GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 84

SENATE BILL 56

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE PROPERTY OWNER PARTICIPATION IN THE COSTS OF ROAD MAINTENANCE, IMPROVEMENTS, ADDITIONS AND ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 136-18 is amended by the addition of a new subsection (27) which reads as follows:

"(27)   The Department of Transportation is authorized to establish policies and promulgate rules providing for voluntary property owner or highway user participation in the costs of maintenance or improvement of roads which would not otherwise be necessary or would not otherwise be performed by the Department of Transportation and which will result in a benefit to the property owner or highway user. By way of illustration and not as a limitation, such costs include those incurred in connection with drainage improvements or maintenance, driveway connections, dust control on unpaved roads, surfacing or paving of roads and the acquisition of rights-of-way. Property owner and highway user participation can be in the form of materials, money, or land (for right-of-way) as deemed appropriate by the Department of Transportation. The authority of this section shall not be used to authorize, construct or maintain toll roads or bridges."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of March, 1983.