GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1997 SESSION

 

 

S.L. 1997-107

SENATE BILL 282

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE TO RETAIN POSSESSION OF TOWED VEHICLES UNTIL THE OWNER PAYS THE TOWING FEE AND OVERDUE TICKETS OR POSTS A BOND.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter VI, Subchapter A, Article II of the Charter of the City of Charlotte, being Chapter 713 of the 1965 Session Laws, is amended by adding a new section:

"Section 6.24.  Towing Vehicles.  The City may retain possession of any vehicle that was towed until the owner pays the towing fee and any related parking tickets and penalties or posts a bond in the amount of the towing fee and any related parking tickets and penalties.  Payment of the towing fee and any related parking tickets and penalties or posting of a bond shall not constitute a waiver of a person's right to contest the towing or any related parking tickets and penalties."

Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 29th day of May, 1997.

s/   Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

s/   Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives