GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 128
Committee Substitute Favorable 2/28/95

Short Title:  Wheel Locks.	(Local)

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February 8, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PERMIT THE CITY OF HENDERSON AND THE CITY OF ASHEVILLE TO USE WHEEL LOCKS ON CERTAIN ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  The City Council of the City of Henderson and the City Council of the City of Asheville 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 90 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 Henderson and the City of Asheville 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 Henderson and the City of Asheville only.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.