A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to create a statewide pilot program to enable cost‑sharing for transportation improvements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑28.6 is amended by adding three new subsections to read:
"§ 136‑28.6.  Participation by the Department of Transportation with private developers.
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(j)	The Department is authorized to create a statewide pilot program for cost‑sharing with private developers for transportation improvements in circumstances where the nature of the developer‑constructed facilities, including circumstances where the improvements are required to serve more than one project, or projects being constructed by other developers, are atypical in size, scope, or complexity. The Department shall work in coordination with the applicable Division Engineer and a technical working group that consists of industry experts and members of the developmental community. In developing the pilot program, the Department shall first create a Cost-Sharing Project Boundary Delineation that identifies the properties captured in the pilot program that would be affected by the developer‑constructed facilities. The Department may create an allocation formula, and other procedures in connection with the pilot program, that allow for the initial developer to be reimbursed as secondary developers impact the system. The allocation formula shall uniformly evaluate the value of transportation improvements and apportion costs equitably among the private property developers based on the value of the transportation improvement they have constructed.
(k)	Reimbursements shall be limited to payments from a developer constructing transportation improvements at the time of driveway permit approval. Nothing in this section shall obligate the Department to custodial responsibility for managing or distributing monies in the application of this program.
(l)	The Department shall report on the pilot program to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Fiscal Research Division of the Legislative Services Commission no later than the convening date of the 2021 Regular Session of the General Assembly."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2013.