GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 225

HOUSE BILL 891

 

AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FINE FOR UNAUTHORIZED PARKING IN A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE IN CHARLOTTE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-37.6(f)(1) reads as rewritten:

"(1)      A violation of G.S. 20-37.6(e)(1), (2) or (3) is an infraction which carries a penalty of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) fifty dollars ($50.00) and whenever evidence shall be presented in any court of the fact that any automobile, truck, or other vehicle was found to be parked in a properly designated handicapped parking space in violation of the provisions of this section, it shall be prima facie evidence in any court in the State of North Carolina that the vehicle was parked and left in the space by the person, firm, or corporation in whose name the vehicle is registered and licensed according to the records of the Division of Motor Vehicles. No evidence tendered or presented under this authorization shall be admissible or competent in any respect in any court or tribunal except in cases concerned solely with a violation of this section."

Sec. 2.  This act applies only to the City of Charlotte.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of May, 1987.