The department may enter into written agreements on behalf of the state with any county or municipality for rights-of-way and the construction or maintenance of any part of a state highway:

1. (1) at the expense of the state;
2. (2) at the expense of any county or municipality; or
3. (3) at the joint expense of the state and any county and any municipality.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 270, 1998 General Session