{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-28.6a","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-28.6A","heading":"Partnerships with private developers.","body":"(a)\tWhen in the best interest of the State, the Department may enter into a contract with a private developer to accomplish the engineering, design, or construction of improvements to the State highway system.\n(b)\tThe Department is authorized to establish policies and promulgate rules providing for its participation in contracts for projects performed on or abutting a state highway or on a facility planned to be added to the State highway system for purposes of completing incidental work on the State highway system.\n(c)\tAny project funded or constructed under this section shall be subject to the following restrictions:\n(1)\tThe Department's participation shall be limited to the lesser of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the engineering contract and any construction contract let by the developer for the project or two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000). However, under no circumstances shall participation in the contracts by the Department exceed costs associated with normal practices of the Department.\n(2)\tPlans for the project must meet established standards and shall be approved by the Department.\n(3)\tProjects shall be constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications approved by the Department.\n(d)\tThe Secretary shall report annually, not later than March 1, in writing to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations and the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee on all agreements entered into between the Department and a private developer for participation in private engineering and construction contracts under this section. (2009-235, ss. 1, 2; 2014-58, s. 7; 2016-90, s. 2.3; 2019-199, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 136. Transportation.","Article 2. Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_136/GS_136-28.6A.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:47Z","sha256":"e228cfa9888d071193abcb8e0127b8908626d21f83167729d2daa09b739bbb9b","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-28.6","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-28.6b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}