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  G.S. 20-175(e) is repealed.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