NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

CHAPTER 1117

HOUSE BILL 1172

AN ACT TO PERMIT THE USE OF STATE GRANT FUNDS TO COVER CERTAIN DIRECT ADMINISTRATIVE AND SERVICE COSTS AND TO MODIFY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT SAFETY PROJECTS AT PUBLIC AIRPORTS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 63-68(2) is hereby amended by deleting the remainder of the first sentence beginning with the words "using Department of Transportation personnel" and substituting in lieu therefor the following:

"using one hundred percent (100%) State funding in its discretion the Department of Transportation may purchase, install and maintain navigational aids necessary for the safe, efficient use of airspace and may conduct other projects or programs to improve the safety of the air transportation system, including but not limited to, making serviceable runways and taxiways."

Sec. 2. G.S. 63-68(3) is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence which shall read as follows:

"The Department of Transportation may utilize the State Aviation Grant Funds to cover the direct costs, other than salaries, of administering airport grant projects and the full costs of services provided by non-administrative Department of Transportation divisions or other State agencies in connection with these projects."

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of October, 1981.