A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to improve coordination of transportation investments with economic development and job creation initiatives by studying the distribution and targeting of transportation investments through the Highway Trust Fund.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee shall study the funding and disbursement structure of the Highway Trust Fund. The study shall include a comparison of State transportation capital funding practices and linkages to economic development priorities with those of other states and shall make recommendations on appropriate legislation for strategically targeting the State's transportation spending. The Committee shall report the results of the study to the 2013 Regular Session of the General Assembly when it reconvenes in 2014.
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2013.