Nothing in this chapter prevents the State from making appropriations from time to time in aid of the acquisition or construction pursuant to this chapter of any toll bridge, tube or other toll highway crossing, or property, franchises, or rights appurtenant thereto, or the transportation facilities thereof or thereto, or for the purpose of making preliminary surveys, plans, and estimates of the cost thereof, and meeting other preliminary expenses as the Legislature deems proper.
(Amended by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1346.)