GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 101
AN ACT AUTHORIZING CATAWBA COUNTY TO ASSIST THOROUGHFARE PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The County of Catawba may expend funds, not otherwise limited as to use by law, and may exercise the power of eminent domain, following procedures authorized to counties by general law, for the purpose of acquiring land or rights-of-way for thoroughfare construction and improvement projects which have been included in:
(1) A Department of Transportation annual construction program or a multi-year transportation improvement program;
(2) A roadway corridor official map adopted by the Board of Transportation or a municipal governing board;
(3) A comprehensive street system plan, collector street plan, or thoroughfare plan adopted by local governments or their planning agencies; or
(4) A transportation improvement plan adopted by a metropolitan planning organization.
Sec. 2. The County of Catawba may accept donations and dedications of land or rights-of-way for the construction and improvement of streets, highways, or other thoroughfares included in the official plans and programs listed in Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 3. The County of Catawba may, pursuant to the authority of G.S. 160A-461, for interlocal undertakings, enter into agreements with municipal governments in the County to provide funding assistance to them for the purpose of acquiring land or rights-of-way for the design, construction, or improvement of streets, highways, or other thoroughfares included in the official plans or programs listed in Section 1 of this act.
Sec. 4. Any land or rights-of-way acquired by the County of Catawba, pursuant to this act, shall, prior to use for street, highway, or thoroughfare construction or improvement, be transferred to the governmental agency (Department of Transportation or municipality) which is carrying out the construction or improvement.
Sec. 5. Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize the County of Catawba to undertake actual construction or improvement of streets, highways, or thoroughfares.
Sec. 6. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of May, 1989.