Days Inn of America, Inc. v. Board of Transportation

HEDRICK, Judge.

Respondents’ Appeal

Respondents’ appeal presents the question of whether the Outdoor Advertising Control Act, G.S. 136-126 et seq., became effective on 17 July 1972.

By its terms, the Act provides that it is not to “have any force and effect until federal funds . . . [have been] made available to the State for the purpose” of controlling outdoor advertising “and the Board of Transportation has entered into an agreement with the Secretary of Transportation” with respect to the control of outdoor advertising along the interstate and primary highway systems in North Carolina. G.S.…