GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 333

Short Title:  TIP Funding Allocations/Loans.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Hurley, Kinney, Warner; Allred, Barefoot, Bonner, Buchanan, Church, Cole, Culp, Fox, Goodwin, Hill, McAllister, Melton, Morris, Rogers, Wainwright, and Yongue.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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March 4, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT UNEXPENDED FUNDS DEDICATED TO A CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION REGION PURSUANT TO G.S. 136-17.2A SHALL BE USED FOR PROJECTS IN THAT DISTRIBUTION REGION OR MAY BE USED FOR LOANS TO OTHER DISTRIBUTION REGIONS THAT MUST BE RETURNED WITHIN TWO YEARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 136-17.2A(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Funds expended for the Intrastate System projects listed in G.S. 136-179 and both State and federal-aid funds expended under the Transportation Improvement Program, other than funds expended on an urban loop project listed in G.S. 136-180, shall be distributed throughout the State in accordance with this section.  For purposes of this distribution, the counties of the State are grouped into seven distribution regions, each consisting of two divisions, as follows:
(1)	Distribution Region A consists of Division 1 and Division 4.
(2)	Distribution Region B consists of Division 2 and Division 3.
(3)	Distribution Region C consists of Division 5 and Division 6.
(4)	Distribution Region D consists of Division 7 and Division 9.
(5)	Distribution Region E consists of Division 8 and Division 10.
(6)	Distribution Region F consists of Division 11 and Division 12.
(7)	Distribution Region G consists of Division 13 and Division 14."
Section 2.  G.S. 136-17.2A is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( g)	Unexpended and unencumbered funds that have been designated pursuant to the allocation formula provisions of this section for projects to be constructed under the Transportation Improvement Program in a particular Division shall remain available, from year to year, for construction of projects in that Division and shall be used for projects in that Division.
The Highway Administrator may do either of the following:
(1)	The Highway Administrator may advance the construction of other Transportation Improvement Program projects within a Division in order to make the most efficient use these funds.
(2)	The Highway Administrator may transfer designated funds from one or more donor Divisions to one or more recipient Divisions with the prior approval of the Board of Transportation.  If a transfer, or loan, of designated funds is made, the same amount of funds shall be designated for use in the donor Divisions within two years of the transfer, or loan, as a part of the next planning cycle for the Transportation Improvement Program."
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.