GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 211
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 136-82 reads as rewritten:
"§ 136-82. Department of Transportation to establish and maintain ferries.
The Department of Transportation is vested with authority to provide for the establishment and maintenance of ferries connecting the parts of the State highway system, whenever in its discretion the public good may so require, and to prescribe and collect such tolls therefor as may, in the discretion of the Department of Transportation, be expedient.
To accomplish the purpose of this section said Department of Transportation is authorized to acquire, own, lease, charter or otherwise control all necessary vessels, boats, terminals or other facilities required for the proper operation of such ferries or to enter into contracts with persons, firms or corporations for the operation thereof and to pay therefor such reasonable sums as may in the opinion of said Department of Transportation represent the fair value of the public service rendered.
To provide for the comfort and convenience of the
passengers on the ferries established and maintained pursuant to this section,
the The Department of Transportation, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, may operate, or contract for the operation of, concessions on
the ferries and at ferry facilities to provide to passengers on the ferries food,
drink, and other refreshments, and personal comfort items for
those passengers. items, and souvenirs publicizing the ferry system."
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 1995.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 12th day of June, 1995.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives