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NC Gen Stat § 136-44.7B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.7B - Permit issuance by Department of Environmental Quality transportation construction projects.

 136-44.7B. Permit issuance by Department of Environmental Quality transportation construction projects.Once the Department of Environmental Quality or any agency within the Department of Environmental Quality has issued a permit that is required for a transportation construction project to be undertaken by or on behalf of the Department of Transportation pursuant to the Transportation Improvement Program, that permit shall remain in effect until the project is completed. The permit shall not expire and shall not be modified or canceled for any reason, including a subsequent change in federal law or regulations or in State law or rules, unless at least one of the following occurs:(1) The modification or cancellation is requested by the Department of Transportation.(2) The modification or cancellation is clearly required by a change in federal law or regulations and a failure to modify or cancel the permit by the Department of Environmental Quality will or may result in a loss of federal program delegation or a significant reduction in the availability of federal funds to the Department of Environmental Quality or to the Department of Transportation.(3) The modification or cancellation is clearly required by a change in State law as a result of an act of the General Assembly that includes a statement that the General Assembly specifically intends the change in State law to apply to ongoing transportation construction projects.(4) The modification or cancellation is ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.(5) The nature or scope of the transportation construction project is significantly expanded or otherwise altered.(6) Federal law or regulation requires that the permit expire at the end of a specific term of years.  (2003-284, s. 29.6; 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.7C (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.7C - Analysis and approval of Department of Transportation environmental policies or guidelines affecting transportation projects.

 136-44.7C. Analysis and approval of Department of Transportation environmental policies or guidelines affecting transportation projects.(a) Analysis Required. - The Department of Transportation shall conduct an analysis of any proposed environmental policy or guideline adopted by the Department that affects Department of Transportation projects to determine if the policy or guideline will result in an increased cost to Department of Transportation projects.(b) Report of Analysis; Approval of Policy or Guideline Required. - The analysis of a proposed policy or guideline required by subsection (a) of this section shall be reported to the Board of Transportation at least 30 days prior to the proposed effective date of the policy or guideline, and shall not go into effect until approved by the Board of Transportation. (2005-276, s. 28.8(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.7D (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.7D - Bridge construction guidelines.

 136-44.7D. Bridge construction guidelines.A bridge crossing rivers and streams in watersheds shall be constructed to accommodate the hydraulics of a flood water level equal to the water level projected for a 100-year flood for the region in which the bridge is built. The bridge shall be built without regard for the riparian buffer zones as designated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Resources. No Memorandums of Agreement may be made between Departments to bypass this construction mandate. No agency rules shall be enacted contrary to this section.  (2007-551, s. 4; 2013-413, s. 57(g); 2014-115, s. 17; 2015-241, s. 14.30(u).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.7E (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.7E - Compliance with federal guidelines for transportation projects.

 136-44.7E. Compliance with federal guidelines for transportation projects.The Department may continue to use the Merger '01 process provided the relevant portions of P.L. 109-59, Section 6002, (SAFETEA-LU) are incorporated to ensure the Department as the recipient agency is the co-lead agency with the United States Department of Transportation, delegating all other federal, state, or local agencies as participating or cooperating agencies. The Department's designation as a co-lead agency shall inure to the Department the authority to determine the purpose and need of a project and to determine viable alternatives. Any conflict between cooperating or participating agencies and the Department shall be resolved by the Department in favor of the completion of the project in conflict. (2007-551, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.8 - Submission of unpaved secondary roads paving programs to the Boards of County Commissioners.

