AN ACT to require the department of transportation to accept and use municipal funding for pedestrian safety improvements on state roads within municipal limits.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑66.3 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(c4)	Pedestrian Safety Improvements. – The Department of Transportation shall accept and use any funding provided by a municipal government for a pedestrian safety improvement project on a State road within the municipality's limits, provided the municipality funds one hundred percent (100%) of the project and the Department of Transportation retains the right to approve the design and oversee the construction, erection, or installation of the pedestrian safety improvement."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2010.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2010.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2010