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NC Gen Stat § 136-28.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-28.10 - Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund Small Project Bidding.

 136-28.10. Highway Fund and Highway Trust Fund Small Project Bidding.(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 136-28.4(b), for Highway Fund or Highway Trust Fund construction and repair projects of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or less, and maintenance projects of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or less per year, the Board of Transportation may, after soliciting at least three informal bids in writing from Small Business Enterprises, award contracts to the lowest responsible bidder. The Department of Transportation may identify projects likely to attract increased participation by Small Business Enterprises, and restrict the solicitation and award to those bidders. The Board of Transportation may delegate full authority to award contracts, adopt necessary rules, and administer the provisions of this section to the Secretary of Transportation.(b) The letting of contracts under this section is not subject to any of the provisions of G.S. 136-28.1 relating to the letting of contracts. The Department may waive the bonding requirements of Chapter 44A of the General Statutes and the licensing requirements of Chapter 87 for contracts awarded under this section.(c) The Secretary of Transportation shall report annually to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee on the implementation of this section. The information in the report required by this subsection shall be set forth separately for each division of the Department of Transportation.  (1993, c. 561, s. 65; 1999-25, s. 1; 2009-266, s. 2; 2015-241, s. 29.12(g).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-28.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-28.11 - Design-build construction of transportation projects.

 136-28.11. Design-build construction of transportation projects.(a) Design-Build Contracts Authorized. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Board of Transportation may award contracts each fiscal year for construction of transportation projects on a design-build basis.(b) Design-Build Contract Amounts; Basis of Award. - The Department may award contracts for the construction of transportation projects on a design-build basis of any amount. The Department shall endeavor to ensure design-build projects are awarded on a basis to maximize participation, competition, and cost benefit. On any project for which the Department proposes to use the design-build contracting method, the Department shall attempt to structure and size the contracts for the project in order that contracting firms and engineering firms based in North Carolina have a fair and equal opportunity to compete for the contracts.(c) Disadvantaged Business Participation Goals. - The provisions of G.S. 136-28.4 and 49 C.F.R. Part 26 shall apply to the award of contracts under this section.(d) Repealed by Session Laws 2013-360, s. 34.2(c), effective July 1, 2013.(e) Reporting Requirements. - The Department, for any proposed design-build project projected to have a construction cost in excess of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), shall present to the Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee information on the scope and nature of the project and the reasons the development of the project on a design-build basis will best serve the public interest.  (2001-424, s. 27.2(a); 2002-151, s. 2; 2007-357, s. 1; 2011-145, s. 28.4; 2013-360, s. 34.2(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-28.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-28.12 - Litter removal coordinated with mowing of highway rights-of-way.

 136-28.12. Litter removal coordinated with mowing of highway rights-of-way.The Department of Transportation shall, to the extent practicable, schedule the removal of debris, trash, and litter from highways and highway rights-of-way prior to the mowing of highway rights-of-way. The Department of Transportation shall include as a term of any contract that it enters into for the mowing of a highway right-of-way that the contracting party shall, to the extent practicable, coordinate with the scheduled removal of debris, trash, and litter from the highway and highway right-of-way prior to the mowing of the highway right-of-way. (2001-512, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-28.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-28.13 - Participation in the energy credit banking and selling program.

 136-28.13. Participation in the energy credit banking and selling program.The Department of Transportation shall participate in the energy credit banking and selling program under G.S. 143-58.4 and is eligible to receive proceeds from the Alternative Fuel Revolving Fund under G.S. 143-58.5 to purchase alternative fuel, develop alternative fuel refueling infrastructure, or purchase AFVs as defined in G.S. 143-58.4. (2005-413, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-28.14 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-28.14 - Project contractor licensing requirements.

