GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	3 

HOUSE BILL 937
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/28/99
Senate Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 6/29/99

Short Title:  Regional Transportation Authority Amd. 	(Public)

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April 6, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AMEND THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY ACT CONCERNING JURISDICTION OF THE ENTIRE AREA OF THE COUNTY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE AUTHORITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 160A-634(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The territorial jurisdiction and service area of the Authority shall be as determined by the Board of Trustees consistent with its purpose, but shall initially consist of those areas included within the Metropolitan Planning Organization boundaries. With the consent by resolution of the affected board of county commissioners, the jurisdiction and area may be expanded to include contiguous areas, but the total jurisdiction and service area shall not exceed part or all of 12 counties.  The jurisdiction and area include the entire area of the county if the Board of Trustees has been expanded to include the chairman or other member of the board of commissioners of that county pursuant to G.S. 160A-635(4)."
Section 2.  G.S. 160A-635(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The governing body of an authority is the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall consist of:
(1)	The mayor of the four cities within the service area that have the largest population, or a member of the city council designated by the city council to serve in the absence of the mayor.
(2)	Two members of the Board of Transportation appointed by the Secretary of Transportation, to serve as ex officio nonvoting members.
(3)	The chair of each Metropolitan Planning Organization in the territorial jurisdiction.
(4)	The chair of the board of commissioners of any county within the territorial jurisdiction or a member of the board of commissioners designated by the board to serve in the absence of the chair, but only if the Board of Trustees by resolution has expanded the Board of Trustees to include the chair of the board of commissioners of that county and the board of commissioners of that county has consented by resolution.
(5)	The chair of the principal airport authority or airport commission of each of the two most populous counties within the territorial jurisdiction, as determined by the most recent decennial federal census.  The chair of the airport authority or airport commission may appoint a designee.  The designee is not required to be a member of the airport authority or airport commission."
Section 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.