GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1526

Short Title:  Good Roads for North Carolina.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Foxx, Carpenter; Allran, Cochrane, Forrester, Garwood, Hartsell, Moore, and Webster.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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May 30, 2000

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR GOOD ROADS FOR NORTH CAROLINA TO ENHANCE CONTRACT RESURFACING OF ROADS ON A BASIS OF PAVEMENT NEEDS AND TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO STUDY INCORPORATING MEASURES OF MAINTENANCE NEEDS IN THE ALLOCATION FORMULAS FOR ALL MAINTENANCE FUNDS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the Highway Fund to the Department of Transportation the sum of forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) for the 2000-2001 fiscal year which shall be expended, in addition to the funds already budgeted, for contract resurfacing.  The funds appropriated by this section shall be expended by the Highway Divisions based only on the pavement condition survey component of the current formula for allocation of contract resurfacing funds developed pursuant to G.S. 136-44.6.
Section 2.  The Department of Transportation shall study ways of incorporating measures of maintenance needs into the allocation formulas for all maintenance funds, including funds for contract resurfacing and funds for maintaining the primary, secondary, and urban systems.
In making its recommendations, the Department should consider among other relevant measures of maintenance needs:  pavement structure and conditions, bridge conditions, passenger vehicle traffic, commercial vehicle traffic, climate and weather conditions, and any other measures the Department considers relevant to measuring maintenance needs.
The Department shall report its findings and recommendations to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division no later than December 1, 2000.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.