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Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_20 > GS_20-141_1§ 20‑141.1. Speedlimits in school zones.
The Board of Transportation orlocal authorities within their respective jurisdictions may, by ordinance, setspeed limits lower than those designated in G.S. 20‑141 for areasadjacent to or near a public, private or parochial school. Limits set pursuantto this section shall become effective when signs are erected giving notice ofthe school zone, the authorized speed limit, and the days and hours when thelower limit is effective, or by erecting signs giving notice of the schoolzone, the authorized speed limit and which indicate the days and hours thelower limit is effective by an electronic flasher operated with a time clock.Limits set pursuant to this section may be enforced only on days when school isin session, and no speed limit below 20 miles per hour may be set under theauthority of this section. A person who drives a motor vehicle in a school zoneat a speed greater than the speed limit set and posted under this section isresponsible for an infraction and is required to pay a penalty of not less thantwenty‑five dollars ($25.00). (1977, c. 902, s. 2; 1979, c.613; 1997‑341, s. 1.1.)
