A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reduce the speed limit for state‑maintained roads located within a residential subdivision.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑141 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(b1)	Speed restrictions for State‑maintained roads one mile or less in length and located within a residential subdivision, as that term is defined in G.S. 153A‑335, shall be as follows:
(1)	No person shall operate a vehicle in excess of 25 miles per hour.
(2)	The speed allowed by subdivision (1) of this section may be increased if: (i) two‑thirds of the owners of the real property in the subdivision make a request to the Department of Transportation by signed petition, and (ii) the Department determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that a higher maximum speed is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist.
(3)	The speed allowed by subdivision (1) of this section may be decreased if the Department determines on the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the speed allowed is greater than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2019, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.