(a)        A municipality or a county may adopt an ordinance regulating the time, place, and manner of gatherings, picket lines, or protests by pedestrians that occur on State roadways and State highways.

(b)        Nothing in this section shall permit a municipality or a county to impose restrictions or prohibitions on the activities of any of the following persons who are engaged in construction or maintenance, or in making traffic or engineering surveys:

(1)        Licensees, employees, or contractors of the Department of Transportation.

(2)        Licensees, employees, or contractors of a municipality. (2007-360, s. 6.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 20-174.2

  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See North Carolina General Statutes 20-137.6
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
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