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NC Gen Stat § 136-93.02 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-93.02 - Uniform Process for Issuing Permits; Report.

 136-93.02. Uniform Process for Issuing Permits; Report.For each type of permit issued by the Highway Divisions under this Chapter, the Department of Transportation shall make uniform all processes and procedures followed by the Highway Divisions when issuing that type of permit no later than June 30, 2018.  (2017-10, s. 2.12(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-93.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-93.2 - Monetary value of trees.

 136-93.2. Monetary value of trees.The monetary value for existing trees removed and eligible for reimbursement to the Department as provided in G.S. 136-93 or G.S. 136-133.1 from State rights-of-way shall be determined on an annual basis by the Department. In determining the value of existing trees removed, the average cost per caliper inch shall be based on the lower value of either the average wholesale commercial nursery prices for hardwood and conifer plants, times a 2.5 multiplier for installation and warranty or the average cost per caliper inch for tree planting contracts let by the Department in the previous calendar year. The values shall be determined and published by the Department no later than December 15 of each year. The values established pursuant to this section shall be used in calculating the monetary value of trees removed from State rights-of-way beginning January 1 of each year. If the Department fails to publish changes in values by December 15, then the values existing on December 15 shall be applicable to existing trees removed and eligible for reimbursement for the following year.  (2011-397, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-93.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-93.3 - Selective pruning within highway rights-of-way to enable view of agritourism activities.

 136-93.3. Selective pruning within highway rights-of-way to enable view of agritourism activities.The Department of Transportation shall adopt rules to authorize selective pruning within highway rights-of-way for vegetation that obstructs motorists' views of properties on which agritourism activities, as that term is defined in G.S. 99E-30, occur. The Department of Transportation is exempt from the provisions of G.S. 150B that require the preparation of fiscal notes for any rule proposed pursuant to this section.  (2013-413, s. 45.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-94 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-94 - Gates projecting over rights-of-way forbidden.

 136-94. Gates projecting over rights-of-way forbidden.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, maintain or operate upon his own land, or the land of another, any farm gate or other gate which, when opened, will project over the right-of-way of any State highway.Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. (1927, c. 130; 1993, c. 539, s. 993; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-95 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-95 - Water must be diverted from public road by ditch or drain.

 136-95. Water must be diverted from public road by ditch or drain.When any ditch or drain is cut in such a way as to turn water into any public road, the person cutting the ditch or drain shall be compelled to cut another ditch or drain as may be necessary to take the water from said road. (Code, s. 2036; Rev., s. 2697; C.S., s. 3790.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-96.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-96.1 - Special proceeding to declare a right-of-way dedicated to public use.

 136-96.1. Special proceeding to declare a right-of-way dedicated to public use.(a) A special proceeding under Article 3, Chapter 1 of the General Statutes may be brought to declare a right-of-way dedicated to public use if:(1) The landowners of tracts constituting two-thirds of the road frontage of the land abutting the right-of-way in question join in the action;(2) The right-of-way is depicted on an unrecorded map, plat, or survey;(3) The right-of-way has been actually open and used by the public; and(4) Recorded deeds for at least three separate parcels abutting the right-of-way recite the existence of the right-of-way as a named street or road.(b) In a special proceeding brought pursuant to this section, the clerk of court shall issue an order declaring the right-of-way to be dedicated to public use upon finding that the provisions of subsection (a) of this section have been proven.(c) Any right-of-way found to be dedicated to public use pursuant to this section that is proposed for addition to the State highway system shall meet the requirements of G.S. 136-102.6.(d) This section shall not apply to any right-of-way established by adverse possession or by cartway proceeding. (2001-501, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-97 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-97 - Responsibility of counties for upkeep, etc., terminated.

 136-97. Responsibility of counties for upkeep, etc., terminated.(a) The board of county commissioners or other road-governing bodies of the various counties in the State are hereby relieved of all responsibility or liability for the upkeep or maintenance of any of the roads or bridges thereon constituting the State highway system, after the same shall have been taken over, and the control thereof assumed by the Department of Transportation.(b) The Department of Transportation, as part of maintaining the highways, bridges, and watercourses of this State, may haul all debris removed from on, under, or around a bridge to an appropriate disposal site for solid waste, where the debris shall be disposed of in accordance with law. (1921, c. 2, s. 50; C.S., s. 3846(dd); 1933, c. 172, s. 17; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, ss. 5, 20; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1989, c. 752, s. 102; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1066, s. 139; 1991, c. 689, s. 209.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-98 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-98 - Counties authorized to participate in costs of road construction and maintenance, participation is voluntary.

