72-4-103 - Deletion of highway from state highway system -- Return to county or municipality or abandonment.
72-4-103. Deletion of highway from state highway system -- Return to county ormunicipality or abandonment.
When a state highway or portion of a state highway is deleted from the state highwaysystem by the Legislature or the commission, the department shall:
(1) return or relinquish the state highway or portion of the state highway to the county ormunicipality in which it is situated; or
(2) abandon the state highway or portion of the state highway if it no longer serves thepurpose of a highway.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session