Bill Text: NC H43 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

North Carolina House Bill 43 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Winston-Salem/Parking Meters

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-11 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [H43 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-H43-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

H 1

HOUSE BILL 43*

Short Title: Winston‑Salem/Parking Meters.		(Local)
Sponsors:	Representatives Conrad, Lambeth, Hanes, and Terry (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Local Government.

February 5, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT Providing that parking meters in the city of winston‑salem may be activated by coins, tokens, cash, CREDIT CARDS, DEBIT CARDS, OR ELECTRONIC MEANS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1. G.S. 160A‑301 reads as rewritten:

"§ 160A‑301. Parking.

(a) On‑Street Parking. � A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, and prohibit the parking of vehicles on the public streets, alleys, and bridges within the city. When parking is permitted for a specified period of time at a particular location, a city may install a parking meter at that location and require any person parking a vehicle therein to place the meter in operation for the entire time that the vehicle remains in that location, up to the maximum time allowed for parking there. Parking meters may be activated by ~~coins or tokens.~~ coins, tokens, cash, credit cards, debit cards, or electronic means. Proceeds from the use of parking meters on public streets must be used to defray the cost of enforcing and administering traffic and parking ordinances and regulations.

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SECTION 2. This act applies to the City of Winston‑Salem only.

SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.