GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 1 HOUSE BILL 282 Short Title: STI Funding/Bicycle/Pedestrian Improv. (Public) Sponsors: Representatives Butler, Belk, F. Jackson, and Roberson (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House March 5, 2025 *H282 -v-1* A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF STRATEGIC TRANSPORTATION 2 INVESTMENTS ACT (STI ) FUNDS FOR INDEPEND ENT BICYCLE AND 3 PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEME NTS. 4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5 SECTION 1. G.S. 136-189.10(2)g. reads as rewritten: 6 "g. Federally Federal and local government funded independent bicycle 7 and pedestrian improvements." 8 SECTION 2. G.S. 136-189.11(d)(3)c. reads as rewritten: 9 "c. Bicycle and pedestrian limitation. – The Department shall not may 10 provide financial support for federal and local government funded 11 independent bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects, except for 12 federal funds administered by the Department for that purpose. This 13 sub-subdivision shall not apply to funds allocated to a municipality 14 pursuant to G.S. 136-41.1 that are committed by the municipality as 15 matching funds for federal funds administered by the Department and 16 used for bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects. This limitation 17 shall not apply to funds authorized for projects in the State 18 Transportation Improvement Program that are scheduled for 19 construction as of October 1, 2013, in State fiscal year 2012-2013, 20 2013-2014, or 2014-2015.projects." 21 SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law. 22