GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2003

SESSION LAW 2003-132

HOUSE BILL 627

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF GREENSBORO and the town of kernersville TO EXPEND FUNDS ON ROADS OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE limits.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 160A-296.1.  Expenditure of funds for roads outside the corporate limits.

A city may appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law to construct roadways in areas outside its corporate limits and outside its extraterritorial planning and zoning jurisdiction only if those roadways are owned by the State and maintained by the Department of Transportation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, a city may not construct roadways within the corporate limits of another municipality without that municipality's consent."

SECTION 2.  This act applies to the City of Greensboro and the Town of Kernersville only.

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 4^th day of June, 2003.

                                                                    s/ Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/ Richard T. Morgan

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives