AN ACT amending the charter of the city of burlington to allow the city to impose certain restrictions on persons soliciting on state highways and streets.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Subchapter A of Chapter V of the Charter of the City of Burlington, being Chapter 119 of the 1961 Session Laws, is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:
"(e)	Nothing in G.S. 20‑175 shall prohibit the city council from adopting ordinances placing additional restrictions or prohibitions on persons standing on any street, highway, or right-of-way within the city and soliciting or attempting to solicit employment, business, or contributions from the driver or occupant of any motor vehicle. The city may not adopt ordinances placing restrictions or prohibitions on the activities of licensees, employees, or contractors of the State Department of Transportation."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of May, 2005.

	s/	 Marc Basnight
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives