All the powers, duties, functions, records, employees, property, matters pending and funds of the Department of Highways, the Highway Safety Coordinating Committee and the Railroad Maintenance Authority are hereby transferred to the Department of Transportation. Effective July 1, 1993, all powers, duties, functions, records, employees, matters pending and funds of the Department of Transportation that were transferred to the Department because of the abolishment of the Highway Safety Coordinating Committee shall be transferred to the Department of Public Safety, pursuant to Section 3 of this act. Except as specifically directed by the Legislature the State Department of Transportation shall not fund, directly or indirectly, any railroad, mass transit, public transportation, marine, waterways or aeronautics construction, operations or maintenance with dedicated gasoline taxes, appropriated highway construction or maintenance funds or other highway funds; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent the Department of Transportation from applying for, accepting, receiving, administering or expending monies appropriated for the specific purpose of matching federal grants now or hereafter made available for transportation planning or improvements in nonhighway transportation modes. The Department of Transportation shall not issue bonds which constitute an obligation or debt of the state or a pledge of the faith and credit of the state, except as specifically authorized by the Legislature. Any change of agency name/names on signs, equipment, vehicles or other property shall be accomplished as said signs, equipment, vehicles or other property are replaced in inventory or as required through normal wear and tear. An accurate, current inventory of all properties shall be maintained by the Department of Transportation.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 218, § 9. Amended by Laws 1977, c. 128, § 1, emerg. eff. June 3, 1977; Laws 1993, c. 81, § 2, eff. July 1, 1993. Renumbered from § 4009 of Title 69 by Laws 2007, c. 62, § 26, emerg. eff. April 30, 2007.