Sec. 13a-164. Temporary use of funds by commissioner.
Sec. 13a-164. Temporary use of funds by commissioner. Upon application in
writing by the Commissioner of Transportation, the Comptroller may authorize the
temporary use by the commissioner of any unexpended balance or part thereof of any
specific appropriation or any other funds applied without any specific appropriation for
or to be used by the Department of Transportation, and such use may be for any purpose
for which the commissioner is authorized to expend any money of the state, provided,
in case of any funds received from the federal government under the provisions of any
act of the Congress providing for federal aid to states for highways, or from towns or
railway companies under statutory provisions concerning the construction of bridges
on state highways, the amount of such unexpended balance so transferred shall be carried
to the credit of the specific appropriation from which such funds have been taken or
transferred.
(1949 Rev., S. 2195; 1958 Rev., S. 13-80; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 164; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 112.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner and department with commissioner and department of transportation.