§264-33 Relocation of utility facilities. (a) Whenever, as the result of the work of construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of any state highway or state or county federal-aid highway, it is necessary to provide for or require the removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction of any utility facility, and the expense of removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction exceeds $10,000, one-half of this excess expense shall be a proper charge against the state or county funds available for the construction or maintenance of state or county highways; provided that all of the expense of removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction of publicly owned utility facilities shall be a charge against the state or county funds.
(b) The work of the removal, relocation, replacement, or reconstruction may be performed in the following manner, subject to the following conditions:
(c) The amount to be paid out of state or county funds shall be computed as follows: