A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to repeal the north carolina bridge authority and the authorization for the department of transportation to issue a private pilot toll project license, as recommended by the Joint LEGISLATIVE Transportation oversight committee, to authorize the NC turnpike authority to convert certain free highways CONTIGUOUS to existing or planned toll facilities, and to grant the turnpike authority right of entry for surveys.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 6F of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is repealed.
SECTION 2.  Article 6G of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is repealed.
SECTION 3.  G.S. 136‑89.187 reads as rewritten:
"§ 136‑89.187.  Conversion of free highways prohibited.
The Authority Board is prohibited from converting any segment of the nontolled State highway system to a toll  facility, unless the segment is contiguous to an existing or planned toll facility and the Authority Board determines that converting the segment to a toll facility is needed to help establish the financial viability of the existing or planned toll facility. If the Authority Board determines that converting the segment to a toll facility is needed to help establish the financial viability of the existing or planned toll facility, the Department is authorized to dedicate or otherwise convey the segment of the State highway system to the Authority for use as a toll facility."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 136‑89.194 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(d)	Entry for Surveys. – The Turnpike Authority and its employees and contractors shall have the same right of entry for surveys, borings, soundings or examinations as granted the Department of Transportation in G.S. 136‑120."
SECTION 5.  This act is effective when it becomes law.