GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 616

HOUSE BILL 1231

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 136-44.20 TO PROVIDE FOR MATCHING FUNDS FOR INTER-CITY RAIL AND BUS PASSENGER SERVICE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 136-44.20 is hereby rewritten to read:

"§ 136-44.20.  Department of Transportation designated agency to administer and fund public transportation programs; authority of political subdivisions. - (a) The Department of Transportation is hereby designated as the agency of the State of North Carolina responsible for administering all federal and/or State programs relating to public transportation; and the Department is hereby granted authority to do all things required under applicable federal and/or State legislation to administer properly public transportation programs within North Carolina. Such authority shall include, but shall not be limited to, the power to receive federal funds and distribute federal and State financial assistance for inter-city rail or bus passenger service crossing one or more county lines.

(b)       The Department of Transportation, upon approval by the Board of Transportation, is authorized to provide the matching share of federal public transportation assistance programs through private resources, local government funds, or State appropriations provided by the General Assembly.

(c)       Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina from applying for and receiving direct assistance from the United States government under the provisions of any applicable legislation."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1983.