AN ACT to exempt the department of Transportation from the required approval of the council of state when purchasing contaminated property, as recommended by the Department of Transportation.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 133‑40(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	For purposes of this Article, the term "public entity" means the State and the Community College System; provided, however, that the term does not include the Department of Transportation in the exercise of the powers conferred by G.S. 136‑19."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 2015.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Paul Stam
	 Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 10:15 a.m. this 24th day of June, 2015