 136-44.8. Submission of unpaved secondary roads paving programs to the Boards of County Commissioners.(a) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-183, s. 2.8(a), effective July 1, 2013.(a1) In each county having unpaved roads programmed for paving, representatives of the Department of Transportation shall annually provide to the board of county commissioners in those counties a list of roads proposed for the annual paving program approved by the Board of Transportation. The paving priority list shall include the priority rating of each secondary road paving project included in the proposed paving program according to the criteria and standards adopted by the Board of Transportation. In addition to the list required under this subsection, the Department of Transportation shall annually provide to the board of county commissioners a summary of unpaved secondary road projects completed in the particular county for the prior calendar year, including an indication as to which projects were not completed on schedule and a detailed explanation as to why the projects were not completed on schedule.(b) through (d) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-183, s. 2.8(a), effective July 1, 2013.(e) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-183, s. 2.8(b), effective July 1, 2014.(f) The unpaved secondary roads paving programs adopted by the Board of Transportation shall be followed by the Department of Transportation unless changes are approved by the Board of Transportation and notice of any changes is given to the board of county commissioners. Upon request, the most recent unpaved secondary roads paving programs adopted shall be submitted to any member of the General Assembly. The Department of Transportation shall make the annual construction program for each affected county available to the newspapers having a general circulation in the county.  (1973, c. 507, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 1977, c. 464, s. 9; 1981, c. 536; 2013-183, ss. 2.8(a), (b); 2015-241, s. 29.12(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.10 - Additions to secondary road system.

 136-44.10. Additions to secondary road system.The Board of Transportation shall adopt uniform statewide or regional standards and criteria which the Department of Transportation shall follow for additions to the secondary road system. These standards and criteria shall be promulgated and copies made available for free distribution. (1973, c. 507, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 1977, c. 464, ss. 8, 21.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.11 - Right-of-way acquisitions; preliminary engineering annual report.

 136-44.11. Right-of-way acquisitions; preliminary engineering annual report.(a) The Department of Transportation shall include in its annual report projects for which preliminary engineering has been performed more than two years but where there has been no right-of-way acquisition, projects where right-of-way has been acquired more than two years but construction contracts have not been let. The report shall include the year or years in which the preliminary engineering was performed and the cost incurred, the number of right-of-way acquisitions for each project, the dates of the first and last acquisition and the total expenditure for right-of-way acquisition. The report shall include the status of the construction project for which the preliminary engineering was performed or the right-of-way acquired and the reasons for delay, if any.(b) Requests to the Board of Transportation for allocation of funds for the purchase of right-of-way shall include an estimated time schedule to complete all necessary right-of-way purchases related to a specific project, and a proposed date to award construction contracts for that project. If the anticipated construction contract date is more than two years beyond the estimated completion of the related right-of-way purchases, the approval of both the Board of Transportation and the Director of the Budget is required. (1973, c. 507, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 1981, c. 859, s. 69.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.12 - Maintenance of roads and parking lots in areas administered by the Division of Parks and Recreation.

 136-44.12. Maintenance of roads and parking lots in areas administered by the Division of Parks and Recreation.The Department of Transportation shall maintain all roads and parking lots which are not part of the State Highway System, leading into and located within the boundaries of all areas administered by the Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.All such roads and parking lots shall be planned, designed, and engineered through joint action between the Department of Transportation and the Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. This joint action shall encompass all accepted park planning and design principles. Particular concern shall be given to traffic counts and vehicle weight, minimal cutting into or through any natural and scenic areas, width of shoulders, the cutting of natural growth along roadways, and the reduction of any potential use of roads or parking lots for any purpose other than by park users. All State park roads and parking lots shall conform to the standards regarding width and other roadway specifications as agreed upon by the Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the Department of Transportation.The State park road systems may be closed to the public in accordance with approved park practices that control the use of State areas so as to protect these areas from overuse and abuse and provide for functional use of the park areas, or for any other purpose considered in the best interest of the public by the Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.Nothing herein shall be construed to include the transfer to the Department of Transportation the powers now vested in the Division of Parks and Recreation of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources relating to the patrol and safeguarding of State park roads or State park parking lots.  (1973, c. 123, ss. 1-3; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(89); c. 799, s. 12(b); 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 907, s. 3; 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(ww).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.14 - Curb ramps or curb cuts for handicapped persons.

