The State Department of Transportation shall transfer and turn over to the governing body of each of the captive counties adequate facilities and properties to build, maintain, and repair roads in said county from equipment presently being used by the State Department of Transportation in carrying out the functions and duties in relation to roads and bridges in each of said captive counties respective and/or from surplus equipment returned to the state from other counties also, but not limited to road equipment, machinery, and supplies of like kind, amount, nature, and present value as of 1979 to the respective road equipment, machinery, and supplies which each of the captive counties was required to transfer and turn over to the State Department of Transportation in accordance with the legislation enacted prior to the adoption of this article, which legislation required the State Department of Transportation to construct, repair, and maintain roads and bridges in each of the captive counties.

Any dispute which may arise as a result of this section shall be resolved by the majority of the members of a committee consisting of the Director of Transportation or his agent, the chairman of the county governing body of the respective county or his agent, and one member from the legislative delegation of the respective county to be selected by the legislative delegation.