A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to prohibit the department of transportation and the turnpike authority from entering into further partnership agreements with private entities to construct and operate toll road facilities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑18(39a) reads as rewritten:
"(39a)	a.	The Department of Transportation or Turnpike Authority, as applicable, may enter into a partnership agreement with a private entity as provided under subdivision (39) of this section for which the provisions of this section apply, provided that the Department of Transportation or the Turnpike Authority, as applicable, shall not enter into any agreement described in this sub‑subdivision on or after January 1, 2017.
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f.	An agreement entered into under this subdivision shall comply with the following additional provisions:
1.	The Department shall solicit proposals for agreements.
2.	The agreement shall be limited to no more than 50 years from the date of the beginning of operations on the toll facility.
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7.	The Department shall develop standards for entering into a comprehensive agreement with a private entity under the authority of this subdivision and report those standards to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee on or before October 1, 2013."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 136‑89.183(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(2a)	The Turnpike Authority shall not enter into any agreement described in G.S. 136‑18(39a)a., that is applicable to any project described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section, on or after January 1, 2017."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.