The Highway Department shall have right to purchase right-of-way under the provisions of this act from the fund created hereby, and at such time as the right-of-way is to be utilized for construction thereon, the Department shall then proceed to replenish from the cost of said project the state's proportionate share of the purchase price paid for said right-of-way, and to collect the pro rata share required by present law from city or county governments, and any monies derived from said governments shall accrue to said fund.
Laws 1970, c. 118, § 2.