Bill Text: NC H1026 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Update State Rail Safety Oversight

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-10 - Ref To Com On Transportation [H1026 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-H1026-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 1026*

 

 

Short Title:        MAP‑21 Update/Rail Safety.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative Torbett (Primary Sponsor). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Transportation.

May 15, 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.