GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 1288*

Short Title:  Establish Metropolitan Planning Boards.  	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representative Luebke.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH METROPOLITAN PLANNING BOARDS TO ASSIST THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND PROGRAMS FOR URBAN AREAS OF THE STATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 1 of Chapter 136 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 136-15.1.  Metropolitan planning boards.
(a)	As used in this section:
(1)	‘Metropolitan planning board' has the same meaning as ‘metropolitan planning organization' as used in 23 U.S.C. § 134.
(2)	‘Metropolitan area' has the same meaning as ‘metropolitan area' as used in 23 U.S.C. § 134.
(b)	The Governor, with the assistance of the Secretary of Transportation, shall designate a metropolitan planning board for each urban area of more than 50,000 population in the State and shall determine the boundaries of each metropolitan area to be served by a metropolitan planning board.  The Governor shall designate metropolitan planning boards and designate metropolitan areas in accordance with the requirements of 23 U.S.C. § 134.
(c)	The boundaries of the area served by each metropolitan planning board shall be evaluated and adjusted in the year following each decennial federal census.
(d)	Article 2A of Chapter 150B of the General Statutes applies to the designation of a metropolitan planning board and to the determination of a metropolitan area."
Section 2.  The Governor shall designate initial metropolitan planning boards and determine initial metropolitan areas on the basis of data collected in the 2000 federal census and shall complete all initial designations and determinations no later than 31 December 2001.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.