Whenever any local improvement is to be financed in whole or in part by any agency of the state or federal government, whether or not such improvement is also to be financed in part by special assessments to be levied upon property within the municipality, the plans and specifications therefor may be prepared and the contract therefor may be advertised and awarded by or under the direction of such state or federal agency, in accordance with the laws applicable to such agency, with like effect in all respects as if such plans and specifications had been prepared and such contract had been awarded by the municipality.

Source: SDC 1939, § 45.1501 as added by SL 1953, ch 260, § 1.