GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2007
SESSION LAW 2008-113
SENATE BILL 2123
AN ACT to exempt the city of durham from certain provisions of the general statutes Regarding solicitations in, on, and near a public street or Roadway.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-175(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) Local governments may
enact ordinances restricting or prohibiting a person from standing on any
street, highway, or right-of-way excluding sidewalks while soliciting, or
attempting to solicit, any employment, business, or contributions from the
driver or occupants of any vehicle. This subsection does not permit additional
restrictions or prohibitions on the activities of licensees, employees, or
contractors of the Department of Transportation or of any municipality engaged
in construction or maintenance or in making traffic or engineering surveys surveys.
except as provided in subsection (e) of this section."
SECTION 2. G.S. 20-175(e) is repealed.
SECTION 3. This act applies to the City of Durham only.
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 2008.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives