(a) [Repealed.]

(b) In connection with any authorized construction project in the State of Vermont which extends into or affects an adjoining state, the Agency, on behalf of the State of Vermont, may enter into a cooperative agreement with the adjoining state or any political subdivision of an adjoining state which apportions duties and responsibilities for planning preliminary engineering, including environmental studies, right-of-way acquisition, construction, and maintenance. (Added 1989, No. 121, § 7, eff. June 22, 1989; amended 1989, No. 246 (Adj. Sess.), § 40; 2001, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 21, eff. June 21, 2002; 2009, No. 33, § 40; 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 19.)