160A-680. Title and purpose. This Article shall be known and may be cited as the "Ferry Transportation Authority Act." The purpose of this Article is to authorize creation of an Authority to provide reliable and safe public ferry transportation services in its service area. (2017-120, s. 1.)
160A-681. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Authority. – The Ferry Transportation Authority. (2) Board of Trustees. – The governing board of the Authority. (3) Ferry Transportation Authority. – A public body corporate and politic organized in accordance with the provisions of this Article for the purposes, with the powers, and subject […]
160A-682. Service area of Authority. The boundaries of the service area of the Authority shall be determined by the Board of Trustees, consistent with the purpose of the Authority. The service area of an authority created pursuant to this Article may include, but cannot exceed, all of the following: (1) The area of a tidal […]
160A-683. Creation of Authority. (a) Resolution of Creation. – An Authority may be organized under the provisions of this Article upon the adoption of a resolution to create such an Authority by each of the following: (1) The elected board of a municipality only accessible by vessel. (2) The elected board of a municipality where […]
160A-684. Board of Trustees. (a) Members. – The Board of Trustees consists of 11 members. The Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore of the municipality only accessible by vessel serve as ex officio voting members. The remaining nine members serve staggered three-year terms and are appointed as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Members of […]
160A-685. Ferry Transportation Authority. (a) Financial Accountability. – An Authority created under this Article is a public authority subject to the provisions of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes. (b) Funds. – The establishment and operation of an Authority are governmental functions and constitute a public purpose. The State or any unit of local government […]
160A-686. Rates, fees, charges, routes, and schedules. (a) Notice. – The Board of Trustees must give at least 30 days’ public notice of any change to rates, fees, charges, routes, or schedules, except as necessitated by an emergency situation. The Board of Trustees must report any change to rates, fees, charges, routes, or schedules to […]
160A-687. Competition. (a) Prohibition. – No equipment of the Authority may be used for charter, tour, or sight-seeing service, except as provided by this section. (b) Charter Services. – Equipment of the Authority may be used for occasional charter service events, if all of the following conditions are met: (1) The use of the equipment […]
160A-688. Power of eminent domain. The Authority shall have continuing power to acquire, by gift, grant, devise, exchange, purchase, lease with or without option to purchase, or any other lawful method, including the power of eminent domain, the fee or any lesser interest in real or personal property for use by the Authority. Exercise of […]
160A-689. Termination. The Board of Trustees may terminate the existence of the Authority at any time when it has no outstanding indebtedness. In the event of such termination, all property and assets of the Authority not otherwise encumbered shall automatically become the property of the State of North Carolina, and the State of North Carolina […]
