Bill Text: NC S105 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Add Towns to SHP

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - Ch. SL 2014-75 [S105 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-S105-Introduced.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE DRS35052-MH-46  (02/18)

 

 

 

Short Title:        Clarify Political Sign Ordinance Authority.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Tillman (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to:

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to clarify that municipalities enacting political sign ordinances may apply those ordinances to components of the state highway system within the corporate limits of the municipality.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑32 reads as rewritten:

"§ 136‑32.  Regulation of signs.

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(f)         Application Within Municipalities. – Pursuant to Article 8 of Chapter 160A of the General Statutes, a city may by ordinance prohibit or regulate the placement of political signs on rights‑of‑way of streets located within the corporate limits of a municipality and maintained by the municipality. municipality, or on a highway that is within the corporate limits of a municipality, but is part of the State highway system. In the absence of an ordinance prohibiting or regulating the placement of political signs on the rights‑of‑way of streets located within a municipality and maintained by the municipality, the provisions of subsections (b) through (e) of this section shall apply."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.