 136-98. Counties authorized to participate in costs of road construction and maintenance, participation is voluntary.(a) Repealed by Session Laws 2007-428, s. 4, effective August 23, 2007.(b) Nothing in this Article prohibits counties from establishing service districts for road maintenance under Part 1, Article 16 of Chapter 153A of the General Statutes.(c) A county is authorized to participate in the cost of rights-of-way, construction, reconstruction, improvement, or maintenance of a road on the State highway system under agreement with the Department of Transportation. County participation in improvements to the State highway system is voluntary. The Department shall not transfer any of its responsibilities to counties without specific statutory authority.  (1931, c. 145, s. 35; 1957, c. 65, s. 11; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 1995, c. 434, s. 2; 2007-428, s. 4; 2008-180, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-102 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-102 - Billboard obstructing view at entrance to school, church or public institution on public highway.

 136-102. Billboard obstructing view at entrance to school, church or public institution on public highway.(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to construct or maintain outside the limits of any city or town in this State any billboard larger than six square feet at or nearer than 200 feet to the point where any walk or drive from any school, church, or public institution located along any highway enters such highway except under the following conditions:(1) Such billboard is attached to the side of a building or buildings which are or may be erected within 200 feet of any such walk or drive and the attachment thereto causes no additional obstruction of view.(2) A building or other structure is located so as to obstruct the view between such walk or drive and such billboard.(3) Such billboard is located on the opposite side of the highway from the entrance to said walk or drive.(b) Any person, firm, or corporation convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor and punished only by a fine of ten dollars ($10.00), and each day that such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. (1947, c. 304, ss. 1, 2; 1993, c. 539, s. 994; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14 (c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-102.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-102.1 - Blue Star Memorial and American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway.

 136-102.1. Blue Star Memorial and American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway.All of the United States Highway #70, wherever located in North Carolina shall be known and designated as the "Blue Star Memorial and American Ex-Prisoners of War Highway." The designation shall pay tribute to the many North Carolinians killed during World War II and to all North Carolina's ex-prisoners of war. (1963, c. 140; 2001-196, s. 1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-102.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-102.2 - Authorization required for test drilling or boring upon right-of-way; filing record of results with Department of Transportation.

 136-102.2. Authorization required for test drilling or boring upon right-of-way; filing record of results with Department of Transportation.No person, firm or corporation shall make any test drilling or boring upon the right-of-way of any transportation system, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation, until written authorization has been obtained from the owner or the person in charge of the land on which the highway easement is located. A complete record showing the results of the test drilling or boring shall be filed forthwith with the chairman [Secretary] of the Department of Transportation and shall be a public record. This section shall not apply to the Department of Transportation making test drilling or boring for highway purposes only.  (1967, c. 923, s. 1; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1; 2009-266, s. 25.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-102.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-102.3 - Filing record of results of test drilling or boring with Secretary of Administration and Secretary of Environmental Quality.

 136-102.3. Filing record of results of test drilling or boring with Secretary of Administration and Secretary of Environmental Quality.Any person, firm or corporation making any test drilling or boring upon any public land, owned or controlled by the State of North Carolina[,] shall, forthwith after completion, file a complete record of the results of the test drilling or boring with the Secretary of Administration and with the Secretary of Environmental Quality, of each test hole bored or drilled. Such records filed shall become a matter of public record. Provided, that after exploratory drilling and boring has been completed, and a lease or contract has been executed for operation, production or development of the area, the results of test drillings or borings made incidental to the operation, production or development of the area under lease or contract shall not be subject to the provisions of G.S. 136-102.2 to 136-102.4 unless otherwise provided in such lease or contract.  (1967, c. 923, s. 2; 1973, c. 1262, s. 86; 1975, c. 879, s. 46; 1977, c. 771, s. 4; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(90); 1997-443, s. 11A.119(a); 2015-241, s. 14.30(v).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-102.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-102.4 - Penalty for violation of G.S. 136-102.2 and G.S. 136-102.3.

 136-102.4. Penalty for violation of G.S. 136-102.2 and G.S. 136-102.3.Violation of G.S. 136-102.2 and 136-102.3 shall be a Class 1 misdemeanor.  (1967, c. 923, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 995; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-102.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-102.5 - Signs on fishing bridges.

