NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 11

SENATE BILL 77

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 136-33 TO FIX PENALTIES FOR WILLFUL INTERFERENCE WITH HIGHWAY SIGNS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 136-33, as the same appears in the 1974 Replacement Volume 3B of the General Statutes, is rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 136-33.  Damaging or removing signs; rewards. — (a) No person shall willfully deface, damage, knock down or remove any sign posted as provided in G.S. 136-26, G.S. 136-30, or G.S. 136-31.

(b)        No person, without just cause or excuse, shall have in his possession any highway sign as provided in G.S. 136-26, G.S. 136-30, or G.S. 136-31.

(c)        Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars($500.00) or imprisonment for not more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

(d)        The Board of Transportation is authorized to offer a reward not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who violate the provisions of this section; such reward to be paid from funds of the Board of Transportation."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of February, 1975.