GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2005
SESSION LAW 2005-147
SENATE BILL 88
AN ACT repealing the applicability of certain motor vehicle laws on properties owned or under the control of the bent tree plantation HOMEOWNERS association in brunswick county.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. Section 1 of S.L. 2002-128 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 1. The provisions of Chapter 20 of
the General Statutes relating to the use of the highways of the State and the
operation of motor vehicles are applicable to the streets, roadways, and alleys
on the properties owned by or under the control of the Sanders Forest
Development Association, Inc., or its members and the Bent Tree Plantation
Homeowners Association, Inc., or its members. For purposes of this act,
streets, roadways, and alleys in the Sanders Forest and Bent Tree Plantation
communities community shall have the same meaning as highways and public
vehicular areas pursuant to G.S. 20-4.01. A violation of any of
those laws is punishable as prescribed by those laws."
SECTION 2. Section 2 of S.L. 2002-128 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 2. This act shall not be construed
as in any way interfering with the ownership and control of the streets,
roadways, and alleys of the Sanders Forest Development Association, Inc., and
the Bent Tree Plantation Homeowners Association, Inc., or its members as is
now vested by law in that association or its members. The speed limits
within the Sanders Forest and Bent Tree Plantation communities community
shall be the same as those in effect at the time of ratification of this
act. Any proposed change in the speed limit shall be submitted to and
approved by the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners. Pursuant to
G.S. 20-141, the Brunswick County Board of Commissioners may authorize by
ordinance higher or lower speeds."
SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 5th day of July, 2005.
s/ Beverly E. Perdue
President of the Senate
s/ James B. Black
Speaker of the House of Representatives