Sec. 2.1. (a) In all counties with a population of less than fifty thousand (50,000), any person through whose land any county highway is located may petition the county executive for permission to construct a cattle guard or other device for the purpose of keeping livestock on the property.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-17-1-2.1

     (b) In determining whether to grant permission, the executive shall consider the traffic flow on the highway and the cost of the erection of fences versus the cost of the construction of a cattle guard.

     (c) The landowner shall bear the cost of construction and the erection of cattle crossing warning signs on the highway warning motorists that they are about to enter a cattle crossing area.

As added by Acts 1980, P.L.76, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.86-1988, SEC.68.