§264-29  Council's authority. 
The council of a county, by resolution adopted in the manner required by law
relating to resolutions involving the expenditure of public money, may place
under the control and at the disposal of the director of transportation any
funds of the county expendable for construction or reconstruction of highways
within the county for the purpose of securing or attempting to secure federal
aid for the construction or reconstruction, as a federal-aid project, of any
highway or portion thereof eligible for federal aid within the county.  The
council, whenever an appropriation for the construction of any highway or
portion thereof lying within the system or systems of highways eligible for
federal aid, as designated from time to time by the governor and the
administrator under the provisions of the Federal Highway Act, as amended, is
made by it, by resolution shall place the appropriation under the control of
the director for the purpose of constructing the highway or portion thereof as a
federal-aid project.



The council, by the resolution, shall also
grant the director of transportation exemptions from county subdivision
requirements in order to expedite and make efficient the expenditure of public
money. [L 1929, c 53, pt of §1; am L 1931, c 95, §2; RL 1935, §1716; RL 1945,
§4968; RL 1955, §111-9; am L Sp 1959 2d, c 1, §26; HRS §264-29; am L 2008, c
12, §3]



 



Revision Note



 



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