GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 348

Committee Substitute Favorable 5/14/13

Short Title:        Public Safety Technology/State ROW.	(Public)
Sponsors:
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March 20, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow the Department of Transportation to enter into agreements with local governments to allow public safety technology in the rightS-of-way of the State highway system.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 136-18 is amended by adding two new subdivisions to read:

"§ 136-18.  Powers of Department of Transportation.

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(44) To enter into agreements with municipalities, counties, and other governmental entities for the use of and encroachment upon the right-of-way of any road designated as part of the State highway system, for the installation and use of law enforcement, fire suppression service, emergency medical response service, and related public safety technology.

(45) To approve agreements between utilities and municipalities, counties, and other public entities for the use and encroachment upon utility easements previously granted by the Department of Transportation to the utility, for the purposes of installing public safety technology."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.