North Carolina General Statutes — Chapter 136
383 sections. Sourced from ncleg.gov; each section links to its full text with case-law cross-references.
- § 136-4 Chief Engineer
- § 136-5.1 Transportation system
- § 136-10 Audit and rules
- § 136-11.1 Prior consultation on transportation projects
- § 136-12 Reports to General Assembly; Transportation Improvement Program submitted to members and staff of General Assembly
- § 136-12.3 Outsourcing and project delivery reports
- § 136-13 Malfeasance of officers and employees of Department of Transportation, members of Board of Transportation, contractors, and others
- § 136-13.1 Use of position to influence elections or political action
- § 136-13.2 Falsifying highway inspection reports
- § 136-14 Members not eligible for other employment with Department; no sales to Department by employees; members not to sell or trade property with Department; profiting from official position; misuse of confidential information by Board members
- § 136-14.1 Transportation engineering divisions
- § 136-14.2 Division engineer to manage personnel
- § 136-15 Establishment of administrative districts
- § 136-16 Funds and property converted to State Highway Fund
- § 136-16.10 Allocations by Department Chief Financial Officer to eliminate overdrafts
- § 136-17.2 Members of the Board of Transportation represent entire State
- § 136-18 Powers of Department of Transportation
- § 136-18.01 Consultation required for welcome and visitor centers
- § 136-18.02 Operation of electric vehicle charging stations at rest stops; report
- § 136-18.03 Outside counsel
- § 136-18.04 Product Evaluation Program
- § 136-18.05 Establishment of "DOT Report" Program
- § 136-18.06 Public Street Information Database
- § 136-18.07 Subdivision Roads Manual
- § 136-18.2 Seed planted by Department of Transportation to be approved by Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
- § 136-18.3 Location of garbage collection containers by counties and municipalities
- § 136-18.3A Wireless communications infrastructure
- § 136-18.4 Provision and marking of "pull-off" areas
- § 136-18.5 Wesley D. Webster Highway
- § 136-18.5A Purple Heart Memorial Highway
- § 136-18.5B Dale Earnhardt Highway
- § 136-18.5C The U.S. Marine Corps Highway: Home of Carolina-Based Marines since 1941
- § 136-18.6 Cutting down trees
- § 136-18.7 Fees
- § 136-19 Acquisition of land and deposits of materials; condemnation proceedings; federal parkways
- § 136-19.3 Acquisition of buildings
- § 136-19.4 Registration of right-of-way plans
- § 136-19.4A Required surveying information in certain acquisition plans
- § 136-19.5 Utility right-of-way agreements
- § 136-19.6 Right-of-Way Claim Report
- § 136-19.7 Residue property disposal; Department authority; definitions; classification and valuation; disposition method; proceeds; approvals required
- § 136-20 Elimination or safeguarding of grade crossings and inadequate underpasses or overpasses
- § 136-20.1 To require installation and maintenance of block system and safety devices; automatic signals at railroad intersections
- § 136-21 Drainage of highway; application to court; summons; commissioners
- § 136-22 View by commissioners; report; judgment
- § 136-23 Appeal
- § 136-24 Rights of parties
- § 136-25 Repair of road detour
- § 136-26 Closing of State transportation infrastructure during construction or for dangerous conditions; driving through, removal, injury to barriers, warning signs, etc
- § 136-27 Connection of highways with improved streets; pipelines and conduits; cost
- § 136-27.1 Relocation of water and sewer lines of municipalities, nonprofit water or sewer corporations or associations, local boards of education, and certain private water or sewer utilities
- § 136-27.2 Relocation of county-owned natural gas lines located on Department of Transportation right-of-way
- § 136-27.3 Relocation of municipalities' utilities by Department; repayment by municipalities
- § 136-27.4 Use of certain right-of-way for sidewalk dining
- § 136-28.1 Letting of contracts to bidders after advertisement; exceptions
