NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1965 SESSION

CHAPTER 541
SENATE BILL 320

AN ACT CREATING THE NORTH CAROLINA TRAFFIC SAFETY AUTHORITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  There is hereby created the North Carolina Traffic Safety Authority, hereinafter called the Authority, which shall be composed of the following officials: the Governor, who shall be Chairman, the Commissioners of Agriculture, Insurance, Labor, and Motor Vehicles, the Chairman of the State Highway Commission, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Health Director, the Attorney General, the Chairman of the Industrial and Utilities Commissions, the President of the North Carolina Traffic Safety Council, Inc., and one member each from the Senate and House of Representatives to be appointed by the presiding officers thereof.
Sec. 2.  It shall be the duty of the Authority to undertake a thorough and objective analysis of the State's traffic problem, make an inventory and appraisal of what is currently being done by each official agency, survey available resources and facilities, and determine what additional programs need to be instituted or what existing programs need to be improved. On the basis of its studies, a written statement of agreed upon needs shall be developed and priorities established. Said written statement of needs shall be periodically updated and submitted to the Chairman as deemed advisable but at least once each year in the month of January.
Sec. 3.  The Authority shall meet at the call of the Chairman but not less than once every three months.
Sec. 4.  The Authority shall exercise no powers or duties now vested in any other department or agency of State government except as provided in this Act.
Sec. 5.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1965.