33.1-88 - Machinery, etc., owned by returning county.
§ 33.1-88. Machinery, etc., owned by returning county.
The Commonwealth Transportation Commissioner shall, as promptly aspracticable, make or cause to be made an inventory and appraisal of all roadmachinery, equipment, teams, material and supplies, on hand or belonging tothe local road authorities of any county that shall so return within thesecondary system of state highways or any district thereof, which may bedeemed by him suitable for work on the secondary system of state highways,and shall file such inventory and appraisal with the CommonwealthTransportation Board. The local road authorities may, if they so elect, turnover to the Commonwealth such road machinery, equipment, teams, material andsupplies at the appraised value thereof, which shall be paid within two yearsout of funds available for expenditure on roads in the secondary system ofstate highways or, if they so prefer, the local road authorities may retainor sell any of such property otherwise or, if they so elect, may turn over tothe Commissioner all or any of such property for use upon the secondarysystem of state highways without reimbursement therefor. Any sums received bythe local road authorities under the provisions of this section shall, so faras may be necessary, be applied on account of obligations theretoforecontracted for county or district road purposes and the balance, if any, forgeneral county purposes.
(Code 1950, § 33-56; 1970, c. 322.)