GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2015
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HOUSE DRH10045-MH-5 (10/22)
Short Title: NC Highway Beautification. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Bumgardner, Blust, and G. Martin (Primary Sponsors). |
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Referred to: |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to limit honorary designations of highways and other transportation structures to Public safety or military personnel killed in the line of duty.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 136‑18(8) reads as rewritten:
"§ 136‑18. Powers of Department of Transportation.
The said Department of Transportation is vested with
the following powers:
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(8) To give suitable names to State highways and change
the names as determined by the Board of Transportation of any highways that
shall become a part of the State system of highways.highways,
provided that the Board shall not rename a highway or a component of a highway
in the State highway system after any individual, except for law enforcement
officers, firefighters, emergency medical services employees, or active and
reserve military personnel killed in the line of duty. For purposes of this
subdivision, "component of a highway" includes bridges, overpasses,
and any other highway structure."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.