A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to amend the percentage of nonbetterment cost paid by MUNICIPALITIES for the relocation of water and sewer lines.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑27.1(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	A municipality with a population of greater than 10,000 shall pay a percentage of the nonbetterment cost for relocation of water and sewer lines owned by the municipality and located within the existing State transportation project right‑of‑way that are necessary to be relocated for a State transportation improvement project. The percentage shall be based on the municipality's population, with the Department paying the remaining costs, as follows:
(1)	A municipality with a population of greater than 10,000, but less than 25,000, shall pay twenty‑five percent (25%) of the cost.
(2)	A municipality with a population of 25,000 or greater, but less than 100,000, shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the cost.
(3)	A municipality with a population of 100,000 or greater shall pay one hundred percent (100%) of the cost."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.