GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	2 

SENATE BILL 117
Second Edition Engrossed 2/25/93

Short Title:  Winston-Salem Wheel Locks.	(Local)
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Sponsors: Senators Ward, Kaplan, and Cochrane.
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Referred to:  Local Government and Regional Affairs.
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February 11, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT RELATING TO ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The Board of Aldermen of the City of Winston-Salem may provide, by ordinance, for the use of wheel locks on illegally parked vehicles for which there are three or more outstanding, unpaid, and overdue parking tickets for a period of ninety days.  The ordinance shall provide for notice or warning to be affixed to the vehicle, immobilization, towing, impoundment, appeal hearing, an immobilization fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00), and charges for towing and storage.  The City of Winston-Salem shall not be responsible for any damage to an immobilized illegally parked vehicle resulting from unauthorized attempts to free or move that vehicle.
Sec. 2.  This act applies to the City of Winston-Salem only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.