NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 598

HOUSE BILL 1016

 

 

AN ACT TO REQUIRE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS TO PAINT STREETS IN CONFORMITY WITH THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES FOR STREETS AND HIGHWAYS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160A-296 is amended by designating the present section as subsection (a) and adding a new subsection to read:

"(b)      Whenever a municipal street or bridge, or part thereof, is painted or repainted with center lines or edge lines or both, such center lines or edge lines shall be installed and maintained in conformance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways issued by the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1971, or any subsequent revisions thereof approved by the State Department of Transportation. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to require the painting of center lines or edge lines upon any municipal street nor to prohibit the painting of center or edge lines with colors clearly distinguishable from any of the colors specified for use by said Manual and any duly approved subsequent revisions."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1979.