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EXPLANATION: Provides for a Road Acceptance Program through the County Tranportation Funds
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 84, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, page 465, paragraph 84.12, by striking the proviso in its entirety.
Amend the bill further, as and if amended, Section 84,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, page 465, after line 10, by adding
an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(DOT: Road Acceptance Program) The requirement that
County Transportation Committees spend twenty-five percent of
their "C" Fund apportionment on the state highway
system for construction, improvements and maintenance is
suspended. Prior to making any distribution of "C"
Funds, the Department of Transportation shall sequester
twenty-five percent of the total County Transportation Fund for
a Road Acceptance Program. Any municipal or county government
can file an application with the department, as approved by the
applicable County Transportation Committee, to accept into its
road system a segment of the state system in return for a
recurring allocation from these sequestered funds, that is based
upon an agreed estimate of the annual maintenance, repair, and
replacement costs of the segment. Roads or road segments
selected for this provision shall: not create orphans to the
system; include any located within the municipal or county
limits; and be grouped, if possible, to make maintenance
operations more efficient. Preference shall be given to
applications that seek to accept single purpose local roads and
road segments that are 1/2 mile or less in length. In the
aggregate, no county is eligible to receive more 'acceptance
dollars' than they would have received under the prior formula.
If at any time the 'acceptance dollars' are not annually
remitted to the acquiring county, ownership of any segment for
which the agreed upon allocation has not been fully funded, must
revert back to the State. Any remaining balance of the
sequestered funds shall be carried forward and expended as
directed by the General Assembly./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.