The board of township trustees of a township in which there is located a municipal corporation or a part of a municipal corporation, and in which that portion of the township not included within the limits of such municipal corporation has been erected into a road district, may enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners of the county within which such township is situated, providing for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or repair by the board of county commissioners of a road within such district.

The board of township trustees may assume, on behalf of such district, the proportion of the compensation, damages, and expenses of such improvement as is proper.

The remainder of the compensation, damages, and costs of such improvement shall be paid in part by the county and shall in part be assessed against the real estate abutting upon the improvement, or situated within one-half mile of either side thereof, or situated within one mile of either side thereof, or situated within two miles of either side thereof, as may be fixed by the terms of the agreement between the board of county commissioners and the board of township trustees.

For the payment of that part of the compensation, damages, and costs assumed by the board of township trustees on behalf of such district, the board of township trustees may levy taxes against such district and issue the bonds of the district. The district shall pay the county treasurer its agreed proportion of the estimated compensation, damages, and costs of such improvement, as fixed in the agreement between the board of county commissioners and the board of township trustees, out of the proceeds of any such tax levies or bond issues. All proceedings relating to the letting of the contract, supervision of the work, making of assessments, and all other proceedings in connection with such improvement, except as provided for by this section, shall be conducted by the board of county commissioners as in the construction, improvement, maintenance, and repair of county roads.

The board of township trustees may enter into an agreement with the board of county commissioners providing for construction by the department of transportation, upon the application of such board of county commissioners, of a road improvement within such district, and may assume on behalf of the district such proportion of the compensation, damages, and costs of the improvement as to it seems proper. In the event of its making such an agreement, the board may levy taxes upon and issue the bonds of the district and pay to the board of county commissioners, out of the proceeds of such tax levies and bond issues, their agreed proportion of such compensation, damages, and costs.

Effective Date: 09-28-1973 .