GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 637

Short Title:  Charlotte Speed Limit Authority.	(Local)

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Sponsors: Senators Winner; Dannelly, Odom, and Rucho.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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April 1, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE TO SET CERTAIN SPEED LIMITS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Charter of the City of Charlotte, being Chapter 713 of the 1965 Session Laws, is amended by adding the following new section to Article 1 of Subchapter A of Article VI:
"Section 6.26. Speed Limits.  The Director of Transportation may establish speed limits, as required by G.S. 20-141, on streets within the City of Charlotte, on behalf of the local governing body, the Charlotte City Council."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.