Section 302. Application for assistance

The  commissioner  is  hereby
  authorized  to  receive   and   review   applications   from   municipal
  corporations  for  state aid for municipal projects, and to approve such
  applications, within the amounts appropriated therefor, as are  part  of
  or   consistent   with   a   statewide  comprehensive  master  plan  for
  transportation promulgated by  the  commissioner  and  approved  by  the
  governor  or,  in  the  absence of any current comprehensive master plan
  sound transportation  development  policy  and  planning  concepts.  The
  commissioner  shall  submit copies of any application so approved to the
  governor, to the director of the budget and to the  office  of  planning
  services with such recommendations as he may deem appropriate.
    The  commissioner  is  hereby  authorized  to prescribe such rules and
  regulations as he may deem appropriate to  effectuate  the  purposes  of
  this  article,  including  but  not  limited  to  rules  and regulations
  governing the form, content and submission of applications by  municipal
  corporations  for  state  aid  for  municipal  projects  pursuant to the
  provisions of this article.