 136-28.14. Project contractor licensing requirements.The letting of contracts under this Chapter for the following types of projects shall not be subject to the licensing requirements of Article 1 of Chapter 87 of the General Statutes:(1) Routine maintenance and minor repair of pavements, bridges, roadside vegetation and plantings, drainage systems, concrete sidewalks, curbs, gutters, and rest areas.(2) Installation and maintenance of pavement markings and markers, ground mounted signs, guardrail, fencing, and roadside vegetation and plantings. (2006-261, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-28.15 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-28.15 - Diesel vehicles purchase warranty requirement.

 136-28.15. Diesel vehicles purchase warranty requirement.Every new motor vehicle transferred to or purchased by the Department of Transportation that is designed to operate on diesel fuel shall be covered by an express manufacturer's warranty that allows the use of B-20 fuel, as defined in G.S. 143-58.4. This section does not apply if the intended use, as determined by the Department, of the new motor vehicle requires a type of vehicle for which an express manufacturer's warranty allows the use of B-20 fuel is not available. (2007-420, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-29 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-29 - Adjustment and resolution of Department of Transportation contract claim.

 136-29. Adjustment and resolution of Department of Transportation contract claim.(a) A contractor who has completed a contract with the Department of Transportation let in accordance with Article 2 of this Chapter and who has not received the amount he claims is due under the contract may submit a verified written claim to the Secretary of Transportation for the amount the contractor claims is due. The claim shall be submitted within 60 days after the contractor receives his final statement from the Department and shall state the factual basis for the claim.The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall investigate a submitted claim within 90 days of receiving the claim or within any longer time period agreed to by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee and the contractor. The contractor may appear before the Secretary or the Secretary's designee, either in person or through counsel, to present facts and arguments in support of the claim. The Secretary or the Secretary's designee may allow, deny, or compromise the claim, in whole or in part. The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall give the contractor a written statement of the decision on the contractor's claim.(b) A contractor who is dissatisfied with the Secretary or the Secretary's designee's decision on the contractor's claim may commence a contested case on the claim under Chapter 150B of the General Statutes. The contested case shall be commenced within 60 days of receiving the written statement of the decision.(c) As to any portion of a claim that is denied by the Secretary or the Secretary's designee, the contractor may, in lieu of the procedures set forth in subsection (b) of this section, within six months of receipt of the final decision, institute a civil action for the sum he claims to be entitled to under the contract by filing a verified complaint and the issuance of a summons in the Superior Court of Wake County or in the superior court of any county where the work under the contract was performed. The procedure shall be the same as in all civil actions except that all issues shall be tried by the judge, without a jury.(d) The provisions of this section shall be part of every contract let in accordance with Article 2 of this Chapter between the Department of Transportation and a contractor. A provision in a contract that conflicts with this section is invalid.  (1939, c. 318; 1947, c. 530; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1963, c. 667; 1965, c. 55, s. 11; 1967, c. 873; 1973, c. 507, ss. 5, 17, 18; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1983, c. 761, s. 191; 1987, c. 847, s. 3; 2009-266, s. 16.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-30 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-30 - Uniform signs and other traffic control devices on highways, streets, and public vehicular areas.

