§264-28  Federal-aid projects; mandatory on
council.  Whenever appropriations are made by the legislature for the
construction or reconstruction of any highway or portion thereof, the director
of transportation, in the absence of any provisions to the contrary in the act
making the appropriation or in any other state laws applicable thereto, and in
case the highway is eligible for federal aid and the director deems such course
advisable, may, subject to the approval of the administrator, construct such highway
as a federal-aid project and contract for it in accordance with the provisions
of this part and of the Federal Highway Act.  If any appropriation made by the
legislature for the construction or reconstruction of any highway or any
portion thereof is required by the act making the appropriation to be expended
by the council of a particular county, the director may, in the absence of any
specific provision to the contrary in the act making such appropriation,
subject to the approval of the governor, designate such highway as a
federal-aid project; and the council, upon that designation, shall place the
appropriation in the control and at the disposal of the director for the
purpose of constructing the highway or portion thereof as a federal-aid
project, and the director shall proceed to construct such highway as a
federal-aid project and  to contract for it in accordance with this part and
the Federal Highway Act. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; am L 1931, c 95, §1; RL 1935,
§1715; RL 1945, §4967; RL 1955, §111-8; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-28;
gen ch 1985]



 



Revision Note



 



  References to "council" substituted for "board
of supervisors" to conform to county charters.