 136-102.5. Signs on fishing bridges.When requested to do so by any county or municipality that has enacted an ordinance under G.S. 153-9(66) and 160-200(47) regulating or prohibiting fishing on any bridge of the North Carolina State highway system, the Department of Transportation shall erect signs on such bridges indicating the prohibition or regulation of the ordinance enacted under G.S. 153-9(66) and 160-200(47). (1971, c. 690, s. 5; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-102.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-102.7 - Hurricane evacuation standard.

 136-102.7. Hurricane evacuation standard.Evacuation Standard. - The hurricane evacuation standard to be used for any bridge or highway construction project pursuant to this Chapter shall be no more than 18 hours, as recommended by the State Emergency Management officials. (2005-275, s. 5.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-102.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-102.8 - Subdivision streets; traffic calming devices.

 136-102.8. Subdivision streets; traffic calming devices.The Department shall establish policies and procedures for the installation or utilization of traffic tables or traffic calming devices erected on State-maintained subdivision streets adopted by the Department, pursuant to G.S. 136-102.6, if all of the following requirements are met:(1) A traffic engineering study has been approved by the Department detailing types and locations of traffic calming devices.(2) Installation and utilization of traffic tables or traffic calming devices is within one of the following areas:a. A subdivision with a homeowners association.b. A neighborhood in which the property owners have established a contractual agreement outlining responsibility for traffic calming devices installed in the neighborhood.(3) The traffic tables or traffic calming devices are paid for and maintained by the subdivision homeowners association, or its successor, or pursuant to a neighborhood agreement.(4) The homeowners association has the written support, for the installation of each traffic table or traffic calming device approved by the Department pursuant to this section, of at least sixty percent (60%) of the member property owners, or the neighborhood agreement is signed by at least sixty percent (60%) of the neighborhood property owners.(5) The homeowners association, or neighborhood pursuant to its agreement, posts a performance bond with the Department sufficient to fund maintenance or removal of the traffic tables or calming devices, if the homeowners association, or neighborhood pursuant to its agreement, fails to maintain them, or is dissolved. The bond shall remain in place for a period of three years from the date of installation.  (2009-310, s. 1; 2015-217, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-102.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions.|§ 136-102.9 - Use of aircraft managed by the Department of Transportation.

 136-102.9. Use of aircraft managed by the Department of Transportation.Of the aircraft managed by the Department of Transportation, the use of aircraft for economic development purposes shall take precedence over all other uses except in cases of emergency or disaster response. The Department of Transportation shall annually review the rates charged for the use of aircraft and shall adjust the rates, as necessary, to account for upgraded aircraft and inflationary increases in operating costs, including jet fuel prices. If an aircraft is used to attend athletic events or for any other purpose related to collegiate athletics, the rate charged shall be equal to the direct cost of operating the aircraft as established by the aircraft's manufacturer, adjusted for inflation.  (2010-31, s. 14.6(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 136-105 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 9 - Condemnation.|§ 136-105 - Disbursement of deposit; serving copy of disbursing order on Department of Transportation.

 136-105. Disbursement of deposit; serving copy of disbursing order on Department of Transportation.The person named in the complaint and declaration of taking may apply to the court for disbursement of the money deposited in the court, or any part thereof, as full compensation, or as a credit against just compensation without prejudice to further proceedings in the cause to determine just compensation. Upon such application, the judge shall, unless there is a dispute as to title, order that the money deposited be paid forthwith to the person entitled thereto in accordance with the application. The judge shall have power to make such orders with respect to encumbrances, liens, rents, taxes, assessments, insurance, and other charges, if any, as shall be just and equitable.No notice to the Department of Transportation of the hearing upon the application for disbursement of deposit shall be necessary, but a copy of the order disbursing the deposit shall be served upon the Secretary of Transportation, or such other process agents as may be designated by the Department of Transportation. (1959, c. 1025, s. 2; 1961, c. 1084, s. 3; 1965, c. 55, s. 14; 1969, c. 649; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, ss. 7.1, 26.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-106 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 9 - Condemnation.|§ 136-106 - Answer, reply and plat.

