A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide the department of transportation with authority and supervision over electronic traffic signals and other electronic traffic control devices on the public highways, roads, and streets of this state.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 136‑18 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(46)	The authority and supervision over electronic traffic signals and other electronic traffic control devices on the public highways, roads, and streets of this State. The Department shall develop and publish on its Web site standards that must be met when operating electronic traffic signals and other electronic traffic control devices. If the Department determines that a local government is not operating electronic traffic signals and other electronic traffic control devices in accordance with the standards established under this subdivision, the Department shall notify the local government in writing and specify what standard or standards are not being met. If the local government fails to take corrective action within 60 days of receiving notice from the Department, the Department shall assume control over the operation of the electronic traffic signal or electronic traffic control device, and the Department shall maintain control over the operation until the local government demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Department the ability to operate the electronic traffic signal or electronic traffic control device in accordance with the standards established under this subdivision. If the Department assumes control of the operation of an electronic traffic signal or electronic traffic control device, the local government shall reimburse the Department for any costs incurred by the Department during its control of the operation."
SECTION 2.  The Department of Transportation shall commence development of the standards required under G.S. 136‑18(46), as enacted by this act.
SECTION 3.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective October 1, 2017. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.