GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

 SESSION 2011

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SENATE BILL 888

Corrected Copy 5/25/12

Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 6/6/12

Short Title:        Ethics Requirements for MPOs/RPOs.	(Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:

May 24, 2012

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. Members of Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Rural Transportation Planning Organizations shall file an initial Statement of Economic Interest with the State Ethics Commission no later than April 15, 2013.  All information provided in the Statement of Economic Interest shall be current as of December 31, 2012.  Initial Statements of Economic Interest shall be filed electronically.