The Department of Transportation may enter into agreements with other state departments of transportation, the federal government and Canadian provinces for the purposes of:
(1) Conducting joint research relating to road usage charges and development programs on a multistate basis;
(2) Furthering the development and operation of single state or multistate road usage charge pilot programs;
(3) Sharing costs incurred in conducting the research described in subsection (1) of this section; and
(4) Developing a program for stakeholder outreach and communications with respect to road usage charges.