 136-44.14. Curb ramps or curb cuts for handicapped persons.(a) Curbs constructed on each side of any street or road, where curbs and sidewalks are provided and at other major points of pedestrian flow, shall meet the following minimum requirements:(1) No less than two curb ramps or curb cuts shall be provided per lineal block, located at intersections.(2) In no case, shall the width of a curb ramp or curb cut be less than 40 inches.(3) The maximum gradient of such curb ramps or curb cuts shall be eight and thirty-three one-hundredths percent (8.33%) (12 inches slope for every one-inch rise) in relationship to the grade of the street or road.(4) One curb ramp or curb cut may be provided under special conditions between each radius point of a street turnout of an intersection, if adequate provisions are made to prevent vehicular traffic from encroaching on the ramp.(b) Minimum requirements for curb ramps or curb cuts under subsection (a) shall be met (i) in the initial construction of such curbs, and (ii) whenever such curbs are reconstructed, including, but not limited to, reconstruction for maintenance procedures and traffic operations, repair, or correction of utilities.(c) The Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, Highway Design Section, is authorized and directed to develop guidelines to implement this Article in consultation with the Governor's Study Committee on Architectural Barriers (or the Committee on Barrier-Free Design of the Governor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped if the Governor's Study Committee on Architectural Barriers ceases to exist). All curb ramps or curb cuts constructed or reconstructed in North Carolina shall conform to the guidelines of the Highway Design Section.(d) The Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, Highway Design Section, is authorized and directed to provide free copies of this Article together with implementary guidelines and standards, to municipal and county governments and public utilities operating within the State. (1973, c. 718, ss. 1-4.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.15 - Expired.

 136-44.15: Expired.
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.16 - Authorized use of contract maintenance resurfacing program funds.

 136-44.16. Authorized use of contract maintenance resurfacing program funds.(a) Of the contract maintenance resurfacing program funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department of Transportation, an amount not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Board of Transportation's allocation of these funds may be used for widening existing narrow pavements.(b) The uses of slurry seal treatments, microsurfacing treatments, and thin lift asphalt overlays for pavement preservation treatments are authorized uses of contract maintenance resurfacing program funds.  (1997-443, s. 32.12; 2003-112, s. 1; 2014-100, s. 34.11(d).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.17 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.17 - Pavement preservation program.

 136-44.17. Pavement preservation program.(a) Program Established. - The Department of Transportation shall establish the pavement preservation program.(b) Eligible Activities or Treatments. - Applications eligible for funding under the pavement preservation program include the following preservation activities or treatments for asphalt pavement structures:(1) Chip seals, slurry seals, fog seals, sand seals, scrub seals, and cape seals.(2) Microsurfacing.(3) Profile milling not covered by resurfacing.(4) Asphalt rejuvenators.(5) Open graded asphalt friction course.(6) Overlays less than 1,000 feet in length.(7) Diamond grinding.(8) Joint sealing.(9) Dowel bar retrofit.(10) Partial-depth or full-depth repairs and reclamations.(11) Ultra-thin whitetopping.(12) Thin lift and sand asphalt overlays.(13) Asphalt crack sealing.(14) Pavement markers and markings.(c) Ineligible Activities or Treatments. - The pavement preservation program shall not include the following preservation activities or treatments:(1) Contract resurfacing activities or major pavement rehabilitation treatments and pretreatments that are used in combination with a resurfacing treatment, such as profile milling or chip seals.(2) Routine maintenance activities used to maintain and preserve the condition of roads. Treatments include, but are not limited to, pothole patching, rut filling, cleaning of roadside ditches and structures, shoulder maintenance, and retracing of pavement markings.(3) Maintenance and preservation activities performed on bridges or culverts.(4) Activities related to positive guidance or signal maintenance program functions.(d) Encumbrance Schedule. - Beginning in the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the Department of Transportation shall spend or encumber all funds appropriated by the General Assembly to the Department for the pavement preservation program by June 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated.  (2014-100, s. 34.11(f); 2015-241, s. 29.17(a); 2017-57, s. 34.9.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2B - Public Transportation.|§ 136-44.21 - Ridesharing arrangement defined.

 136-44.21. Ridesharing arrangement defined.Ridesharing arrangement means the transportation of persons in a motor vehicle where such transportation is incidental to another purpose of the driver and is not operated or provided for profit. The term shall include ridesharing arrangements such as carpools, vanpools and buspools. (1981, c. 606, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2B - Public Transportation.|§ 136-44.22 - Workers' Compensation Act does not apply to ridesharing arrangements.

