ATTORNEY GENERAL/NORTH SHORE RD. PAYMENT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 260 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 7, 2017
AN ACT DIRECTING THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO INVESTIGATE LEGAL METHODS AVAILABLE TO SWAIN COUNTY AND THE STATE TO ENSURE PAYMENT BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF SUMS OF MONEY OWED FOR ITS FAILURE TO CONSTRUCT THE NORTH SHORE ROAD.
Intro. by Clampitt.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate Action) (Mar 20 2017)
H 260

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Mar 7 2017 - View Summary

    Sets out six findings related to the "North Shore Road," including the following: the US Department of the Interior committed to construct or cause to be constructed the North Shore Road, a road that was to run from the eastern boundary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the Fontana Dam Access Road, but the road has never been fully constructed; and as part of the 2010 Agreement between the Tennessee Valley Authority and the State, the federal government agreed to pay $8,800,000 within 130 days of the date the 2010 Agreement was executed, and additional sums not to exceed $39,200,000 on or before December 31, 2020, to Swain County, to settle any and all claims related to the US Department of the Interior's failure to fully construct the North Shore Road; Swain County still has not received any of the additional sums owed to it under the 2010 Agreement. 

    Requires the Attorney General to investigate any legal methods available to Swain County and the State to ensure payment by the federal government of the remaining sums of money owed and requires a report to be submitted in accordance with GS 120-29.5 (specifying report recipients when a state agency must report to the General Assembly) to the General Assembly by June 1, 2017.