AN ACT TO require THE nORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO INSTALL pROPERTY CORNER MARKERS along CERTAIN PROPERTY acquisitions AFTER PROJECT COMPLETION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑19.4A reads as rewritten:

§ 136‑19.4A.  Required surveying information in certain acquisition plans.plans; installation of property‑related corner markers.

(a)        Surveying Information Required. – The Department of Transportation shall include in any plan prepared for the purpose of acquiring right‑of‑way, a permanent easement, or both, that depicts property lines, right‑of‑way lines, or permanent easements, a set of drawings that clearly identify design alignments, baseline control points, found property‑related corner markers, and new right‑of‑way and permanent easement corner markers. Plans subject to the requirements of this section shall document the localized coordinates for each major control point along the design alignments. The coordinates and associated localization metadata shall be based upon, and tied to, the North Carolina State Plane Coordinate system and shall be clearly identified within the plans. All property corner markers found found, identified, and surveyed shall be clearly identified within the plans in accordance with general surveying standards and procedures. Each property corner marker shall be accurately tied to the design alignment or the North Carolina State Plane Coordinate system, by either a system of bearings and distances or by station and offset. For the purposes of this section, the phrase new right‑of‑way and permanent easement corner markers must include all property boundary intersections along right‑of‑way or permanent easements acquired by the Department.

(b)        Installation of New Right‑of‑Way and Permanent Easement Corner Markers. – The Department of Transportation shall survey and install new right‑of‑way and permanent easement corner markers utilizing metal stakes, or materials of comparable permanence, along right‑of‑way or permanent easements acquired by the Department, as described in subsection (a) of this section, in accordance with general surveying standards and procedures after the completion of a project for which right‑of‑way or permanent easements were acquired.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to Department of Transportation projects initiated on or after that date that require right‑of‑way or permanent easement acquisition.