NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 354

HOUSE BILL 767

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1273, SESSION LAWS 1953, AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 245, SESSION LAWS OF 1961.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. That Chapter 1273, Session Laws of 1953, as amended by Chapter 245, Session Laws of 1961, be, and the same is hereby amended as follows:

(a)       That Section 5 of said act, as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 5. Penalties for violations. Any person, firm or corporation violating any rule or regulation adopted by the Board of Directors of the Greensboro-High Point Airport Authority pursuant to this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisoned not exceeding 10 days, in the discretion of the court."

(b)       That Section 5(a) of said act, as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended as follows:

"Sec. 5(a). The sheriff or other lawful officer of Guilford County is authorized and empowered in the case of the violation of any regulation or rule adopted by the Greensboro-High Point Airport Authority relating to the parking of automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles in any loading zone, or designated parking area owned by the authority, or upon any public street within the property of the authority, and made effective pursuant to the provisions of this act to give, serve, or mail, any person a ticket or citation for any such violation; any person receiving such citation or ticket for any such automobile, truck, or motorcycle parking violation may pay, within the time named in such ticket or citation, to the sheriff of Guilford County at his office in Greensboro or High Point in person, or by mail, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for each violation as payment of the civil penalty therefor and be discharged from any criminal prosecution or penalties pursuant to Section 5 hereof. In the event the sheriff or other lawful officer deems it necessary to move any automobile, truck, or motorcycle from an area where a violation occurs, such sheriff and other lawful officers are authorized and empowered to move, or cause the moving of, such automobile, truck, or motorcycle, and to park and store or cause to be parked and stored such automobile, truck or motorcycle, and he owner thereof shall pay all moving and storage charges due any person, firm, or corporation therefor, and said sheriff or other lawful officer shall have no liability for any such charges for removal and storage of such automobile, truck, or motorcycle."

(c)       That Section 5(b) of said act, as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended as follows:

"Sec. 5(b). Any person given, served, or mailed a ticket or citation by the sheriff or other lawful officer of Guilford County for a violation of any automobile, truck, or motorcycle parking rule or regulation pursuant to Section 5(a) above, may tender and pay an amount equal to the sum provided as payment of the civil penalty, and in addition pay to others all sums due to them for storage and costs of moving automobiles, trucks, or motorcycles as herein provided."

Sec. 2. If any part or parts of this act shall be held to be unconstitutional, such unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the remaining parts of this act, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1975.