A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to study reimbursing a developer for improvements made to public streets or highways for a development and to apportion such costs to any other developers that have access to such improvements before or after the improved portion of the public street or highway has been accepted by the state or local government for maintenance as a public street or highway.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee shall study methods for reimbursing a developer for improvements made to public streets or highways for ingress and egress to a development and identify cost-effective ways to apportion such costs to any other developers that have access to such improvements for ingress and egress to additional developments before or after the improved portion of the public street or highway has been accepted by the State or local government for maintenance as a public street or highway.  The Committee may consult with the Department of Transportation, the North Carolina Home Builders Association, local governments, the Business Alliance for a Sound Economy, Chambers of Commerce, the League of Municipalities, the Association of County Commissioners, and any other person or group that may provide information relevant to the study.
SECTION 2.  The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee shall report its findings, together with any recommended legislation, to the 2011 Regular Session of the General Assembly upon its convening.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.