AN ACT to raise the fine for overtime parking from five dollars to no more than fifty dollars in the city of sanford.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  This act applies to the City of Sanford only.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑162.1(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Whenever evidence shall be presented in any court of the fact that any automobile, truck, or other vehicle was found upon any street, alley or other public place contrary to and in violation of the provisions of any statute or of any municipal or Department of Transportation ordinance limiting the time during which any such vehicle may be parked or prohibiting or otherwise regulating the parking of any such vehicle, it shall be prima facie evidence in any court in the State of North Carolina that such vehicle was parked and left upon such street, alley or public way or place by the person, firm or corporation in whose name such vehicle is then registered and licensed according to the records of the department or agency of the State of North Carolina, by whatever name designated, which is empowered to register such vehicles and to issue licenses for their operation upon the streets and highways of this State; provided, that no evidence tendered or presented under the authorization contained in this section shall be admissible or competent in any respect in any court or tribunal, except in cases concerned solely with violation of statutes or ordinances limiting, prohibiting or otherwise regulating the parking of automobiles or other vehicles upon public streets, highways, or other public places.
Any person found responsible for an infraction pursuant to this section shall be subject to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00)."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2006.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives