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 NORTH CAROLINA TURNPIKE AUTHORITY TO CONVERT A PORTION OF INTERSTATE 540 UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN WAKE AND DURHAM COUNTIES TO A TOLL FACILITY, to require reimbursement for the conversion, 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  Article 6F of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is repealed.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  Article 6G of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is repealed.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, except for a segment of Interstate 540 under construction as of July 1, 2006, located in Wake and Durham Counties, and extending from I‑40 southwest to N.C. 55. The Authority shall reimburse the State for the construction cost of any segment converted to a toll route pursuant to this section."
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.