Bill Text: NC H81 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: STI/Regional & Division Weighting
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-03-02 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [H81 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-H81-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
H 1
HOUSE BILL 81
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Short Title: STI/Regional & Division Weighting. |
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Sponsors: |
Representative Torbett. For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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Referred to: |
Transportation |
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February 13, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to adjust the weighting attributed under the transportation investment strategy formula to the department of transportation's division engineers, the metropolitan planning organizations, and the rural transportation planning organizations, when selecting regional impact and division need projects, as recommended by the House Select Committee on Strategic Transportation Planning and Long Term Funding Solutions.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 136‑189.11(d)(2)a. reads as rewritten:
"(2) Regional Impact Projects. – Thirty percent (30%) of the funds subject to this section shall be used for Regional Impact Projects and allocated by population of Distribution Regions based on the most recent estimates certified by the Office of State Budget and Management:
a. Criteria. – A combination
of transportation‑related quantitative criteria, qualitative criteria,
and local input shall be used to rank Regional Impact Projects involving
highways that address cost‑effective needs from a region‑wide
perspective and promote economic growth. Local input is defined as the rankings
identified by the Department's Transportation Division Engineers,
Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and Rural Transportation Planning Organizations.
Transportation Division Engineer local input scoring shall take into
account public comments. The Department shall ensure that the public has a full
opportunity to submit public comments, by widely available notice to the
public, an adequate time period for input, and public hearings. Board of
Transportation input shall be in accordance with G.S. 136‑189.11(g)(1)
and G.S. 143B‑350(g). The criteria utilized for selection of
Regional Impact Projects shall be based thirty percent (30%) on local input ten
percent (10%) on the rankings identified by the Division Engineers, twenty
percent (20%) on the rankings identified by the Metropolitan Planning
Organizations and the Rural Transportation Planning Organizations, and
seventy percent (70%) on consideration of a numeric scale of 100 points based
on the following quantitative criteria:
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SECTION 2. G.S. 136‑189.11(d)(3)a. reads as rewritten:
"(3) Division Need Projects. – Thirty percent (30%) of the funds subject to this section shall be allocated in equal share to each of the Department divisions, as defined in G.S. 136‑14.1, and used for Division Need Projects.
a. Criteria. – A combination
of transportation‑related quantitative criteria, qualitative criteria,
and local input shall be used to rank Division Need Projects involving highways
that address cost‑effective needs from a Division‑wide perspective,
provide access, and address safety‑related needs of local communities.
Local input is defined as the rankings identified by the Department's Transportation
Division Engineers, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and Rural
Transportation Planning Organizations. Transportation Division Engineer
local input scoring shall take into account public comments. The Department
shall ensure that the public has a full opportunity to submit public comments,
by widely available notice to the public, an adequate time period for input,
and public hearings. Board of Transportation input shall be in accordance with
G.S. 136‑189.11(g)(1) and G.S. 143B‑350(g). The criteria
utilized for selection of Division Need Projects shall be based fifty
percent (50%) on local input fifteen percent (15%) on the rankings
identified by the Department's Division Engineers, thirty‑five percent
(35%) on the rankings identified by the Metropolitan Planning Organizations and
the Rural Transportation Planning Organizations, and fifty percent (50%) on
consideration of a numeric scale of 100 points based on the following
quantitative criteria, except as provided in sub‑subdivision b. of this
subdivision:
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SECTION 3. G.S. 136‑189.11(d)(4)b. reads as rewritten:
"(4) Criteria for nonhighway projects. – Nonhighway projects subject to this subsection shall be evaluated through a separate prioritization process established by the Department that complies with all of the following:
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b. Local input shall include
rankings of projects identified by the Department's Transportation Division
Engineers, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and Rural Transportation
Planning Organizations. Transportation Division Engineer local input
scoring shall take into account public comments. The Department shall ensure
that the public has a full opportunity to submit public comments, by widely
available notice to the public, an adequate time period for input, and public
hearings. Board of Transportation input shall be in accordance with
G.S. 136‑189.11(g)(1) and G.S. 143B‑350(g)."
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
