A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to limit honorary designations of highways and other transportation structures to Public safety or military personnel killed in the line of duty.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑18(8) reads as rewritten:
"§ 136‑18.  Powers of Department of Transportation.
The Department of Transportation is vested with the following powers:
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(8)	To give suitable names to State highways and change the names as determined by the Board of Transportation of any highways that shall become a part of the State system of highways, provided that the Board shall not rename a highway or a component of a highway in the State highway system after any individual, except for law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical services employees, or active and reserve military personnel killed in the line of duty. For purposes of this subdivision, "component of a highway" includes bridges, overpasses, and any other highway structure."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.