North Carolina 2025-2026 Regular Session

North Carolina House Bill H295 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1	1		GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
2	2		SESSION 2025
3		-	H 1
4		-	HOUSE BILL 295
	3	+	H D
	4	+	HOUSE BILL DRH30130-BG-1A
	5	+
5	6
6	7
7	8		Short Title: Req. DOT to Install Prop. Corner Markers. (Public)
8		-	Sponsors: Representatives Gillespie, B. Jones, Tyson, and Iler (Primary Sponsors).
9		-	For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10		-	Referred to: Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
11		-	March 6, 2025
12		-	H295 -v-1
	9	+	Sponsors: Representative Gillespie.
	10	+	Referred to:
	11	+
	12	+	DRH30130 -BG-1A
13	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
14	14		AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2
15	15		TO INSTALL PROPERTY CORNER MARKERS ALONG CERTAIN PROPERTY 3
16	16		ACQUISITIONS AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION . 4
17	17		The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
18	18		SECTION 1. G.S. 136-19.4A reads as rewritten: 6
19	19		"§ 136-19.4A. Required surveying information in certain acquisition plans.plans; 7
20	20		installation of property-related corner markers. 8
21	21		(a) Surveying Information Required. – The Department of Transportation shall include 9
22	22		in any plan prepared for the purpose of acquiring right-of-way, a permanent easement, or both, 10
23	23		that depicts property lines, right-of-way lines, or permanent easements, a set of drawings that 11
24	24		clearly identify design alignments, baseline control points, found property-related corner 12
25	25		markers, and new right-of-way and permanent easement corner markers. Plans subject to the 13
26	26		requirements of this section shall document the localized coordinates for each major control point 14
27	27		along the design alignments. The coordinates and associated localization metadata shall be based 15
28	28		upon, and tied to, the North Carolina State Plane Coordinate system and shall be clearly identified 16
29	29		within the plans. All property corner markers found found, identified, and surveyed shall be 17
30	30		clearly identified within the plans in accordance with general surveying standards and 18
31	31		procedures. Each property corner marker shall be accurately tied to the design alignment or the 19
32	32		North Carolina State Plane Coordinate system, by either a system of bearings and distances or 20
33	33		by station and offset. For the purposes of this section, the phrase "new right-of-way and 21
34	34		permanent easement corner markers" must include all property boundary intersections along 22
35	35		right-of-way or permanent easements acquired by the Department. 23
36	36		(b) Installation of New Right-of-Way and Permanent Easement Corner Markers. – The 24
37	37		Department of Transportation shall survey and install new right-of-way and permanent easement 25
38	38		corner markers utilizing metal stakes, or materials of comparable permanence, along 26
39	39		right-of-way or permanent easements acquired by the Department, as described in subsection (a) 27
40	40		of this section, in accordance with general surveying standards and procedures after the 28
41	41		completion of a project for which right-of-way or permanent easements were acquired." 29
42	42		SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to Department 30
43	43		of Transportation projects initiated on or after that date that require right-of-way or permanent 31
44	44		easement acquisition. 32
	45	+	H.B. 295
	46	+	Mar 5, 2025
	47	+	HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK