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NC Gen Stat § 136-34.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-34.1 - Department of Transportation authorized to furnish road maintenance materials to municipalities.

 136-34.1. Department of Transportation authorized to furnish road maintenance materials to municipalities.The Department of Transportation is authorized, in its discretion, to furnish municipalities road maintenance materials to aid municipalities in the maintenance of streets upon agreement for reimbursement, as may be required by the Department and agreed to by the municipality. The agreement shall provide for reimbursement in an amount at least equal to the cost of the materials, together with the actual reasonable cost of any handling and storage of the materials and of administering the reimbursement agreement, all as solely determined by the Department. In no event shall the Department of Transportation be required to furnish road maintenance materials when, in the sole determination of the Department of Transportation, to do so would interfere with the maintenance of the streets and highways under its control. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the provision of and reimbursement for materials under this section shall not be deemed a sale for any purpose.  (2009-332, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-35 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-35 - Cooperation with other states and federal government.

 136-35. Cooperation with other states and federal government.It shall also be the duty of the Department of Transportation, where possible, to cooperate with the state highway commissions of other states and with the federal government in the correlation of roads and other transportation systems so as to form a system of intercounty, interstate, and national highways and transportation systems. The Department of Transportation may enter into reciprocal agreements with other states and the United States Department of Transportation to perform inspection work and to pay reasonable fees for inspection work performed by others in connection with supplies and materials used in transportation construction and repair.  (1915, c. 113, s. 12; C.S., s. 3584; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1985, c. 127; c. 689, s. 31; 2009-266, s. 17.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-41.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-41.2 - Eligibility for funds; municipalities incorporated since January 1, 1945.

 136-41.2. Eligibility for funds; municipalities incorporated since January 1, 1945.(a) No municipality shall be eligible to receive funds under G.S. 136-41.1 unless it has conducted the most recent election required by its charter or the general law, whichever is applicable, for the purpose of electing municipal officials. The literal requirement that the most recent required election shall have been held may be waived only:(1) Where the members of the present governing body were appointed by the General Assembly in the act of incorporation and the date for the first election of officials under the terms of that act has not arrived; or,(2) Where validly appointed or elected officials have advertised notice of election in accordance with law, but have not actually conducted an election for the reason that no candidates offered themselves for office.(b) No municipality shall be eligible to receive funds under G.S. 136-41.1 unless it has levied an ad valorem tax for the current fiscal year of at least five cents (5 ) on the one hundred dollars ($100.00) valuation upon all taxable property within its corporate limits, and unless it has actually collected at least fifty percent (50%) of the total ad valorem tax levied for the preceding fiscal year; provided, however, that, for failure to have collected the required percentage of its ad valorem tax levy for the preceding fiscal year:(1) No municipality making in any year application for its first annual allocation shall be declared ineligible to receive such allocation; and(2) No municipality shall be declared ineligible to receive its share of the annual allocation to be made in the year 1964.(c) No municipality shall be eligible to receive funds under G.S. 136-41.1 unless it has formally adopted a budget ordinance in substantial compliance with G.S. 159-8 and G.S. 159-13, showing revenue received from all sources, and showing that funds have been appropriated for at least two of the following municipal services if the municipality was incorporated with an effective date prior to January 1, 2000, water distribution; sewage collection or disposal; garbage and refuse collection or disposal; fire protection; police protection; street maintenance, construction, or right-of-way acquisition; or street lighting, or at least four of the following municipal services if the municipality was incorporated with an effective date of on or after January 1, 2000: (i) police protection; (ii) fire protection; (iii) solid waste collection or disposal; (iv) water distribution; (v) street maintenance; (vi) street construction or right-of-way acquisition; (vii) street lighting; and (viii) zoning.(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any municipality incorporated prior to January 1, 1945.  (1963, c. 854, ss. 3, 3 ; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 934, ss. 5, 6; 1999-458, s. 5; 2017-102, s. 20.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-41.2A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-41.2A - Eligibility for funds; municipalities incorporated before January 1, 1945.

