GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001

SESSION LAW 2001-245
SENATE BILL 614

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWNS OF CARY AND WEDDINGTON AND THE CITIES OF CHARLOTTE, CONCORD, AND MONROE TO EXPEND FUNDS ON ROADS OUTSIDE THE CORPORATE LIMITS AND for participation in construction of roads outside the corporate limits by the department of transportation.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 160A of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 160A-296.1.  Expenditure of funds for roads outside the corporate limits.
A city may appropriate funds not otherwise limited as to use by law to construct roadways in areas outside its corporate boundaries and outside its extraterritorial planning and zoning jurisdiction only if those roadways are owned by the State and maintained by the Department of Transportation."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 136‑66.3(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Municipal Participation Authorized. – A municipality may, but is not required to, participate in the right‑of‑way and construction cost of a State highway improvement approved by the Board of Transportation under  G.S. 143B-350(f)(4)."
SECTION 3.  This act applies to the Towns of Cary and Weddington and the Cities of Charlotte, Concord, and Monroe only.
SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of June, 2001.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives