NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 671

HOUSE BILL 892

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 136-33.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 136-33 is hereby amended by rewriting so that the same shall read as follows:

"§ 136-33.  Injuring or removing signs; rewards. — (a) Any person who shall willfully deface, injure, knock down or remove any sign posted as provided in G.S. 136-26, G.S. 136-30, or G.S. 136-31 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(b)        Any person who without just cause or excuse shall have in his possession any highway sign as provided for by G.S. 136-26, G.S. 136-30, or G.S. 136-31 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(c)        The State Highway Commission is authorized to offer a reward of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who violate the provisions of this section; such reward to be paid from funds of the State Highway Commission."

Sec. 2.  This act to be effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1971.