{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-214","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-214","heading":"Matching funds for federal State Planning and Research Program Grants.","body":"The Department of Transportation shall annually allocate funds to qualifying Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Rural Transportation Planning Organizations to be used to fund a portion of the local match required for federal State Planning and Research Program funds under 23 U.S.C. § 505. A Metropolitan Planning Organization is only eligible for funding under this section if it has a population of 500,000 or less, as determined by the most recent census. The funds shall be allocated as follows:\n(1)\tFor a Metropolitan Planning Organization or Rural Transportation Planning Organization that includes at least one representative from a development tier one area, as determined under G.S. 143B-437.08, the Department shall allocate an amount equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of the total local match required.\n(2)\tFor a Metropolitan Planning Organization or Rural Transportation Planning Organization that does not qualify under subdivision (1) of this section, but includes at least one representative from a development tier two area, as determined under G.S. 143B-437.08, the Department shall allocate an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the total local match required.\n(3)\tThe Department shall not allocate any funds under this section to a Metropolitan Planning Organization or Rural Transportation Planning Organization that does not qualify under this section. (2017-57, s. 34.8(a).)","path":["Chapter 136. Transportation.","Article 17. Rural Transportation Planning Organizations."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_136/GS_136-214.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:47Z","sha256":"b7e6255aeca18be5fbe7c4b6216ca3ab4b62beeb453d4c6ac2b2fc7a16e058d6","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-213","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-215"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}