 136-30. Uniform signs and other traffic control devices on highways, streets, and public vehicular areas.(a) State Highway System. - The Department of Transportation may number and mark highways in the State highway system. All traffic signs and other traffic control devices placed on a highway in the State highway system must conform to the Uniform Manual. The Department of Transportation shall have the power to control all signs within the right-of-way of highways in the State highway system. The Department of Transportation may erect signs directing persons to roads and places of importance.(b) Municipal Street System. - All traffic signs and other traffic control devices placed on a municipal street system street must conform to the appearance criteria of the Uniform Manual. All traffic control devices placed on a highway that is within the corporate limits of a municipality but is part of the State highway system must be approved by the Department of Transportation.(c) Public Vehicular Areas. - Except as provided in this subsection, all traffic signs and other traffic control devices placed on a public vehicular area, as defined in G.S. 20-4.01, must conform to the Uniform Manual. The owner of private property that contains a public vehicular area may place on the property a traffic control device, other than a sign designating a parking space for handicapped persons, as defined in G.S. 20-37.5, that differs in material from the uniform device but does not differ in shape, size, color, or any other way from the uniform device. The owner of private property that contains a public vehicular area may place on the property a sign designating a parking space for handicapped persons that differs in material and color from the uniform sign but does not differ in shape, size, or any other way from the uniform device.(d) Definition. - As used in this section, the term "Uniform Manual" means the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways, published by the United States Department of Transportation, and any supplement to that Manual adopted by the North Carolina Department of Transportation.(e) Exception for Public Airport Traffic Signs. - Publicly owned airports, as defined in Chapter 63 of the General Statutes, shall be exempt from the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of this section with respect to informational and directional signs, but not with respect to regulatory traffic signs. (1921, c. 2, ss. 9(a), 9(b); C.S., ss. 3846(q), 3846(r); 1927, c. 148, s. 54; 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1991, c. 530, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 818, s. 2; 1993, c. 51.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-30.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-30.1 - Center line and pavement edge line markings.

 136-30.1. Center line and pavement edge line markings.(a) The Department of Transportation shall mark with center lines and edge lines all interstate and primary roads and all paved secondary roads having an average traffic volume of 100 vehicles per day or more, and which are traffic service roads forming a connecting link in the State highway system. The Department of Transportation shall not be required to mark with center and edge lines local subdivision roads, loop roads, dead-end roads of less than one mile in length or roads the major purpose of which is to serve the abutting property, nor shall the Department of Transportation be required to mark with edge lines those roads on which curbing has been installed or which are less than 16 feet in width.(b) Whenever the Department of Transportation shall construct a new paved road, relocate an existing paved road, resurface an existing paved road, or pave an existing road which under the provisions of subsection (a) hereof is required to be marked with lines, the Department of Transportation shall, within 30 days from the completion of the construction, resurfacing or paving, mark the said road with the lines required in subsection (a) hereof.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 1991, c. 530, s. 2. (1969, c. 1172, s. 1; 1973, c. 496, ss. 1, 2; c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1991, c. 530, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-30.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-30.2 - Prohibit the use of high content arsenic glass beads in paint used for pavement marking.

 136-30.2. Prohibit the use of high content arsenic glass beads in paint used for pavement marking.No pavement markings shall be placed on or along any road in the State highway system, in any municipal street system, or on any public vehicular area, as defined in G.S. 20-4.01, that is made from paint that has been mixed, in whole or in part, with reflective glass beads containing more than 75 parts per million inorganic arsenic, as determined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency Method 6010B in conjunction with the United States Environmental Protection Agency Method 3052 modified.  (2010-180, s. 17(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-32.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-32.1 - Misleading signs prohibited.

 136-32.1. Misleading signs prohibited.No person shall erect or maintain within 100 feet of any highway right-of-way any warning or direction sign or marker of the same shape, design, color and size of any official highway sign or marker erected under the provisions of G.S. 136-30, or otherwise so similar to an official sign or marker as to appear to be an official highway sign or marker. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (1955, c. 231; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1030, s. 40; 1993, c. 539, s. 982; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-32.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-32.2 - Placing blinding, deceptive or distracting lights unlawful.

