GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SESSION LAW 2009-343
HOUSE BILL 1617
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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2009.
s/ Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved 9:15 a.m. this 27th day of July, 2009