(1) may acquire, in accordance with the procedures of 19 V.S.A. chapter 5 or by gift, any real property or interest in real property that shall be necessary or appropriate for the development of bicycle routes;

(2) shall assist and cooperate with regional planning commissions, municipal governments, other state agencies, and citizens' groups in the development and construction of local and regional bicycle projects and in the application for any funds available for these projects. (Added 1985, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1993, No. 61, § 18, eff. June 3, 1993; 1997, No. 38, § 16, eff. May 28, 1997.)