GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1999 



1 (1) 'Rural Transportation Planning Organization'. — means a 



2 voluntary organization of local elected officials or their 



3 designees and representatives of local transportation systems 



4 formed by a memorandum of understanding with the Department of 



5 Transportation to work cooperatively with the Department to plan 



6 rural transportation systems and to advise the Department on 



7 rural transportation policy. 



8 5 136-211. Department authorized to establish Rural Public 



9 Transportation Planning Organizations. 



10 (a) Authorization. — The Department of Transportation is 



11 authorized to form Rural Transportation Planning Organizations. 



12 (b) Area represented. — Rural Transportation Planning 



13 Organizations shall include representatives from contiguous areas 



14 in three to fifteen counties, with a total population of the 



15 entire area represented of at least fifty thousand persons 



16 according to the latest population estimate of the Office of 



17 State Planning. Areas already included in a Metropolitan Planning 



18 Organization shall not be included in the area represented by a 



19 Rural Planing Organization. 



20 (c) Membership. — The Rural Transportation Planning 



21 Organization shall consist of local elected officials or their 



22 designees and representatives of local transportation systems in 



23 the area as agreed to by all parties in a memorandum of 



24 understanding . 



2 5 (d) Formation; memorandum of understanding. — The Department 



26 shall notify local elected officials and representatives of local 



27 transportation systems around the State of the opportunity to 



28 form Rural Transportation Planning Organizations, The Department 



29 shall work cooperatively with interested local elected officials, 



30 their designees, and representatives of local transportation 



31 systems to develop a proposed area, membership, functions, and 



32 responsibilities of a Rural Transportation Planning Organization. 



33 The agreement of all parties shall be included in a memorandum of 



34 understanding approved by the membership of a proposed Rural 



35 Transportation Planning Organization and the Secretary of the 



36 Department of Transportation. 



37 §136-212. Duties of Rural Transportation Planning Organizations, f 



38 (a)Duties. — The duties of a Rural Transportation Planning 



39 Organizations shall include, but not be limited to; 



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