Section 332. State highway safety program

1.  Notwithstanding  any
  inconsistent provision of law, general, special or local,  the  governor
  is  hereby empowered to contract and to do all other things necessary or
  convenient in behalf of the state to secure the full benefits  available
  under  the  federal highway safety act of nineteen hundred sixty-six and
  any  acts  amendatory  or  supplemental  thereto.  The  governor   shall
  coordinate  the  highway  safety activities of state and local agencies,
  other public and private agencies, and of interested  organizations  and
  individuals  to  effectuate  the  purposes  of that act and shall be the
  official of this state having the  ultimate  responsibility  of  dealing
  with  the  federal  government  with respect to the state highway safety
  program.