NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 341

SENATE BILL 380

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 2B OF G.S. CHAPTER 136 BY CHANGING THE TERM "MASS TRANSPORTATION" TO "PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION" AND BY AUTHORIZING THE ADMINISTRATION OF STATE PROGRAMS RELATING TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 2B of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is amended in the title by striking out the word "Mass" and inserting in its place the word "Public".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 136-44.20, as it appears in the 1975 Cumulative Supplement to 1974 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 136-44.20.  Board of Transportation designated agency to administer public transportation programs; authority of political subdivisions. — The Board of Transportation is hereby designated as the agency of the State of North Carolina responsible for administering all federal and/or State programs relating to public transportation, and the board is hereby granted the authority to do all things required under applicable federal and/or State legislation to administer properly public transportation programs within North Carolina. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina from applying for and receiving direct assistance from the United States government under the provisions of any applicable legislation."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1977.