 136-44.22. Workers' Compensation Act does not apply to ridesharing arrangements.Chapter 97 of the General Statutes shall not apply to a person injured while participating in a ridesharing arrangement between his or her place of residence and a place of employment or termini near such place, provided that if the employer owns, leases or contracts for the motor vehicle used in such an arrangement, Chapter 97 of the General Statutes shall apply. (1981, c. 606, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2B - Public Transportation.|§ 136-44.23 - Ridesharing arrangement benefits are not income.

 136-44.23. Ridesharing arrangement benefits are not income.Any benefits, other than salary or wages, received by a driver or a passenger while in a ridesharing arrangement shall not constitute income for the purposes of Article 4 of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes. (1981, c. 606, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2B - Public Transportation.|§ 136-44.24 - Ridesharing arrangements exempt from municipal licenses and taxes.

 136-44.24. Ridesharing arrangements exempt from municipal licenses and taxes.No county, city, town or other municipal corporation may require a business license for a ridesharing arrangement, nor may they require any additional tax, fee, or registration on a vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement. (1981, c. 606, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.25 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2B - Public Transportation.|§ 136-44.25 - Wage and Hour Act inapplicable to ridesharing arrangements.

 136-44.25. Wage and Hour Act inapplicable to ridesharing arrangements.The provisions of Article 2A of Chapter 95 of the General Statutes of North Carolina shall not apply to an employee while participating in any ridesharing arrangement as defined in G.S. 136-44.21, as provided in G.S. 95-25.14(b)(6). (1981, c. 606, s. 1; c. 663, s. 14.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.26 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2B - Public Transportation.|§ 136-44.26 - Use of public motor vehicles for ridesharing.

 136-44.26. Use of public motor vehicles for ridesharing.Motor vehicles owned or operated by any State or local agency may be used in ridesharing arrangements for public employees, provided the public employees benefiting from said ridesharing arrangements shall pay fees which shall cover all capital operating costs of the ridesharing arrangements. (1981, c. 606, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2D - Railroad Revitalization.|§ 136-44.35 - Railroad revitalization and corridor preservation a public purpose.

 136-44.35. Railroad revitalization and corridor preservation a public purpose.The General Assembly hereby finds that programs for railroad revitalization which assure the maintenance of safe, adequate, and efficient rail transportation services and that programs for railway corridor preservation which assure the availability of such corridors in the future are vital to the continued growth and prosperity of the State and serve the public purpose. (1979, c. 658, s. 1; 1989, c. 600, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.36A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2D - Railroad Revitalization.|§ 136-44.36A - Railway corridor preservation.

 136-44.36A. Railway corridor preservation.The North Carolina Department of Transportation is authorized, pursuant to 16 U.S.C.A. 1247(d), to preserve rail transportation corridors and permit compatible interim uses of such corridors. (1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1071, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.36B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2D - Railroad Revitalization.|§ 136-44.36B - Power of Department to preserve and acquire railroad corridors.

 136-44.36B. Power of Department to preserve and acquire railroad corridors.In exercising its power to preserve railroad corridors, the Department of Transportation may acquire property for new railroad corridors and may acquire property that is or has been part of a railroad corridor by purchase, gift, condemnation, or other method, provided that the Department may not condemn part of an existing, active railroad line. The procedures in Article 9 of this Chapter apply when the Department condemns property to preserve or acquire a railroad corridor. (1989, c. 600, s. 3; 1991, c. 673, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.36C (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2D - Railroad Revitalization.|§ 136-44.36C - Installment contracts authorized.

 136-44.36C. Installment contracts authorized.The Department of Transportation may purchase active or inactive railroad lines, corridors, rights-of-way, locomotives, rolling stock, and other rail property, both real and personal, by installment contracts which create in the property purchased a security interest to secure payment of the purchase money. No deficiency judgment may be rendered against the Department of Transportation in any action for breach of a contractual obligation authorized by this section, and the taxing power of the State is not and may not be pledged directly or indirectly to secure any money due the seller. (1991, c. 673, s. 2.)