[Durham INC] First piece of billboard legislation

[Ed Harrison]

This bill was introduced today in the State Senate:  Senate Bill 183,   
Selective Vegetation Removal/State Highways.

  "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN STATUTORY STANDARDS FOR SELECTIVE  
VEGETATION REMOVAL WITHIN THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY OF THE STATE  HIGHWAY  
SYSTEM AND FOR THE ERECTION OF OUTDOOR ADVERTISING."

http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2011%20%20&BillID=s183

The primary sponsor is the Senate Majority Leader, and the first four  
co-sponsors are split evenly between Democrats and Republicans.
Presumably more bills are on the way, given the many "needs" of the  
outdoor advertising industry.

The intent of this bill, as with versions in past sessions, appears to  
be:  fewer trees and potentially more billboards.

Ed Harrison
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