FILED SENATE

May 23, 2012

S.B. 888

PRINCIPAL CLERK

 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

S                                                                                                                                                    D

SENATE DRS95219-SUz-8  (03/21)

 

 

 

Short Title:        Ethics Requirements for MPOs/RPOs.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Senators Rabon, and Harrington.

Referred to:

 

 

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to provide that metropolitan planning organizations and rural transportation planning organizations are subject to the state government ethics act, as recommended by the joint legislative transportation oversight committee.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 136-202 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(e)       A Metropolitan Planning Organization shall be treated as a board for purposes of Chapter 138A of the General Statutes."

SECTION 2. G.S. 136-211 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(e)       Ethics Requirements. - A Rural Transportation Planning Organization shall be treated as a board for purposes of Chapter 138A of the General Statutes."

SECTION 3. This act becomes effective January 1, 2013.