 136-106. Answer, reply and plat.(a) Any person whose property has been taken by the Department of Transportation by the filing of a complaint and a declaration of taking, may within the time hereinafter set forth file an answer to the complaint only praying for a determination of just compensation. No answer shall be filed to the declaration of taking and notice of deposit. Said answer shall, in addition, contain the following:(1) Such admissions or denials of the allegations of the complaint as are appropriate.(2) The names and addresses of the persons filing said answer, together with a statement as to their interest in the property taken.(3) Such affirmative defenses or matters as are pertinent to the action.(b) A copy of the answer shall be served on the Department of Transportation, or such other process agents as may be designated by the Department of Transportation, in Raleigh, provided that failure to serve the answer shall not deprive the answer of its validity. The affirmative allegations of said answer shall be deemed denied. The Department of Transportation may, however, file a reply within 30 days from receipt of a copy of the answer.(c) The Department of Transportation, within 90 days from the receipt of the answer shall file in the cause a plat of the land taken and such additional area as may be necessary to properly determine the damages, and a copy thereof shall be mailed to the parties or their attorney; provided, however, the Department of Transportation shall not be required to file a map or plat in less than six months from the date of the filing of the complaint. (1959, c. 1025, s. 2; 1961, c. 1084, s. 4; 1963, c. 1156, ss. 3, 4; 1965, c. 55, s. 15; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, ss. 7.1, 28.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-107 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 9 - Condemnation.|§ 136-107 - Time for filing answer.

 136-107. Time for filing answer.Any person named in and served with a complaint and declaration of taking shall have 12 months from the date of service thereof to file answer. Failure to answer within said time shall constitute an admission that the amount deposited is just compensation and shall be a waiver of any further proceeding to determine just compensation; in such event the judge shall enter final judgment in the amount deposited and order disbursement of the money deposited to the owner. Provided, however, at any time prior to the entry of the final judgment the judge may, for good cause shown and after notice to the plaintiff, extend the time for filing answer for 30 days. Provided that when the procedures of Article 9 of Chapter 136 are employed by the Department of Administration, any person named in or served with a complaint and declaration of taking shall have 120 days from the date of service thereof within which to file an answer. (1959, c. 1025, s. 2; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1975, c. 625; 1981, c. 245, s. 2.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-108 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 9 - Condemnation.|§ 136-108 - Determination of issues other than damages.

 136-108. Determination of issues other than damages.After the filing of the plat, the judge, upon motion and 10 days' notice by either the Department of Transportation or the owner, shall, either in or out of term, hear and determine any and all issues raised by the pleadings other than the issue of damages, including, but not limited to, if controverted, questions of necessary and proper parties, title to the land, interest taken, and area taken. (1959, c. 1025, s. 2; 1963, c. 1156, s. 5; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 7.1.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-110 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 9 - Condemnation.|§ 136-110 - Parties; orders; continuances.

 136-110. Parties; orders; continuances.The judge may appoint some competent attorney to appear for and protect the rights of any party or parties in interest who are unknown, or whose residence is unknown and who has not appeared in the proceeding by an attorney or agent. The judge shall appoint guardians ad litem for such parties as are minors, incompetents, or other parties who may be under a disability and without general guardian, and the judge shall have the authority to make such additional parties as are necessary to the complete determination of the proceeding and enter such other orders either in law or equity as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Article.Upon the coming on of the cause for hearing pursuant to G.S. 136-108 or upon the coming on of the cause for trial, the judge, in order that the material ends of justice may be served, upon his own motion, or upon motion of any of the parties thereto and upon proper showing that the effect of condemnation upon the subject property cannot presently be determined, may, in his discretion, continue the cause until the highway project under which the appropriation occurred is open to traffic, or until such earlier time as, in the opinion of the judge, the effect of condemnation upon said property may be determined. (1959, c. 1025, s. 2; 1963, c. 1156, s. 7.)
NC Gen Stat § 136-112 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 136 - Transportation|Article 9 - Condemnation.|§ 136-112 - Measure of damages.

 136-112. Measure of damages.The following shall be the measure of damages to be followed by the commissioners, jury or judge who determines the issue of damages:(1) Where only a part of a tract is taken, the measure of damages for said taking shall be the difference between the fair market value of the entire tract immediately prior to said taking and the fair market value of the remainder immediately after said taking, with consideration being given to any special or general benefits resulting from the utilization of the part taken for highway purposes.(2) Where the entire tract is taken the measure of damages for said taking shall be the fair market value of the property at the time of taking. (1959, c. 1025, s. 2.)