---
type: "Bill"
title: "DOT Powers and Duties Changes."
description: "DOT Powers and Duties Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2009"
identifier: "HB 1734"
citation: "North Carolina HB 1734 (2009)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE RULES", "BOARDS", "COMMERCE", "CORPORATIONS", "FOR-PROFIT", "GENERAL STATUTES", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "MANAGEMENT", "MINORITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "REPORTING", "ROADS & HIGHWAYS", "SMALL BUSINESSES", "DEBT/STATE GOVERNMENT", "TOLL ROADS & BRIDGES", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "WOMEN", "REP. COLE", "TURNPIKE AUTHORITY BOARD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2010-05-13"
last_action: "2010-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d80cdb72-d2d8-4829-aa87-dda92fbdffde"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2009&BillID=H1734&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "b88b2e22c1060721e34e3eba34b95412b233fcea4648664c8ac7ac3ae2d4a107"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina HB 1734 (2009) — DOT Powers and Duties Changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1734v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1734v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1734v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1734v3.pdf)
5. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1734v4.pdf)
6. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1734v5.pdf)
7. **SL2010-165** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1734v6.pdf)

## Votes

- M11 Concur — **111–2** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Dockham — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Rapp — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2010-08-02** Ch. SL 2010-165 `became-law`
- **2010-08-02** Signed By Gov. 8/2/2010 `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-08** Pres. To Gov. 7/8/2010 `executive-receipt`
- **2010-07-08** Ratified
- **2010-07-07** Concurred In S/Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2010-07-06** Placed On Cal For 7/7/2010
- **2010-07-06** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-07-06** Reptd Fav To Concur `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-29** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-29** Rec To Concur S Com Sub
- **2010-06-29** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-24** Placed On Cal For 6/29/2010
- **2010-06-24** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-23** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2010-06-23** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-06-14** Ref To Com On Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-11** Rec From House
- **2010-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2010-06-10** Amend Adopted 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2010-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2010-06-09** Placed On Cal For 6/10/2010
- **2010-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2010-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-27** Re-ref Com On Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-27** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-05-17** Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Ways and Means/Broadband Connectivity `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-17** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d80cdb72-d2d8-4829-aa87-dda92fbdffde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).