NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 200

SENATE BILL 143

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 136-91 TO MAKE IT UNLAWFUL TO OBSTRUCT ANY PUBLIC VEHICULAR AREA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 136-91, as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 136-91. Placing glass,. etc., or injurious obstructions in road. — (a) No person shall throw, place, or deposit any glass or other sharp or cutting substance or any injurious obstruction in or upon any highway or public vehicular area.

(b)        As used in this section:

(1)        'Highway' shall be defined as it is in Article 3 of Chapter 20; and

(2)        'Public vehicular area' shall be defined as any driveway, roadway, parking lot, or other public or private area open to the public, or a segment of the public, for vehicular traffic or parking.

(c)        Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This act shall take effect from and after October 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of April, 1971.