AN ACT transferring the functions and funds of the north carolina turnpike authority to the department of transportation to conserve expenditures and improve Efficiency.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑89.182(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Administrative Placement. – The Authority shall be located within the Department of Transportation  and shall be subject to and under the direct supervision of the Secretary of Transportation."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 136‑89.182(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Board of Transportation Members. –  Members of the North Carolina Board of Transportation may serve as members of the Authority Board."
SECTION 3.  The transfer under this act of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority to the Department of Transportation has all the elements of a Type I transfer under G.S. 143A‑6.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of July, 2009.

	s/	 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved 9:15 a.m. this 27th day of July, 2009