- § 136-28.2 Relocated transportation infrastructure; contracts let by others
- § 136-28.4 (Expires August 31, 2027) State policy concerning participation by disadvantaged minority-owned and women-owned businesses in transportation contracts
- § 136-28.5 Construction diaries; bid analysis and management system
- § 136-28.6 Participation by the Department of Transportation with private developers
- § 136-28.6A Partnerships with private developers
- § 136-28.6B Applicable stormwater regulation
- § 136-28.7 Contract requirements relating to construction materials
- § 136-28.8 Use of recycled materials in construction
- § 136-28.9 Retainage - construction contracts
- § 136-28.10 Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund Small Project Bidding
- § 136-28.11 Design-build construction of transportation projects
- § 136-28.12 Litter removal coordinated with mowing of highway rights-of-way
- § 136-28.13 Participation in the energy credit banking and selling program
- § 136-28.14 Project contractor licensing requirements
- § 136-28.15 Diesel vehicles purchase warranty requirement
- § 136-29 Adjustment and resolution of Department of Transportation contract claim
- § 136-30 Uniform signs and other traffic control devices on highways, streets, and public vehicular areas
- § 136-30.1 Center line and pavement edge line markings
- § 136-30.2 Prohibit the use of high content arsenic glass beads in paint used for pavement marking
- § 136-32 Regulation of signs
- § 136-32.1 Misleading signs prohibited
- § 136-32.2 Placing blinding, deceptive or distracting lights unlawful
- § 136-32.3 Litter enforcement signs
- § 136-33 Damaging or removing signs; rewards
- § 136-33.1 Signs for protection of cattle
- § 136-33.2A Signs marking beginning of reduced speed zones
- § 136-34 Department of Transportation authorized to furnish road equipment to municipalities
- § 136-34.1 Department of Transportation authorized to furnish road maintenance materials to municipalities
- § 136-35 Cooperation with other states and federal government
- § 136-37 Repealed by Session Laws 1959, c. 687, s. 5
- § 136-41.1 Appropriation to municipalities; allocation of funds generally; allocation to Butner
- § 136-41.2 Eligibility for funds; municipalities incorporated since January 1, 1945
- § 136-41.2A Eligibility for funds; municipalities incorporated before January 1, 1945
- § 136-41.2B Eligibility for funds; municipalities with no road miles ineligible
- § 136-41.3 Use of funds; records and annual statement; excess accumulation of funds; contracts for maintenance, etc., of streets
- § 136-41.4 Municipal use of allocated funds; election
- § 136-41.5 Annual report on use of Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning Grant funds
- § 136-42.1 Archaeological objects on highway right-of-way
- § 136-42.2 Markers on highway; cooperation of Department of Transportation
- § 136-42.3 Historical marker program
- § 136-43.1 Procedure for correction and relocation of historical markers
- § 136-44 Maintenance of grounds
- § 136-44.1 Statewide transportation system; policies
- § 136-44.2 Budget and appropriations
- § 136-44.2B Reports to appropriations committees of General Assembly
- § 136-44.2D Secondary unpaved road paving program
- § 136-44.2E Transportation Emergency Reserve
- § 136-44.3 Report on the condition of the State highway system and maintenance funding needs
- § 136-44.3A Highway Maintenance Improvement Program
- § 136-44.6 Uniformly applicable formula for the allocation of funds for primary and secondary road maintenance
- § 136-44.7 Secondary roads; right-of-way acquisition
- § 136-44.7A Submission of secondary roads construction programs to State agencies
- § 136-44.7B Permit issuance by Department of Environmental Quality transportation construction projects
- § 136-44.7C Analysis and approval of Department of Transportation environmental policies or guidelines affecting transportation projects
- § 136-44.7D Bridge construction guidelines
- § 136-44.7E Compliance with federal guidelines for transportation projects
