North Carolina § 136-41 - 4. Municipal use of allocated funds; election.

§ 136-41. 4. Municipal use of allocated funds; election.

A municipality that qualifies for an allocation of funds pursuant to G.S. 136-41.1 shall have the following options: Accept all or a portion of funds allocated to the municipality for use as authorized by G.S. 136-41.3(a). Use some or all of its allocation to match federal funds administered by the Department for independent bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects within the municipality's limits, or within the area of any metropolitan planning organization or rural transportation planning organization. Elect to have some or all of the allocation reprogrammed for any Transportation Improvement Project currently on the approved project list within the municipality's limits or within the area of any metropolitan planning organization or rural transportation planning organization. If a municipality chooses to have its allocation reprogrammed, the amount that may be reprogrammed is an amount equal to that amount necessary to complete one full phase of the project selected by the municipality or an amount that, when added to the amount already programmed for the Transportation Improvement Project selected, would permit the completion of at least one full phase of the project. The restriction set forth in this subsection shall not apply to any bicycle or pedestrian projects. History (2007-428, s. 5; 2013-183, s. 3.4; 2013-360, s. 34.30.) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2013-183, s. 3.5, provides: "DOT Municipal Lane Mile Study. - The Department of Transportation shall collect lane mile data from each municipality eligible to receive funds under this section no later than December 1, 2013. The Department shall report to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee no later than March 1, 2014, on at least three options to shift the distribution formula to include lane mile data. The report shall include advantages and disadvantages, fiscal impacts to each municipality, and any other technical considerations in making such a change. The Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee and the Fiscal Research Division shall include in its recommendations to the 2014 Session of the 2013 General Assembly a new distribution formula, if the Committee finds that a new formula is beneficial and practical." Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2013-183, s. 3.4, effective July 1, 2013, redesignated and rewrote the formerly undesignated paragraphs of this section as subsections (a) and (b).