The authority given the department under this chapter to acquire lands by purchase or by the exercise of the right of eminent domain may not be construed to prohibit a municipality from:(1) acquiring at its own expense, either by grant, purchase, or condemnation, the necessary right-of-way required by the department for the maintenance, construction, or improvement of a street of the municipality as a part of a highway under the control of the department; or(2) entering into an agreement to pay all or any part of the costs of the necessary right-of-way.As added by P.L.18-1990, SEC.216.
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