GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1999

SESSION LAW 2000-165
HOUSE BILL 1498

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN MANAGER OF BUTNER TO ADMINISTER ITS ANNUAL POWELL BILL STATE STREET AID ALLOCATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 136-41.1(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section and of G.S. 136-41.2, the unincorporated area known as Butner qualifies in all respects for allocation of funds under this section and certification of the population and street mileage of Butner by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is acceptable. Funds allocated to the area for this purpose shall be administered by the Butner Town Manager."
Section 1.1.  Section 169.1 of Chapter 321 of the 1993 Session Laws reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 169.1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Transportation shall maintain the streets and highways on the State highway system within municipalities that are not eligible for funds under G.S. 136-41.2.  The Department of Transportation shall maintain the streets and highways as part of the State secondary system, and maintain the paving priority for the secondary roads the same as if the municipality were not incorporated, as long as the ineligibility for funds under G.S. 136-41.2 continues.  The provisions of this section apply only to municipalities incorporated between July 1, 1989, and June 30, 1993 or between June 1, 1978 and June 30, 1978."
Section 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2000, and applies to allocations authorized under G.S. 136-41.1 that occur on or after the effective date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of July, 2000.

s/	Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

s/	James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 9:53 a.m. this 2nd day of August, 2000