 136-32.2. Placing blinding, deceptive or distracting lights unlawful.(a) If any person, firm or corporation shall place or cause to be placed any lights, which are flashing, moving, rotating, intermittent or steady spotlights, in such a manner and place and of such intensity:(1) Which, by the use of flashing or blinding lights, blinds, tends to blind and effectively hampers the vision of the operator of any motor vehicle passing on a public highway; or(2) Which involves red, green or amber lights or reflectorized material and which resembles traffic signal lights or traffic control signs; or(3) Which, by the use of lights, reasonably causes the operator of any motor vehicle passing upon a public highway to mistakenly believe that there is approaching or situated in his lane of travel some other motor vehicle or obstacle, device or barricade, which would impede his traveling in such lane;[he or it] shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.  (b) Each 10 days during which a violation of the provisions of this section is continued after conviction therefor shall be deemed a separate offense.(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any lights or lighting devices erected or maintained by the Department of Transportation or other properly constituted State or local authorities and intended to effect or implement traffic control and safety. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the otherwise reasonable use of lights or lighting devices for advertising or other lawful purpose when the same do not fall within the provisions of subdivisions (1) through (3) of subsection (a) of this section.(d) The enforcement of this section shall be the specific responsibility and duty of the State Highway Patrol in addition to all other law-enforcement agencies and officers within this State; provided, however, no warrant shall issue charging a violation of this section unless the violation has continued for 10 days after notice of the same has been given to the person, firm or corporation maintaining or owning such device or devices alleged to be in violation of this section. (1959, c. 560; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, ss. 7.1, 17; 1993, c. 539, s. 983; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-32.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-32.3 - Litter enforcement signs.

 136-32.3. Litter enforcement signs.The Department of Transportation shall place signs on the Interstate Highway System notifying motorists of the penalties for littering. The signs shall include the amount of the maximum penalty for littering. The Department of Transportation shall determine the locations of and distance between the signs. (2001-512, s. 4.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-33 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-33 - Damaging or removing signs; rewards.

 136-33. Damaging or removing signs; rewards.(a) No person shall willfully deface, damage, knock down or remove any sign posted as provided in G.S. 136-26 or G.S. 136-30.(b) No person, without just cause or excuse, shall have in his possession any highway sign as provided in G.S. 136-26 or G.S. 136-30.(b1) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.(c) The Department of Transportation is authorized to offer a reward not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons who violate the provisions of this section, such reward to be paid from funds of the Department of Transportation.(d) The enforcement of this section shall be the specific responsibility and duty of the State Highway Patrol in addition to all other law-enforcement agencies and officers within this State. (1927, c. 148, s. 57; 1971, c. 671; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1975, cc. 11, 93, c. 716, s. 7; 1977, c. 464, ss. 7.1, 18; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1030, s. 41; 1993, c. 539, s. 984; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-33.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-33.1 - Signs for protection of cattle.

 136-33.1. Signs for protection of cattle.Upon written request of any owner of more than five head of cattle, the Department of Transportation shall erect appropriate and adequate signs on any road or highway under the control of the Department of Transportation, such signs to be so worded, designed and located as to give adequate warning of the presence and crossing of cattle. Such signs shall be located at points agreed upon by the owner and the Department of Transportation at points selected to give reasonable warning of places customarily or frequently used by the cattle of said owner to cross said road or highway, and no one owner shall be entitled to demand the placing of signs at more than one point on a single or abutting tracts of land. (1949, c. 812; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-33.2A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-33.2A - Signs marking beginning of reduced speed zones.

 136-33.2A. Signs marking beginning of reduced speed zones.If a need to reduce speed in a speed zone is determined to exist by an engineer of the Department, there shall be a sign erected, of adequate size, at least 600 feet in advance of the beginning of any speed zone established by any agency of the State authorized to establish the same, which shall indicate a change in the speed limit. (2007-164, s. 3.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-34 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 2 - Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation.|§ 136-34 - Department of Transportation authorized to furnish road equipment to municipalities.

 136-34. Department of Transportation authorized to furnish road equipment to municipalities.The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to furnish municipalities road maintenance equipment to aid such municipalities in the maintenance of streets upon such rental agreement as may be agreed upon by the Department of Transportation and the said municipality. Such rental, however, is to be at least equal to the cost of operation, plus wear and tear on such equipment; and the Department of Transportation shall not be required to furnish equipment when to do so would interfere with the maintenance of the streets and highways under the control of the Department of Transportation. (1941, c. 299; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, ss. 7.1, 19.)