A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to modify the distribution formula for funds expended on the intrastate system and transportation improvement program projects.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑17.2A(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Until ninety percent (90%) of the mileage of the Intrastate System projects listed in G.S. 136‑179 is completed, the Secretary of Transportation shall, on or before October 1 of each year, calculate the estimated amount of funds subject to this section that will be available for the next seven program years beginning that October 1. The Secretary shall then calculate a tentative percentage share for each distribution region by multiplying the total estimated amount by a factor that is based:
(1)	Seventeen and one‑half percent (17.5%) on the estimated number of miles to complete the Intrastate System projects in that distribution region compared to the estimated number of miles to complete the total Intrastate System;
(2)	Sixty‑five percent (65%) on the estimated population of the distribution region compared to the total estimated population of the State; and
(3)	Seventeen and one‑half percent (17.5%) on the fraction one‑seventh, which provides an equal share based on the number of distribution regions."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2005.