North Carolina General Statutes
Article 11 - Outdoor Advertising Control Act.
§ 136-140.1 - Adopt-A-Highway.

136-140.1. Adopt-A-Highway.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the Department of Transportation may permit individuals or groups participating in its Adopt-A-Highway Program access to controlled access facilities for the purpose of removing litter from the right-of-way. Acknowledgment of participation in the program may be indicated by appropriate signs that shall be owned, controlled, and erected by the Department of Transportation. The size, style, specifications, and content of the signs shall be determined in the sole discretion of the Department of Transportation. The Department of Transportation may issue rules and policies necessary to administer the program.
(b) Adopt-A-Highway participants may use contract services to clean the roadside of the sections of highway the participants have adopted only in accordance with the rules and policies issued by the Department of Transportation. (1995, c. 324, s. 18.1.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 136 - Transportation

Article 11 - Outdoor Advertising Control Act.

§ 136-126 - Title of Article.

§ 136-127 - Declaration of policy.

§ 136-128 - Definitions.

§ 136-129 - Limitations of outdoor advertising devices.

§ 136-129.1 - Limitations of outdoor advertising devices beyond 660 feet.

§ 136-129.2 - Limitation of outdoor advertising devices adjacent to scenic highways, State and National Parks, historic areas and other places.

§ 136-130 - Regulation of advertising.

§ 136-131 - Removal of existing nonconforming advertising.

§ 136-131.1 - (See editor's note for expiration of section) Just compensation required for the removal of billboards on federal-aid primary highways by local authorities.

§ 136-131.2 - Modernization of outdoor advertising devices.

§ 136-131.5 - Relocation of lawfully existing outdoor advertising sign.

§ 136-132 - Condemnation procedure.

§ 136-133 - Permits required.

§ 136-133.1 - Outdoor advertising vegetation cutting or removal.

§ 136-133.2 - Issuance or denial of a selective vegetation removal permit.

§ 136-133.3 - Appeals of selective vegetation removal permit decisions.

§ 136-133.4 - Selective vegetation removal permits.

§ 136-133.5 - Denial of a permit for proposed outdoor advertising.

§ 136-134 - Illegal advertising.

§ 136-134.1 - Judicial review.

§ 136-134.2 - Notification requirements.

§ 136-135 - Enforcement provisions.

§ 136-136 - Zoning changes.

§ 136-137 - Information directories.

§ 136-138 - Agreements with United States authorized.

§ 136-139 - Alternate control.

§ 136-140 - Availability of federal aid funds.

§ 136-140.1 - Adopt-A-Highway.