GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 789
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/24/99

Short Title:  Highway Utility Relocation Cost Study.	(Public)

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April 1, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE STUDY THE ISSUE OF NONBETTERMENT UTILITY RELOCATION COSTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee shall study the issue of nonbetterment utility relocation costs.  As a part of its study, the Committee shall consider:
(1)	The current statutory procedure for allocation of relocation costs, found in G.S. 136-27.1;
(2)	The current population ceiling of 5,500 for municipalities to receive utility relocation assistance from the Department of Transportation, and the appropriateness of this ceiling;
(3)	The current procedure used by the Department of Transportation to notify and advise affected municipalities of future utility relocation costs, and the need to improve this procedure; and
(4)	Any other issue related to nonbetterment utility relocation costs.
Section 2.  The Committee shall report its findings and recommendations on or before the convening of the 2000 Regular Session of the 1999 General Assembly.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.