GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1620

Short Title:  Let DOT Buy Mitigation Land.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives McLaughlin, Bowen, Bowie, Grady, R. Hunter, McAllister, Robinson; and Bowman.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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May 25, 1994

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ACQUIRE LAND BY GIFT OR PURCHASE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION OR ENHANCEMENT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 136-18 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(28a)	The Department of Transportation may obtain, by gift or purchase, a fee interest or an easement in land for the following:
a.	Wetland mitigation or other environmental mitigation or enhancement in conjunction with a  transportation project.
b.	A wetlands bank or another type of environmental mitigation or enhancement provided for by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1994.