GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 818
HOUSE BILL 515

AN ACT TO IMPOSE A PENALTY OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR SPEEDING IN CERTAIN HIGHWAY WORK ZONES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-141 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(j2)	A person who drives a motor vehicle in a highway work zone at a speed greater than the speed limit set and posted under G.S. 20-141 is responsible for an infraction and is required to pay a penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00).  A 'highway work zone' is the area between the first sign that informs motorists of the existence of a work zone on a highway and the last sign that informs motorists of the end of the work zone.  This subsection applies only if a sign posted at the beginning of the highway work zone states the penalty for speeding in the work zone."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 136-30(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Municipal Street System. – All traffic signs and other traffic control devices placed on a municipal street system street must conform to the appearance criteria of the Uniform Manual.  All traffic control devices placed on a highway that is within the corporate limits of a municipality but is part of the State highway system must be approved by the Department of Transportation."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1992, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 1st day of July, 1992.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives