AN ACT to authorize the use of special registration plate ACCOUNT funds DESIGNATED for BEAUTIFICATION on all highways.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.7(c)(3)b. reads as rewritten:
"b.	Fifty percent (50%) to the Department of Transportation to be used solely for the purpose of beautification of highways. These funds shall be administered by the Department of Transportation for beautification purposes not inconsistent with good landscaping and engineering principles."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of June, 2009.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2009