When a county division or change in the boundaries of a county divides an existing highway district the district shall continue as a joint highway district until changed as provided by this title. It shall be the duty of the commissioners of the respective counties affected to rename the district as a joint highway district, and the renamed joint highway district shall in all things be considered a continuation of the existing district.

[40-1302, added 1985, ch. 253, sec. 2, p. 647.]