§ 28-7343 — Authority of director relating to monies

A. If the director determines it necessary for the expeditious completion of a cooperative agreement undertaken pursuant to this article, the director may pay from the state highway fund or from any account within the state highway fund all costs of construction, including the acquisition of lands or property necessary to the project, engineering costs, operational expense, equipment rentals and other costs that have prior approval of the United States department or agency with which the cooperative agreement is made.

B. The department may cause to be set up proper budget items within or outside the state highway fund or special accounts within the fund and may make and certify transfers of monies among or between these accounts and the special trust account referred to in section 28-7342 or any other trust account established by the United States or by the department for carrying out cooperative agreements as provided by this article.