Montana Code 60-5-111. Violations — penalties
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60-5-111. Violations — penalties. (1) On any controlled-access highway or facility, it is unlawful for any person to construct, operate, or maintain any road or private driveway connecting with the highway or facility without first obtaining permission in writing from the highway authority having jurisdiction and, with the exception of an interstate highway, from the local governing body.
Terms Used In Montana Code 60-5-111
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- authority: means the entities in state, county, and municipal governments that have authority to construct, repair, and maintain highways, roads, and streets. See Montana Code 60-5-102
- Controlled-access highway: means those portions of an interstate highway, throughway, or throughway intersection that the commission designates for through traffic or other commission-designated highway system or state highway over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no easement of access or only a limited easement of access, light, air, or view. See Montana Code 60-5-102
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203
(2)A person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon arrest and conviction, the person shall be punished by a fine of not less than $5 or more than $100 or by imprisonment in the city or county jail for not less than 5 days or more than 90 days, or both.