expenditures made under this section, and the amount repaid shall be deposited
  into the State Treasury and credited to the fund from which the cost of the work was
  paid. The Agency is authorized to provide for the payment of interest on unpaid balances
  owed the State for more than 30 days after demand is made. (d) To secure reimbursement to the State for the local share of a project, the Secretary
  and the legislative body of a municipality may enter into agreements for the deposit
  of municipal funds in an interest-bearing escrow account or for posting of a surety
  bond. (e) The Agency’s materials laboratory may perform tests for other units of federal, State,
  and local government. The Agency shall be reimbursed for the costs of the tests. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1991, No. 175 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 15, 1992; 1993, No. 61, § 13, eff. June 3, 1993.)