{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-28.12","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 136-28.12","heading":"Litter removal coordinated with mowing of highway rights-of-way.","body":"(a)\tFor State-maintained roads, the Department of Transportation shall coordinate litter removal and mowing as follows:\n(1)\tIf the highway right-of-way to be mowed is part of the primary road system, the Department shall schedule the removal of litter before the right-of-way is mowed.\n(2)\tIf the highway right-of-way to be mowed is part of the secondary road system, the Department shall schedule, to the extent practicable, the removal of litter before the right-of-way is mowed.\n(3)\tThe Department shall not schedule mowing of highway rights-of-way during the month of May.\n(b)\tThe Department shall require as a term of any contract to mow or remove litter that the contracting party agree to the provisions in subsection (a) of this section. (2001-512, s. 3; 2021-185, s. 6(a); 2025-47, s. 15(b).)","path":["Chapter 136. Transportation.","Article 2. Powers and Duties of Department and Board of Transportation."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_136/GS_136-28.12.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:21:47Z","sha256":"0d2ee48ecca1927ea0b7a46e3537e6ff49b97eecfc3ce7deae2f1e2eb8b4c86d","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-28.11","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-136-28.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}