 136-41.2A. Eligibility for funds; municipalities incorporated before January 1, 1945.(a) No municipality shall be eligible to receive funds under G.S. 136-41.1 unless it has been within the four-year period next preceding the annual allocation of funds conducted an election for the purpose of electing municipal officials and currently imposes an ad valorem tax or provides other funds for the general operating expenses of the municipality.(b) The provisions of this section apply only to municipalities incorporated prior to January 1, 1945. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 934, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-41.2B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-41.2B - Eligibility for funds; municipalities with no road miles ineligible.

 136-41.2B. Eligibility for funds; municipalities with no road miles ineligible.No municipality shall be eligible to receive funds under G.S. 136-41.1 unless the municipality maintains public streets that (i) are within its jurisdiction and (ii) do not form a part of the State highway system.  (2011-145, s. 28.10(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-41.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-41.4 - Municipal use of allocated funds; election.

 136-41.4. Municipal use of allocated funds; election.(a) A municipality that qualifies for an allocation of funds pursuant to G.S. 136-41.1 shall have the following options:(1) Accept all or a portion of funds allocated to the municipality for use as authorized by G.S. 136-41.3(a).(2) Use some or all of its allocation to match federal funds administered by the Department for independent bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects within the municipality's limits, or within the area of any metropolitan planning organization or rural transportation planning organization.(3) Elect to have some or all of the allocation reprogrammed for any Transportation Improvement Project currently on the approved project list within the municipality's limits or within the area of any metropolitan planning organization or rural transportation planning organization.(b) If a municipality chooses to have its allocation reprogrammed, the amount that may be reprogrammed is an amount equal to that amount necessary to complete one full phase of the project selected by the municipality or an amount that, when added to the amount already programmed for the Transportation Improvement Project selected, would permit the completion of at least one full phase of the project. The restriction set forth in this subsection shall not apply to any bicycle or pedestrian projects.  (2007-428, s. 5; 2013-183, s. 3.4.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-41.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-41.5 - Annual report on use of Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Grant funds.

 136-41.5. Annual report on use of Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Grant funds.The Division of Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation of the Department of Transportation shall submit an annual report by May 15 on the progress of projects identified in plans (i) submitted to the Division over the 10-year period prior to the report and (ii) funded from Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Grant funds. The Division shall submit the report required by this section to the chairs of the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Transportation, the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on the Department of Transportation, and the Fiscal Research Division of the General Assembly.  (2017-57, s. 34.22.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-42 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-42 - Transferred to G.S. 136-42.2 by Session Laws 1971, c. 345, s. 2.

 136-42. Transferred to G.S. 136-42.2 by Session Laws 1971, c. 345, s. 2.
NC Gen Stat § 136-42.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-42.1 - Archaeological objects on highway right-of-way.

 136-42.1. Archaeological objects on highway right-of-way.The Department of Transportation is authorized to expend highway funds for reconnaissance surveys, preliminary site examinations and salvage work necessary to retrieve and record data and the preservation of archaeological and paleontological objects of value which are located within the right-of-way acquired for highway construction. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall be consulted when objects of scientific or historical significance might be anticipated or encountered in highway right-of-way and a determination made by that Department as to the national, State, or local importance of preserving any or all fossil relics, artifacts, monuments or buildings. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall request advice from other agencies or institutions having special knowledge or skills that may not be available in the said Department for the determination of the presence of or for the evaluation and salvage of prehistoric archaeological or paleontological remains within the highway right-of-way. The Department of Transportation is authorized to contract with the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and to provide funds necessary to perform reconnaissance surveys, preliminary site examination and salvage operation at those sites determined by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources to be of sufficient importance to be preserved for the inspiration and benefit of the people of North Carolina. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources is authorized to enter into contracts and to make arrangements to perform the necessary work pursuant to this section. The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall assume possession and responsibility for any and all historical objects and is authorized to enter into agreements with governmental units and agencies thereof, institutions, and charitable organizations for the preservation of any or all fossil relics, artifacts, monuments, or buildings.  (1971, c. 345, s. 1; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-42.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-42.2 - Markers on highway; cooperation of Department of Transportation.