- § 136-44.8 Submission of unpaved secondary roads paving programs to the Boards of County Commissioners
- § 136-44.10 Additions to secondary road system
- § 136-44.11 Right-of-way acquisitions; preliminary engineering annual report
- § 136-44.12 Maintenance of roads and parking lots in areas administered by the Division of Parks and Recreation
- § 136-44.14 Curb ramps or curb cuts for handicapped persons
- § 136-44.16 Authorized use of contract maintenance resurfacing program funds
- § 136-44.17 Pavement preservation program
- § 136-44.18 Define boundaries of certain rights-of-way and easements
- § 136-44.20 Department of Transportation designated agency to administer and fund public transportation programs; authority of political subdivisions
- § 136-44.21 Ridesharing arrangement defined
- § 136-44.22 Workers' Compensation Act does not apply to ridesharing arrangements
- § 136-44.23 Ridesharing arrangement benefits are not income
- § 136-44.24 Ridesharing arrangements exempt from municipal licenses and taxes
- § 136-44.25 Wage and Hour Act inapplicable to ridesharing arrangements
- § 136-44.26 Use of public motor vehicles for ridesharing
- § 136-44.27 North Carolina Elderly and Disabled Transportation Assistance Program
- § 136-44.28 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 136-44.35 Railroad revitalization and corridor preservation a public purpose
- § 136-44.36 Department of Transportation designated as agency to administer federal and State railroad revitalization programs
- § 136-44.36A Railway corridor preservation
- § 136-44.36B Power of Department to preserve and acquire railroad corridors
- § 136-44.36C Installment contracts authorized
- § 136-44.36D Recreational leasing requirements
- § 136-44.37 Department to provide nonfederal matching share
- § 136-44.38 Department to provide State and federal financial assistance to cities and counties for rail revitalization
- § 136-44.39 Department to provide State and federal financial assistance to short-line railroads
- § 136-45 General purpose of law; control, repair and maintenance of highways
- § 136-51 Maintenance of county public roads vested in Department of Transportation
- § 136-54 Power to make changes
- § 136-55.1 Notice of abandonment
- § 136-59 No court action against Board of Transportation
- § 136-62 Right of petition
- § 136-63 Change or abandonment of roads
- § 136-64 Filing of complaints with Department of Transportation; hearing and appeal
- § 136-64.1 Applications for intermittent closing of roads within watershed improvement project by Department of Transportation; notice; regulation by Department; delegation of authority; markers
- § 136-66.1 Responsibility for streets inside municipalities
- § 136-66.2 Development of a coordinated transportation system and provisions for streets and highways in and around municipalities
- § 136-66.3 Local government participation in improvements to the State transportation system
- § 136-66.4 Rules and regulations; authority of municipalities
- § 136-66.5 Improvements in urban areas to reduce traffic congestion
- § 136-66.6 Arrangements in a consolidated city-county
- § 136-66.7 Authority to include a Municipal Street System street in right-of-way of State Highway System
- § 136-66.8 Agreements with units of local government to expedite projects
- § 136-66.10 Dedication of right-of-way under local ordinances
- § 136-67 Neighborhood public roads
- § 136-68 Special proceeding for establishment, alteration or discontinuance of cartways, etc.; petition; appeal
- § 136-69 Cartways, tramways, etc., laid out; procedure
- § 136-70 Alteration or abandonment of cartways, etc., in same manner
- § 136-71 Church roads and easements of public utility lines laid out on petition; procedure
- § 136-71.6 How Article cited
- § 136-71.7 Definitions
- § 136-71.8 Findings
- § 136-71.9 Program development
- § 136-71.10 Duties
- § 136-71.12 Funds
- § 136-72 Load limits for bridges; penalty for violations
- § 136-76.1 Bridge replacement program
- § 136-76.2 Bridge program
- § 136-78 Railroad companies to provide draws
- § 136-79 Repealed by Session Laws 1965, c. 491
- § 136-81 Department of Transportation may maintain footways
- § 136-82 Department of Transportation to establish and maintain ferries
- § 136-82.1 Authority to insure vessels operated by Department of Transportation
- § 136-83 Repealed by Session Laws 1977, c. 464, s. 22
- § 136-88 Authority of county commissioners with regard to ferries and toll bridges; rights and liabilities of owners of ferries or toll bridges not under supervision of Department of Transportation
- § 136-89.48 Declaration of policy
- § 136-89.49 Definitions
- § 136-89.50 Authority to establish controlled-access facilities
- § 136-89.51 Design of controlled-access facility
- § 136-89.52 Acquisition of property and property rights
- § 136-89.53 New and existing facilities; grade crossing eliminations
- § 136-89.54 Authority of local units to consent
- § 136-89.55 Local service roads
- § 136-89.56 Commercial enterprises
- § 136-89.57 Repealed by Session Laws 1965, c. 474, s. 1
- § 136-89.59 Highway rest area refreshments
- § 136-89.59A Promotion of North Carolina farm products at rest areas and welcome centers
- § 136-89.180 Legislative findings
- § 136-89.181 Definitions
- § 136-89.182 North Carolina Turnpike Authority
- § 136-89.183 Powers of the Authority
- § 136-89.183A Accelerated Pilot Toll Bridge Project
- § 136-89.183B Accelerated Herbert C. Bonner Bridge Replacement Project
- § 136-89.183C Accelerated Yadkin River Veterans Memorial Bridge Replacement Project
- § 136-89.184 Acquisition of real property
- § 136-89.185 Taxation of property of Authority
- § 136-89.186 Audit
- § 136-89.187 Conversion of free highways prohibited
- § 136-89.188 Use of revenues
- § 136-89.189 Turnpike Authority revenue bonds
- § 136-89.190 Sale of Turnpike Authority revenue bonds
- § 136-89.191 Cost participation by Department of Transportation
- § 136-89.192 Applicability of formula
- § 136-89.193 Annual report
- § 136-89.194 Laws applicable to the Authority; exceptions
- § 136-89.195 Internet report of funds expended
- § 136-89.196 Removal of tolls
- § 136-89.197 Maintenance of nontoll routes
- § 136-89.198 Authority to toll existing interstate highways
- § 136-89.199 Designation of high-occupancy toll and managed lanes
- § 136-89.210 Definitions
- § 136-89.211 Tolls for use of Turnpike project
- § 136-89.212 Payment of toll required for use of Turnpike project
- § 136-89.213 Administration of tolls and requirements for open road tolls
- § 136-89.214 Bill for unpaid open road toll
- § 136-89.215 Required action upon receiving bill for open road toll and processing fee for unpaid toll
- § 136-89.216 Civil penalty for failure to pay open road toll
- § 136-89.217 Vehicle registration renewal blocked for unpaid open road toll
- § 136-89.218 Procedures for contesting liability for unpaid open road toll
- § 136-89.220 Reciprocal toll enforcement agreements
- § 136-90 Obstructing highways and roads misdemeanor
- § 136-91 Placing glass, etc., or injurious obstructions in road
- § 136-92 Obstructing highway drains prohibited
- § 136-92.1 Exemption from temporary driveway permitting for forestry operations
- § 136-93 Openings, structures, pipes, trees, and issuance of permits
- § 136-93.01 Electronic submission of permits authorized
- § 136-93.02 Uniform Process for Issuing Permits; Report
- § 136-93.1 Express permit review program
- § 136-93.1A Time frame for reviewing and making a decision on traffic impact analyses
- § 136-93.2 Monetary value of trees
- § 136-93.3 Selective pruning within highway rights-of-way to enable view of agritourism activities
- § 136-94 Gates projecting over rights-of-way forbidden
- § 136-95 Water must be diverted from public road by ditch or drain
- § 136-96 Road or street not used within 15 years after dedication deemed abandoned; declaration of withdrawal recorded; joint tenants or tenants in common; defunct corporations
- § 136-96.1 Special proceeding to declare a right-of-way dedicated to public use
- § 136-96.2 Withdrawal of public use dedication by property owners associations
- § 136-97 Responsibility of counties for upkeep, etc., terminated
- § 136-98 Counties authorized to participate in costs of road construction and maintenance, participation is voluntary
- § 136-102 Billboard obstructing view at entrance to school, church or public institution on public highway
- § 136-102.1 Blue Star Memorial and American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway
- § 136-102.2 Authorization required for test drilling or boring upon right-of-way; filing record of results with Department of Transportation
- § 136-102.3 Filing record of results of test drilling or boring with Secretary of Administration and Secretary of Environmental Quality
- § 136-102.4 Penalty for violation of G.S. 136-102.2 and G.S. 136-102.3
- § 136-102.6 Compliance of subdivision streets with minimum standards of the Board of Transportation required of developers
- § 136-102.7 Hurricane evacuation standard
- § 136-102.8 Subdivision streets; traffic calming devices
- § 136-102.9 Use of aircraft managed by the Department of Transportation
- § 136-102.10 Rest areas report
- § 136-103 Institution of action and deposit
- § 136-104 Vesting of title and right of possession; recording memorandum or supplemental memorandum of action
- § 136-105 Disbursement of deposit; serving copy of disbursing order on Department of Transportation
- § 136-106 Answer, reply and plat
- § 136-107 Time for filing answer
- § 136-108 Determination of issues other than damages
- § 136-109 Appointment of commissioners
- § 136-110 Parties; orders; continuances
- § 136-111 Remedy where no declaration of taking filed; recording memorandum of action
- § 136-112 Measure of damages
- § 136-113 Interest as a part of just compensation
- § 136-114 Additional rules
- § 136-115 Definitions
- § 136-116 Final judgments
- § 136-117 Payment of compensation
- § 136-118 Agreements for entry
- § 136-119 Costs and appeal
- § 136-120 Entry for surveys
- § 136-121 Refund of deposit
- § 136-122 Legislative findings and declaration of policy
- § 136-123 Restoration, preservation and enhancement of natural or scenic beauty
- § 136-124 Availability of federal aid funds
- § 136-125.1 Litter Prevention Account
- § 136-126 Title of Article
- § 136-127 Declaration of policy
- § 136-128 Definitions
- § 136-129 Limitations of outdoor advertising devices
- § 136-129.1 Limitations of outdoor advertising devices beyond 660 feet
- § 136-129.2 Limitation of outdoor advertising devices adjacent to scenic highways, State and National Parks, historic areas and other places
- § 136-130 Regulation of advertising
- § 136-131 Removal of existing nonconforming advertising
- § 136-131.1 (See editor's note for expiration of section) Just compensation required for the removal of billboards on federal-aid primary highways by local authorities
- § 136-131.2 Modernization of outdoor advertising devices
- § 136-131.5 Relocation of lawfully existing outdoor advertising sign
- § 136-132 Condemnation procedure
- § 136-133 Permits required
- § 136-133.1 Outdoor advertising vegetation cutting or removal
- § 136-133.2 Issuance or denial of a selective vegetation removal permit
- § 136-133.3 Appeals of selective vegetation removal permit decisions
- § 136-133.4 Selective vegetation removal permits
- § 136-133.5 Denial of a permit for proposed outdoor advertising
- § 136-134 Illegal advertising
- § 136-134.1 Judicial review
- § 136-134.2 Notification requirements
- § 136-135 Enforcement provisions
- § 136-136 Zoning changes
- § 136-137 Information directories
- § 136-138 Agreements with United States authorized
- § 136-139 Alternate control
- § 136-140.1 Adopt-A-Highway
- § 136-140.5 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 136-140.6 Declaration of policy
- § 136-140.7 Definitions
- § 136-140.8 Exemption procedures
- § 136-140.9 Deferment
- § 136-140.15 Scope of operations
- § 136-140.16 Eligibility criteria
- § 136-140.17 Terminating participation in program
- § 136-140.18 Temporary modification of TODS panels
- § 136-140.19 Board of Transportation to adopt rules to implement the TODS program
- § 136-141 Title of Article
- § 136-142 Declaration of policy
- § 136-143 Definitions
- § 136-144 Restrictions as to location of junkyards
- § 136-145 Enforcement provisions
- § 136-146 Removal of junk from illegal junkyards
- § 136-147 Screening of junkyards lawfully in existence
- § 136-148 Acquisition of existing junkyards where screening impractical
- § 136-149 Permit required for junkyards
- § 136-149.1 Judicial review
- § 136-150 Condemnation procedure
- § 136-151 Rules and regulations by Department of Transportation; delegation of authority to Secretary of Transportation
- § 136-152 Agreements with United States
- § 136-153 Zoning changes
- § 136-154 Alternate control
- § 136-175 Definitions
- § 136-176 Creation, revenue sources, and purpose of North Carolina Highway Trust Fund
- § 136-186 Use of credit reserve; Advance Right-of-Way Acquisition Account
- § 136-189.10 Definitions
- § 136-189.11 Transportation Investment Strategy Formula
- § 136-189.20 Spot Mobility Program
- § 136-189.21 Economic development; small construction; industrial access
- § 136-189.22 High-impact and low-cost construction projects
- § 136-189.23 Annual report
- § 136-190 Powers of railroad corporations
- § 136-191 Intersection with highways
- § 136-192 Obstructing highways; defective crossings; notice; failure to repair after notice misdemeanor
- § 136-193 Joint construction of railroads having same location
- § 136-194 Cattle guards and private crossings; failure to erect and maintain misdemeanor
- § 136-195 To regulate crossings and to abolish grade crossings
- § 136-196 Injury to passenger while in prohibited place
- § 136-197 Ticket may be refused intoxicated person; penalty for prohibited entry
- § 136-198 Passenger refusing to pay fare or violating rules may be ejected
- § 136-200 Definitions
- § 136-200.1 Metropolitan planning organizations recognized
- § 136-200.2 Decennial review of metropolitan planning organization boundaries, structure, and governance
- § 136-200.3 Additional provisions applicable to consolidated metropolitan planning organizations
- § 136-200.4 Additional requirements for metropolitan planning organizations located in nonattainment areas
- § 136-200.5 Matching funds for Metropolitan Planning Organizations located in nonattainment areas or maintenance areas
- § 136-200.6 Funds for local transportation planning efforts in areas designated nonattainment areas or maintenance areas
- § 136-202 Metropolitan planning organizations
- § 136-209 Reserved for future codification purposes
- § 136-210 Definitions
- § 136-211 Department authorized to establish Rural Transportation Planning Organizations
- § 136-213 Administration and staff
- § 136-214 Matching funds for federal State Planning and Research Program Grants
- § 136-220 Compact established
- § 136-221 Agreement
- § 136-222 Commission established; appointment and terms of members; cochairs; reports; commission funds; staff
- § 136-225 Repealed by Session Laws 2018-142, s. 18, effective December 14, 2018
- § 136-251 Findings of fact
- § 136-252 Grants to local governments and transportation authorities
- § 136-253 Grants to other units
- § 136-254 Grant approval
- § 136-255 Expenditure
- § 136-256 Funds remain available until expended
- § 136-260 Creation of Authority - membership; appointment, terms and vacancies; officers; meetings and quorum; compensation
- § 136-261 Purposes of Authority
- § 136-262 Powers of Authority
- § 136-263 Container shipping
- § 136-264 Approval of acquisition and disposition of real property
- § 136-265 Issuance of bonds and notes
- § 136-266 Bonds and notes for special user projects
- § 136-267 Power of eminent domain
- § 136-268 Exchange of property; removal of buildings, etc
- § 136-269 Jurisdiction of the Authority; application of Chapter 20; appointment and authority of special police
- § 136-270 Treasurer of the Authority
- § 136-271 Deposit and disbursement of funds
- § 136-272 Audit
- § 136-273 Purchase of supplies, material and equipment and building contracts
- § 136-274 Liberal construction of Article
- § 136-275 Warehouses, wharves, etc., on property abutting navigable waters
- § 136-276 Usage contracts
- § 136-280 Annual report