A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to make changes to the law governing red light cameras in the towns of hope mills and spring lake.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑300.1(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	This section applies only to the Cities of Albemarle, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville, High Point, Locust, Lumberton, Newton, Rocky Mount, and Wilmington, to the Towns of Chapel Hill, Cornelius, Hope Mills, Huntersville, Matthews, Nags Head, Pineville, and Spring Lake, and to the municipalities in Union County."
SECTION 2.  Section 3 of S.L. 2007‑341, as amended by Section 1 of S.L. 2016‑64, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 3.  Section 1 of this act applies to the Cities of Albemarle, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greenville, Locust, and Rocky Mount, to the Towns of Hope Mills and Spring Lake, and to the municipalities in Union County."
SECTION 3.  G.S. 160A‑300.1(c)(2), as amended by Section 1 of S.L. 2007‑341, reads as rewritten:
"(2)	A violation detected by a traffic control photographic system shall be deemed a noncriminal violation for which a civil penalty of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be assessed, and for which no points authorized by G.S. 20‑16(c) shall be assigned to the owner or driver of the vehicle nor insurance points as authorized by G.S. 58‑36‑65."
SECTION 4.  G.S. 160A‑300.1(c)(3), as amended by Section 1 of S.L. 2007‑341, reads as rewritten:
"(3)	The owner of the vehicle shall be issued a citation which shall clearly state when the penalty is due and the manner in which the violation may be challenged. The owner shall comply with the directions on the citation. The citation shall be processed by officials or agents of the municipality and shall be forwarded by personal service or first class mail to the address given on the motor vehicle registration. If the owner fails to pay the civil penalty or to respond to the citation within 30 days after the date the citation is served or mailed, the owner shall have waived the right to contest responsibility for the violation, and the civil penalty assessed pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, if less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), may be increased to an amount not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). The total amount of the combined civil penalty assessed pursuant to subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00). The municipality may establish procedures for the collection of these penalties and may enforce the penalties by civil action in the nature of debt."
SECTION 5.  G.S. 160A‑300.1(c), as amended by Section 1 of S.L. 2007‑341, is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(4a)	A municipality enacting an ordinance implementing a traffic control photographic system may enter into a contract with a contractor for the lease, lease‑purchase, or purchase of the system. The municipality may enter into only one contract for the lease, lease‑purchase, or purchase of the system, and the duration of the contract may be for no more than 60 months. After the period specified in the contract has expired, the system shall either be the property of the municipality or removed and returned to the contractor."
SECTION 6.  The Cumberland County Board of Education may enter into, with a town listed in this section, an interlocal agreement necessary and proper to effectuate the purpose and intent of G.S. 160A‑300.1 and this act. Any agreement entered into pursuant to this section may include provisions on cost‑sharing and reimbursement that the Cumberland County Board of Education and the town freely and voluntarily agree to for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of G.S. 160A‑300.1 and this act. The towns authorized in this section are Hope Mills and Spring Lake.
SECTION 7.  Section 4 of this act applies to the City of Fayetteville and to the Towns of Hope Mills and Spring Lake. The remainder of this act applies only to the Towns of Hope Mills and Spring Lake and the Cumberland County Board of Education.
SECTION 8.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective October 1, 2019, and applies to violations committed on or after that date. The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 2019.