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cneral Assemb~ o~ ~Iarth ~aro~ina ~
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<br />~ not ~~~~~ to railroad c~`ossings. The railroads sha11 beep up said crossings a now provided by
<br />law,
<br />b ~e~p as ~rnyided in , . ~ ~~ 1 ~3, ~ ~~, no ve etation~ ~nc~udin a~ tree sl
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<br />~- u~~derbrush in or on an ri ht-~f wa ~~ a state road or Mate hi hwa sha1~ be lasted cu.t
<br />tr~~.ned, ~r1.~{r~ed,, ~r,0~` removed S } ~~~~~~ tiS ~r~~~n ~~AV~~A S V ~#/~~~~. ~;Y~~~ ~~J~.~All~ 1{JuL~
<br />~ ursuant fo ,, ~ - 33,E and in accordance with the rules of the De a~~t~aent. ~~ nests for a
<br />7 ~e~a.i~ far selective ~veget~i~n cuing, thinning, ~runi~ag,_ ar removal sha~~ lie made ~~ the
<br />~ o~r~ne~ , of a~~ outdoor ad~ea-~~s~ng sign o~ ~~e ,~~ner a a ~u~~~ess facii~_, to the a~~xo~riate
<br />9 roadside enyironmcntai en ineer in the Di~risiot~ of ~i ha s office on a fo~~n re u~red b fhe
<br />~0 De~a~-t.~t, far purposes ~~~~~ section, ,, i3~»~3~.~, i3~~i33,~, and i6~i33,~ the ~~~.~ase
<br />~ ~ "outdoor advertisin " shall mean the outdoor adye~•tisin e~ ressa ~ ermined under
<br />~~ .. ~3~^~~~~a~~4~ or C,, ,~,~6yl~f a~~5}, Thee ~rayisio~ls .all not b~ used. fo ,p~~o~ride
<br />~ visibill to an- remise si ns,
<br />~~ l~o~ outdoor advertising, ~e etation cu.~o~ removal iln~its shall b~__restricte_,~a ~.
<br />I maxirnun~ selective ve eta~ion cut or removal ~onc for each si n face ursuant to the royisians
<br />~ ~ ,~ ~f the a lication for ve etation cutti~~ thinnin runin otF removal is far site
<br />~ ~ located within the co orate llmlfs {~~ .un~c~ all the n~unici all shall be iven ~ d to
<br />~ 9 ~•v~ew and provide nanb~ndln comt~.ents on tl~e a~PliCat~on ~f the rn.un~~ipali leas previously
<br />~D advised the ~e a~ment its within of the desire to review such a lica~ions and the name of the
<br />~ ~ ~oca~~ official fo whom r~~tice of such app~,~,tion should e_directed, local og~ve~~n~ents are
<br />~~ ralribited from re ulatin ~e etation cuftin trin~xnin rune, or removal within the limits
<br />of in~e~~~~~e ar prin~ar;~ highway ri hts-o=~~ay ~ and e~~.~ttec or other ersen a€~t~z~~zed h~
<br />~ the Depa~n~ent, including an~one,authorized under, .. t3-~, ~~."
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<br />~~ S~TX~ article 7 of hater ~3~ of fhe general Statutes is amended by
<br />~~ adding a new section to read.
<br />~7 ~~~y.~. one~a ~v~ue of trees,
<br />~8 The manetar~r; flue for e~istin~ trees removed. and ell i~ ble ,~o~~ reimhu~e~ne~~t to ..,~~e
<br />~9 ePa~ent as provided in .. i~-93 or .~. ~3~-I~ from Mate ri hts-of"v~a~ sh~~~ he
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<br />30 dete~`mined on an annual basis ~ the e a~~tn~ent. ~n determinln the value of e~istin trees
<br />3 ~ re~no~ed, the average cast hex'. caliper inch, shall be based ,an the to~~e~+.. value of~~e~ther the
<br />~2 a~Tera e wholesale commercial z~urse x•ices for hardwood and coni~'er lams tines a ,
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<br />multiplier l~or _ ~stallation and vva~•xant~ or file average cost pe~• caliper inch for tree ~~anting
<br />4 contracts let b~ the ~e~art~nent ~~ tl~e previous calendar year, Tl~e values shall be dete~~n~ned
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<br />an pu ~~ e _~ ~l~e l~epart.ent no later than ~Dece~nber ~ of each dear. The values
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<br />~ established =pursuant to this section „ s~~all be used ,_~~. , calculating ~1~ ~noneta value of tries
<br />~7' rc.oved from Mate ri htsyo wa be innin Jatlua ~ of each ear. ~ tl~e De a~~z~.ent fails to
<br />~8 publish changes in values b~ ~ecenaber ~ ~, then the values exitin;,.o~ l~ecen~bcr ~ 5 shall be
<br />3~ a iicble to existin frees ~iernoved and eii ible for rei~rxburse~nent ~'ar the followin ear,'
<br />~~ ~~'l~ ~4. ~. l~~-1~9 reaals as rewritten:
<br />4 ~ ~.6~~~, ~imitat~ons of outdoor ad~rerfising devices,
<br />42 o autdoar advertising shall be erected or n~a.intained within ~0 feet of the nearest
<br />~-~ ~~.~ ~~ ~~.~ right-o~'V4ra~ of the lnterstafe ~~' pr~mar~ h~ghwa~ s~sten~s ~~ tll~s .~ o as to ~~
<br />44 visible from the main-t~•aveled way t~,ereof aver the ef~'ective date of this Article as dete~•x~i~~ed
<br />4 b~ ..°~3~-~4D, except the following;
<br />~ ~~ Directional and other of~ciai signs a~~d notices, which signs and notices shall
<br />47 include those uthori~ed and Pe~•n~itted b~ chapter ~ 3 ~ of the e~~+al
<br />4S Statutes, which include but are not ~itnifed to of~ciai signs and notices
<br />49 pertaining to natu~•ai wanders, sce~ric and hzstoric attractions and signs
<br />~0 erected and ~rnaintained b~ a public utility, electric ar telephone rnen~be~~ship
<br />5 ~ coa~poz`atiotl, ~~" n~ur~~c~pallt~ for the put~pose ~~ gluing wa.I~ling ~~ or
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