Bill Text: NC S105 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
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-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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SENATE BILL 105
Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 4/18/13
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Short Title: Clarify Political Sign Ordinance Authority. |
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February 20, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify that municipalities may enforce state law CONCERNING placement of political signs on 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. 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. A municipality is authorized to enforce the provisions of subsections (b) through (e) of this section on rights‑of‑way of streets located within the corporate limits of a municipality and maintained by the municipality and on the rights‑of‑way of those portions of the State Highway System that are located within the municipality and may remove any signs that violate the provisions of those subsections."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
