GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION
CHAPTER 997
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FINE FOR UNAUTHORIZED PARKING IN A HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACE IN THE CITY OF JACKSONVILLE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 20-37.6(f)(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1) A violation of G.S.
20-37.6(e)(1), (2) or (3) is an infraction which carries a penalty of twenty-five
dollars ($25.00) fifty dollars ($50.00) and whenever evidence shall
be presented in any court of the fact that any automobile, truck, or other
vehicle was found to be parked in a properly designated handicapped parking
space in violation of the provisions of this section, it shall be prima facie
evidence in any court in the State of North Carolina that the vehicle was
parked and left in the space by the person, firm, or corporation in whose name
the vehicle is registered and licensed according to the records of the Division
of Motor Vehicles. No evidence tendered or presented under this authorization
shall be admissible or competent in any respect in any court or tribunal except
in cases concerned solely with a violation of this section."
Sec. 2. This act applies only to the City of Jacksonville.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective October 1, 1988.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 1988.