NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 245

HOUSE BILL 116

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 1273 RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AT THE GREENSBORO-HIGH POINT AIRPORT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Chapter 1273 of the General Session Laws of 1953 is hereby amended by adding after Section 5 thereof and before Section 6 thereof new Sections to read 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 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 traffic 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, of Guilford County, deems it necessary to move any motor vehicle 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 vehicle, and to park and store, or cause to be parked and stored, the said vehicle and the owner of such vehicle 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 vehicle.

Sec. 5 (b). Any person given, served, or mailed a ticket or a citation by the Sheriff or other lawful officer of Guilford County for a violation of said rules and regulations may tender and pay an amount not in excess of 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 motor vehicles as herein provided.

Sec. 5 (c). No State tax shall be paid to the State of North Carolina in cases finally disposed of by payment of the amount of the civil penalty.

Sec. 5 (d). The Sheriff of Guilford County, by and with the consent of the Board of County Commissioners of Guilford County, may designate any other persons as lawful officers to enforce the provisions of this Act and to designate any other persons or places, as they deem necessary, for the collection of the civil penalties herein provided for, said funds collected to be safeguarded in the same manner as provided for general funds of Guilford County.

Sec. 5 (e). It shall be the duty of the Sheriff and other lawful officers of Guilford County to enforce the provisions of this Act, and the Sheriff of Guilford County shall, subject to the provisions of Section 5 (d) hereof, collect the penalties for violation of the rules and regulations adopted and made effective hereunder, and to account for said funds.

Sec 5 (f). All civil penalties collected pursuant to the provisions of this Act shall be paid by the Sheriff of Guilford County, or other collector designated as herein provided, into the general fund of Guilford County,

Sec. 5 (g). Nothing contained in Sections 5 (a), 5 (b), 5 (c), 5 (d), 5 (e), and 5 (f) shall prevent prosecution and imposition of the penalties for violations pursuant to provisions of Section 5 hereof in the event payment of the civil penalty is not made.

Sec. 2. Partial invalidity. If any part of this Act shall be declared invalid for any reason by a Court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining part shall not be affected by such invalidity.

Sec. 3. Repeal clause. All laws and clauses of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of April, 1961.