GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 1617

Second Edition Engrossed 6/30/09

Short Title:        DOT Savings/Transfer TPA.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Crawford; and Harrison.
Referred to:	Transportation, if favorable, Appropriations.

May 7, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT transferring the functions and funds of the north carolina turnpike authority to the department of transportation to conserve expenditures and improve Efficiency.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 136-89.182(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Administrative Placement. - The Authority shall be located within the Department of Transportation for administrative purposes but shall exercise all of its powers independently of the Department of Transportation except as otherwise specified in this Article. and shall be subject to and under the direct supervision of the Secretary of Transportation."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 136-89.182(d) reads as rewritten:

"(d)      Board of Transportation Members. - No more than two members Members of the North Carolina Board of Transportation may serve as members of the Authority Board."

SECTION 3.  The transfer under this act of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority to the Department of Transportation has all the elements of a Type I transfer under G.S. 143A-6.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.