NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 17
HOUSE BILL 79

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE RICHMOND COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH ORDINANCES REGULATING TRAFFIC AND PARKING ON THE CAMPUS OF THE RICHMOND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. All of the provisions of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes relating to the use of highways of the State and the operation of motor vehicles thereon are applicable to all streets, alleys, driveways, parking lots, and parking structures on the Richmond Senior High School property, owned and administered by the Richmond County Board of Education.
The Richmond County Board of Education may by ordinance prohibit, regulate, divert, control and limit pedestrian or vehicular traffic and the parking of motor vehicles and other modes of conveyance on the campus of the Richmond Senior High School. In fixing the limits, the Board of Education is not subject to G.S. 20-141(f) or (g), but may fix any speed limit reasonable and safe under the circumstances as conclusively determined by the Board of Education.
The Board of Education may by ordinance provide for the registration of motor vehicles maintained or operated on the campus of Richmond Senior High School by any student, faculty member, or employee of the Board, and may fix fees for such registration. The ordinance may make it unlawful for any person to operate an unregistered motor vehicle on the campus when the vehicle is required by the ordinance to be registered.
The Board of Education may by ordinance set aside parking lots and other parking facilities on the campus for use by students, faculty and employees of the Board and members of the general public attending high school, conferences, or athletic events being held on the campus of Richmond Senior High School.
The violation of an ordinance adopted by the Richmond County Board of Education under any portion of this act is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for not more than 30 days, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of February, 1975.