HB 849

Sections 1 and 2 add a new subsection (c1) to GS 136-19.5 stating that if relocation of utility facilities (as defined in 23 USC 123 and applied by the U.S. Department of Transportation in 23 CFR 645.105) is required by construction of a project on the federal interstate system and is approved for reimbursement under the Federal-Aid Highway Act (as amended), the owner or operator of the facilities shall perform any necessary work upon notice from the Department of Transportation and the State must pay the entire expense properly attributable to the work (after deducting any increase in the value of the new facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility). Makes conforming changes to GS 136-18.