GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001

HOUSE BILL 651
RATIFIED BILL

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY OF GREENVILLE and the town of chapel hill TO REQUIRE PRETOWING NOTICES BEFORE A MOTOR VEHICLE MAY BE TOWED FROM A PRIVATE LOT, GARAGE, OR OTHER PARKING FACILITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 160A‑301 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(b1)	A city may by ordinance require that pretowing notices be displayed on lots, garages, or other parking facilities not owned or leased by the city. Pretowing notices shall be displayed before vehicles parked without the permission of the owner or lessee of the lot, garage, or other parking facility not owned or leased by the city, may be towed or removed from that lot, garage, or other parking facility. The city may set the size and nature of the required notices. The city may provide penalties for violation of the ordinance created under this subsection."
SECTION 2.  This act applies to the City of Greenville and the Town of Chapel Hill only.
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of May, 2001.

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

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		 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives