GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION

CHAPTER 677
HOUSE BILL 1565

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEES FOR OUTDOOR ADVERTISING PERMITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 136-133 reads as rewritten:
"§ 136-133. Permits required.
No person shall erect or maintain any outdoor advertising within 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the interstate or primary highway system, except those allowed under G.S. 136-129, subdivisions (2) and (3) in this Article, or beyond 660 feet of the nearest edge of the right-of-way of the interstate or primary highway system, except those allowed under G.S. 136-129.1, subdivisions (2) and (3), without first obtaining a permit from the Department of Transportation or its agents pursuant to the procedures set out by rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Transportation.  The permit shall be valid until revoked for nonconformance with this Article or rules and regulations promulgated by the Department of Transportation thereunder.  Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Department of Transportation or its agents in refusing to grant or in revoking a permit may appeal the decision in accordance with the rules and regulations enacted by the Department of Transportation pursuant to this Article to the Secretary of Transportation who shall make the final decision on the agency appeal.  The Department of Transportation shall have the authority to charge permit fees to defray the costs of administering the permit procedures under this Article.  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 sixty dollar ($60.00) initial fee and thirty dollar ($30.00) annual renewal fee."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective September 1, 1989.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of July, 1989.