North Carolina Turnpike Authority v. Pine Island, Inc.

Appellants’ challenges to the constitutionality of the Act will be considered seriatim.

Appellants’ first contention is that, in empowering Authority to determine the need, location, extent, and nature of a turnpike project, and to establish tolls and regulations for its use, the General Assembly delegated its legislative authority without providing sufficient standards for a guide and that the Act therefore violates N. C. Const., Art. I, § 8. This article declares: “The legislative, executive, and supreme judicial powers of the government ought to be forever separate and distinct from each…