A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that the owner of land losing access because of relocation of a roadway by the Department of Transportation may petition for the establishment of a cartway.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑69 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(a1)	When any person who owns land that previously had access to a public roadway is deprived of access as a result of the relocation of the public roadway by the Department of Transportation and now has access to a public roadway only across and through intervening private property, the person may petition for the opening of a cartway or like easement by instituting a special proceeding pursuant to G.S. 136-68."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.