GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 1306

Short Title:  Marked Pedestrian Crosswalks.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Watkins.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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April 12, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THE PEDESTRIAN RIGHT-OF-WAY IN MARKED CROSSWALKS AND TO REQUIRE THE STATE OR MUNICIPALITIES TO CONSPICUOUSLY MARK CROSSWALKS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-155 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( c1)	The State or the municipality, having control over the particular highway or street, shall clearly and conspicuously mark all pedestrian crossings or crosswalks with vertical signs, on each curb of the street being crossed, as shown in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices or the N.C. Department of Transportation Supplement to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices and shall mark the pavement indicating all pedestrian crossings or crosswalks where the pedestrian has the right-of-way pursuant to subsection (c) of this section."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.