 136-42.2. Markers on highway; cooperation of Department of Transportation.The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to cooperate with the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources in marking historic spots along the State highways.  (1927, c. 226, s. 1; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1943, c. 237; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1971, c. 345, s. 2; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-42.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-42.3 - Historical marker program.

 136-42.3. Historical marker program.The Department of Transportation may spend up to sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) a year to purchase historical markers prepared and delivered to it by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. The Department of Transportation shall erect the markers on sites selected by the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. This expenditure is hereby declared to be a valid expenditure of State highway maintenance funds. No provision in this section shall be construed to prevent the expenditure of any federal highway funds that may be available for this purpose.  (1935, c. 197; 1943, c. 237; 1951, c. 766; 1955, c. 543, s. 2; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1971, c. 345, s. 2; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 129; 2015-241, s. 14.30(s); 2016-94, s. 35.4.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-43 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-43 - Transferred to § 136-42.3 by Session Laws 1971, c. 345, s. 2.

 136-43. Transferred to 136-42.3 by Session Laws 1971, c. 345, s. 2.
NC Gen Stat § 136-43.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-43.1 - Procedure for correction and relocation of historical markers.

 136-43.1. Procedure for correction and relocation of historical markers.Any person, firm or corporation who has knowledge or information, supported by historical data, books, records, writings, or other evidence, that any historical marker has been erected at an erroneous or mistaken site, or that the inscription appearing on any historical marker contains erroneous or mistaken information, shall have the privilege of presenting such knowledge or information and supporting evidence to the advisory committee described in the preamble of Public Laws 1935, c. 197 for its consideration. Upon being informed that any person desires to present such information, the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources shall notify such person of the date, place and time of the next meeting of the advisory committee. Any person, firm or corporation desiring to present such information to the advisory committee shall be allowed to appear before the committee for that purpose.If, after considering the information and evidence presented, the advisory committee should find that any historical marker has been erected on an erroneous or mistaken site, or that erroneous or mistaken information is contained in the inscription appearing on any historical marker, it shall so inform the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources shall cause such marker to be relocated at the correct site, or shall cause the erroneous or mistaken inscription to be corrected, or both as the case may be.  (1961, c. 267; 1973, c. 476, s. 48; 2015-241, ss. 14.30(s), (t).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-44 - Maintenance of grounds.

 136-44. Maintenance of grounds.The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized and directed through the highway supervisor of the district that includes Warren County to clean off and keep clean the premises and grounds at the old home of Nathaniel Macon, known as "Buck Springs," which are owned by the County of Warren, and also to look after the care and keeping the grounds surrounding the grave of Miss Anne Carter Lee, daughter of General Robert E. Lee, in Warren County.The Department of Transportation is authorized and directed through the highway supervisor of the district that includes Pender County to maintain the grounds surrounding the grave of Governor Samuel Ashe in Pender County. (1939, c. 38; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 2001-487, s. 125.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.1 - Statewide transportation system; policies.

 136-44.1. Statewide transportation system; policies.The Department of Transportation shall develop and maintain a statewide system of roads, highways, and other transportation systems commensurate with the needs of the State as a whole and it shall not sacrifice the general statewide interest to the purely local desires of any particular area. The Board of Transportation shall formulate general policies and plans for a statewide transportation system. The Board shall formulate policies governing the construction, improvement and maintenance of roads, highways, and other transportation systems of the State with due regard to farm-to-market roads and school bus routes.  (1973, c. 507, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 2009-266, s. 18.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.2B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.2B - Reports to appropriations committees of General Assembly.

