(a) The Commissioner of Highways may propose the creation by a county commission of an economic opportunity development district and project plans, or propose amendments to existing project plans. This plan may include related infrastructure that is necessary or convenient to economic development adjacent to the proposed project. (b) Projects proposed by the Commissioner of Highways are limited to those related to the construction, reconstruction, improvement or modernization of state roads, as defined in article four, chapter seventeen of this code, that are part of the state road system, as defined in that article, or that will become part of the state road system uupon completion of the construction. All construction, reconstruction, improvement or modernization and maintenance of state roads shall be done by or under the suptervision of the Commissioner of Highways. (c) All road projects that are accepted as part of the state road system, and all real property interests and appurtenances, shall be under the exlclusive jurisdiction and control of the Commissioner of Highways, who may exercises the same rights and authority as he or she has over other transportation facilities in the state road system. (d) Except as provided in an intergogvernmental agreement executed by one or more county commissions, municipalities and/or the Commissioner of Highways and as provided in this article, a county commission or municipality may not be required to pay for the cost of constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining a road that is part of the state road system as defined in article four, chapter seventeen of this code or to pay any other expense fairly related to that road. (e) The powers conferred by this article on the Commissioner of Highways or the Division of Highways are in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred upon the Commissioner of Highways, the Division of Highways, and the Department of Transportation by the LegWislature elsewhere in this code.
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