AN ACT authorizing the city of durham to allow payment for on‑street parking by various means and to use proceeds from on‑street parking for parking programs and providing parking facilities.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑301 reads as rewritten:
"§ 160A‑301.  Parking.
(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 require any person parking a vehicle therein to pay a fee for the entire time that the vehicle remains in that location, up to the maximum time allowed for parking there. The city may require that payment for vehicle parking be made by a means of payment specified by the city, including coins, currency, tokens, credit cards, or electronic means. Proceeds from the use of meters or devices for parking on public streets must be used to defray the cost of operating the city's parking program or providing parking facilities.
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SECTION 2.  This act applies to the City of Durham only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 2014.

	s/	 Philip E. Berger
	 President Pro Tempore of the Senate

	s/	 Thom Tillis
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives