GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 604

SENATE BILL 453

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO SET FEES FOR SIGNS, SIGN PERMITS, AND JUNKYARD PERMITS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 136-89.56 is amended by rewriting the last sentence in the second paragraph to read:

"The fees for logo sign installation and maintenance shall be set by the Board of Transportation based on cost and shall not exceed the following amounts:

Initial installation fee $150.00 Annual renewal fee 150.00 Replacement fee for damaged sign or substituted sign 35.00.

If the cost of installing or maintaining a logo sign exceeds the maximum fee authorized by this section, the Department may not perform the installation or maintenance."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 136-133 is amended by deleting the word "reasonable" in the last sentence of the section and further amended by inserting two new sentences at the end of the present section to read:

"The fees for directional signs as set forth in G.S. 136- 129(1) and G.S. 136-129.1(1) shall not exceed a twenty dollar ($20.00) initial fee and a fifteen dollar ($15.00) annual renewal fee. The fees for outdoor advertising structures, as set forth in G.S. 136-129(4) and (5) shall not exceed a twenty dollar ($20.00) initial fee and a fifteen dollar ($15.00) annual renewal fee."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 136-149 is amended by deleting the word "reasonable" in the last sentence of the section and further amended by inserting a new sentence at the end of the present section to read:

"The fees for junkyard permits to be issued under this Article shall not exceed a twenty dollar ($20.00) initial fee and a fifteen dollar ($15.00) annual renewal fee."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1983.