Bill Text: NC S826 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: MAP-21 Update/Rail Safety

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-22 - Ref To Com On Transportation [S826 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-S826-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE BILL 826*

 

 

Short Title:        MAP‑21 Update/Rail Safety.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Meredith, Gunn, Ford (Primary Sponsors); and Harrington.
Referred to:	Transportation.

May 22, 2014

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to update a federal statutory reference in state law concerning state oversight of fixed GUIDEWAY transit system safety, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑18(36) reads as rewritten:

"(36)    To oversee the safety of fixed guideway transit systems in the State not regulated by the Federal Railroad Administration, pursuant to the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (49 U.S.C. § 5330).MAP‑21, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (P.L. 112‑141), and any reauthorizations of or amendments to the Act. The Department shall adopt rules in conformance with 49 U.S.C. § 5329 and 49 U.S.C. § 5330 concerning its oversight of the safety of fixed guideway transit systems."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.