A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT authorizing the town of beaufort to use proceeds from parking meters for the acquisition, development, and operation of on‑street and off‑street parking facilities.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑301(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	On‑Street Parking. – A city may by ordinance regulate, restrict, and prohibit the parking of vehicles on the public streets, alleys, and bridges within the city. When parking is permitted for a specified period of time at a particular location, a city may install a parking meter at that location and require any person parking a vehicle therein to place the meter in operation for the entire time that the vehicle remains in that location, up to the maximum time allowed for parking there. Parking meters may be activated by coins or tokens. Proceeds from the use of parking meters on public streets may be used only to defray the cost of enforcing and administering traffic and parking ordinances and regulations, and the acquisition, development, and operation of on‑street and off‑street parking facilities."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to the Town of Beaufort only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.