52:27B-17. State highway program
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On or before the first of October in each year, the State Highway Commissioner shall submit to the commissioner the schedule and program for which he proposes to expend or use the amounts appropriated to said department for the ensuing fiscal year, according to purposes, routes and sections of routes.
Such program may include alternate projects which may be substituted for other projects included in the program, should it be found impossible or impracticable to construct or carry on any one or more of said projects in the program. This schedule shall become a part of the request for appropriation made by the State Highway Commissioner.
On or before December tenth of each year the State Highway Commissioner shall notify the clerk of the board of chosen freeholders of each county as to the amount of county and township and borough aid appropriated and available for the county and each municipality within the county applicable to the ensuing calendar year, and it shall be lawful for the several counties and municipalities to include such amount in their respective budgets, and said amounts shall be available to the State Highway Commissioner for allotment to the said counties and municipalities at the beginning of said ensuing calendar year, and commitments may be made against said amounts by said counties and municipalities, subject to the approval of the State Highway Commissioner, immediately after the beginning of said ensuing calendar year.
L.1944, c. 112, art. 3, p. 291, s. 8.