A sponsoring organization that enters into a project under section 952 of this title may administer construction contracts pertaining to the project, except that the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation may administer those contracts if State funds are involved in the project. (1966, No. 27 (Sp. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 12, 1966; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)