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.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-7343

  • Budget: means the annual highway program prepared by the department. See Arizona Laws 28-6901
  • Department: means the department of transportation acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and agents. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way if a part of the way is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • State highway: means a state route or portion of a state route that is accepted and designated by the board as a state highway and that is maintained by the state. See Arizona Laws 28-101
  • Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215

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.