GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

HOUSE BILL 755

RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT to authorize the use of special registration plate ACCOUNT funds DESIGNATED for BEAUTIFICATION on all highways.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.7(c)(3)b. reads as rewritten:

"b.        Fifty percent (50%) to the Department of Transportation to be used solely for the purpose of beautification of highways other than those designated as interstate.highways. These funds shall be administered by the Department of Transportation for beautification purposes not inconsistent with good landscaping and engineering principles."

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25^th day of June, 2009.

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                                                                         Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

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                                                                         Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

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                                                                         Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2009