 136-44.2B. Reports to appropriations committees of General Assembly.In each year that an appropriation bill is considered by the General Assembly, the Department of Transportation shall make a report to the appropriations committee of each House on all services provided by the Department to the public for which a fee is charged. The report shall include an analysis of the cost of each service and the fee charged for that service. (1975, c. 875, s. 8; 1981, c. 690, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.2D (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.2D - Secondary unpaved road paving program.

 136-44.2D. Secondary unpaved road paving program.The Department of Transportation shall expend fifty percent (50%) of the funds allocated to the paving of unpaved secondary roads for the paving of unpaved secondary roads based on a statewide prioritization. The Department shall expend the remainder of the funds equally among the 14 Highway Divisions for the paving of unpaved secondary roads within each Highway Division based on the same statewide prioritization. The Department shall pave the eligible unpaved secondary roads that receive the highest priority ranking within this statewide prioritization. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted to require the Department to pave any unpaved secondary roads that do not meet secondary road system addition standards as set forth in G.S. 136-44.10 and G.S. 136-102.6. The Highway Trust Fund shall not be used to fund the paving of unpaved secondary roads.  (2013-183, s. 2.5; 2016-94, s. 35.7(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.6 - Uniformly applicable formula for the allocation of funds for primary and secondary road maintenance.

 136-44.6. Uniformly applicable formula for the allocation of funds for primary and secondary road maintenance.The Department of Transportation, in consultation with its Division Engineers, shall develop biennially a uniformly applicable formula for the allocation of funds in the Highway Fund for maintenance on primary and secondary roads in each Highway Division. The formula shall take into consideration the number of paved and unpaved miles of state-maintained secondary roads in each Highway Division and such other factors as experience may dictate. In developing the allocation formula, the Department of Transportation shall allocate funding to Highway Divisions and create a plan of action to reallocate funds among Highway Divisions based upon expenditures of the first three quarters. Each Division Engineer shall have discretion in using funds allocated under this section to his or her Highway Division for maintenance activities. Allotments shall be made available to Highway Divisions on a quarterly basis, based upon the Spend Plan developed by the Department. The Department shall create a plan for reallocation to maximize use of funds with the fiscal year. This section shall not apply to projects to pave unpaved roads under G.S. 136-44.2D.  (1973, c. 507, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; c. 753; 2013-183, s. 2.6(c); 2016-94, s. 35.24(c); 2020-91, s. 5.10.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.7 - Secondary roads; right-of-way acquisition.

 136-44.7. Secondary roads; right-of-way acquisition.(a), (b) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-183, s. 2.7, effective July 1, 2013.(c) When it is necessary for the Department of Transportation to acquire a right-of-way in order to pave a secondary road or undertake a maintenance project, the Department shall negotiate the acquisition of the right-of-way for a period of up to six months. At the end of that period, if one or more property owners have not dedicated the necessary right-of-way and at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the property owners adjacent to the project and the owners of the majority of the road frontage adjacent to the project have dedicated the necessary property for the right-of-way and have provided funds required by Department rule to the Department to cover the costs of condemning the remaining property, the Department shall initiate condemnation proceedings pursuant to Article 9 of this Chapter to acquire the remaining property necessary for the project.(d) The Division Engineer is authorized to reduce the width of a right-of-way to less than 60 feet to pave an unpaved secondary road with the allocated funds, provided that in all circumstances the safety of the public is not compromised and the minimum accepted design practice is satisfied.  (1973, c. 507, s. 3; 1975, c. 716, s. 7; 1977, c. 464, s. 8; 1989, c. 692, s. 1.9; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 900, s. 99; 2001-501, s. 2; 2002-86, s. 1; 2013-183, s. 2.7.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-44.7A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2A - State Transportation Generally.|§ 136-44.7A - Submission of secondary roads construction programs to State agencies.

 136-44.7A. Submission of secondary roads construction programs to State agencies.When the Department of Transportation proposes to pave an unpaved secondary road that crosses land controlled by a State agency, the Department of Transportation shall obtain the approval of that State agency before paving that secondary road. (1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 19.7.)