GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
SESSION LAW 2005-310
HOUSE BILL 813
AN ACT to authorize local governments to enact ordinances to restrict or prohibit solicitation on state highways.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-175 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(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."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of August, 2005.
s/ Marc Basnight
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Michael F. Easley
Governor
Approved 11:52 a.m. this 25th day of August, 2005