TO: Mayor and Town Council
FROM: W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager
SUBJECT: Triangle Transit Authority Annual Report
DATE: February 26, 2001
Jim Ritchey, General Manager of the Triangle Transit Authority, has requested that the attached materials be distributed as part of tonight’s Triangle Transit Authority Annual Report.
Mr. Ritchey’s materials include proposals for a “Quick Take Authority” for TTA and a $4 increase in the vehicle registration fee to be implemented in 2004.
Mr. Ritchey will be here tonight to present the report to the Council.
February 12, 2001
Mayor Rosemary Waldorf
Chapel Hill Town Council
306 N. Columbia St.
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Dear Mayor Waldorf,
Thank you for scheduling the Triangle Transit Authority presentation before the Chapel Hill Town Council on Monday February 26, 2001. Attached are the proposals that the TTA Board of Trustees has recommended be submitted to the NC General Assembly for enactment during this legislative session. The two proposals to be submitted are “Quick Take Authority” for TTA and a $4.00 increase in the vehicle registration fee to be implemented in 2004. The increase in the vehicle registration fee will primarily fund an aggressive increase in bus services approved by the TTA Board this past year.
In addition to a status report on the regional bus service and regional rail project, our presentation at your meeting will provide the necessary background information on these two legislative requests. We look forward to discussing these issues with you.
Sincerely,
William V. Bell
Chair
Enclosures (2)
cc: James M. Ritchey, Jr.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE QUICK-TAKE PROCEDURES IN EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS BY A REGIONAL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 40A-42(a) reads as rewritten:
“(a) When a local public condemnor is acquiring property by
condemnation for a purpose set out in G.S. 40A-3(b)(1), (4) or (7), or when a
city is acquiring property for a purpose set out in G.S. 160A-311(1), (2), (3),
(4), (6), or (7), or when a county is acquiring property for a purpose set out
in G.S. 153A-274(1), (2) or (3), or when a local board of education or any
combination of local boards of education is acquiring property for any purpose
set forth in G.S. 115C-517, or when a condemnor is acquiring property by
condemnation as authorized by G.S. 40A-3(c)(8), (9), (10) or (12), (10),
(12), or (13), title to the property and the right to immediate possession
shall vest pursuant to this subsection. Unless an action for injunctive relief
has been initiated, title to the property specified in the complaint, together
with the right to immediate possession thereof, shall vest in the condemnor
upon the filing of the complaint and the making of the deposit in accordance
with G.S. 40A-41.”
Section 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTRATION TAX FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OR OPERATION OF MAJOR TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS AND INVESTMENTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 105-561 is amended to add a new subdivision to read:
“(a1) Supplemental Tax Authorized. – The board of trustees of an Authority created pursuant to Article 26 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes may, by resolution, levy a supplemental annual license tax in accordance with this Article upon any motor vehicle subject to the tax authorized in subdivision (a). Any tax levied under this subdivision may be in addition to any tax levied under subdivision (a). The purpose of any tax levied under this subdivision shall be to supplement the construction or operation of major transit improvements and investments. The rate of a supplemental tax authorized under this subdivision must be a full dollar amount, but may not exceed four dollars ($4.00) a year.”
Section 2. G.S. 160A-613 is amended to add a new subdivision to read:
“(c) The Authority may levy a supplemental annual vehicle registration tax not to exceed four dollars ($4.00) per vehicle in accordance with G.S. 160A-623.”
Section 3. G.S. 160A-623 is amended to read as rewritten:
“In accordance with Article 51 of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes, an Authority organized under this Article may levy an annual license tax and a supplement annual license tax upon any motor vehicle with a tax situs within its territorial jurisdiction as defined by G.S. 160A-602. A tax levied under this section before the enactment of Article 51 of Chapter 105 of the General Statutes is considered a tax levied under Article 51 of Chapter 105 of the General Statues.”
Section 4. This act is effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2004.