GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2023

 

SESSION LAW 2023-20

SENATE BILL 203

 

 

AN ACT authorizing polk county to prohibit or restrict skateboarding.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  Polk County may, by ordinance, prohibit or restrict the use of skateboards on any public street or road within the county. By ordinance, Polk County may specify the (i) streets or roads where skateboarding is prohibited, (ii) persons authorized to use a skateboard, (iii) equipment required when a person uses a skateboard, and (iv) hours and method of use of a skateboard.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law, but any ordinance adopted by Polk County pursuant to this act may not become effective prior to October 1, 2023.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of May, 2023.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Phil Berger

                                                                         President Pro Tempore of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Donna McDowell White

                                                                         Presiding Officer of the House of Representatives