GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1267

Short Title:  School Access Roads.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Kinnaird; Ballance, Blust, Clark, Dalton, Foxx, Garwood, Horton, Jordan, Ledbetter, Lee, Lucas, Moore, Phillips, Purcell, Rand, Rucho, Shaw of Cumberland, and Weinstein.

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Referred to:  Education/Higher Education.

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May 27, 1998

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSTRUCT ACCESS ROADS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND TO PROVIDE AREAS FOR OFF-STREET DROP-OFF OF STUDENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 136-18(17) reads as rewritten:
"§ 136-18.  Powers of Department of Transportation.
The Department of Transportation is vested with the following powers and duties:
(17)	The Department of Transportation shall:
a.	Maintain and keep in repair, sufficient to accommodate the public school buses, roads leading from the state-maintained public roads to all public schools and public school buildings to which children are transported on public school buses to and from their homes.
b.	Construct, pave, and maintain school bus driveways and sufficient parking facilities for the school buses at those schools.
c.	Construct, pave, and maintain all other driveways and entrances to the public schools leading from public roads.
d.	Construct, pave, and maintain suitable facilities to provide that no child being driven to or from any public school is required to be deposited or picked up on a public street or road when arriving at or departing from the school.
	In meeting these requirements, the Department shall not require the contribution of any funds from the local school board or county in which the required facility or driveway is located."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.