GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 1999 



1 (1) Developing, in cooperation with the Department, long-range 



2 local and regional multi-modal transportation plans. 



3 (2) Providing a forum for public participation in the 



4 transportation planning process. 



5 (3) Developing and prioritizing suggestions for transportation 



6 projects the organization believes should be included in the 



7 state's Transportation Improvement Program. 



8 (4) Providing transportation related information to local 



9 governments and other interested organizations and persons. 



10 S 136-213. Administration and staff. 



11 (a) Administrative entity.-- Each Rural Transportation Planning 



12 Organization, working in cooperation with the Department, shall 



13 select an appropriate administrative entity for the organization. 



14 Eligible administrative entities include, but are not limited to, 



15 regional economic development agencies, regional councils of 



16 government, chambers of commerce, and local governments. 



17 (b) Professional staff. — The Department and each Rural 



18 Transportation Planning Organization shall cooperatively 



19 determine the appropriate professional planning staff needs of 



20 the organization. 



21 (c) Funding. — If funds are appropriated for that purpose, the 



22 Department may make grants to Rural Transportation Planning 



23 Organizations for professional planning staff. The members of 



24 the Rural Transportation Planning Organization shall contribute 



25 at least twenty percent (20%) of the cost of any staff resources 



26 employed by the organization. The Department may make additional 



27 planning grants to economically distressed counties, as 



28 designated by the North Carolina Department of Commerce, 



29 Section 2. Nothing in this act shall require the General 



30 Assembly to appropriate funds to implement it. 



31 Section 3. The Department shall report to the Joint 



32 Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee on the 



33 implementation of this act on or before December 1, 2000. 



34 Section 4. This act becomes effective July 1, 2000. 



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