NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1253

HOUSE BILL 1326

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 147-12, RELATING TO THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE GOVERNOR, SO AS TO GRANT THE POWER TO CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO ENABLE THE STATE TO RECEIVE BENEFITS UNDER NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY ACT OF 1966.

 

WHEREAS, paragraph 402(b)(1)(a) of the National Safety Act of 1966 provides that the Governor of the State shall be responsible for the administration of the safety program: Now, therefore,

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 147-12, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by adding immediately following subparagraph (9) the following as subparagraph (10):

"(10)    He is hereby empowered to contract in behalf of the State with the Government of the United States to the extent allowed by the laws of North Carolina for the purpose of securing the benefits available to this State under the Federal Highway Safety Act of 1966. To that end, he shall coordinate the activities of any and all departments and agencies of this State and its subdivisions relating thereto."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 6th day of July, 1967.