NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 853

HOUSE BILL 1212

AN ACT TO MAKE THE MOTOR VEHICLE LAWS OF THE STATE APPLICABLE TO THE STREETS, ROADS, ALLEYS, AND DRIVEWAYS ON THE CAMPUS OF WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  All of the provisions of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes relating to the use of the highways of the State and the operation of motor vehicles thereon are hereby made applicable to the streets, roads, alleys and driveways on the campus of Western Carolina University. Any person violating any of the provisions of said Chapter 20 of the General Statutes, as herein made applicable, in or on the streets, roads, alleys or driveways on the campus of Western Carolina University shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as therein prescribed and as provided by Chapter 20 of the General Statutes, relating to motor vehicles. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any way interfering with the ownership and control of such streets, roads, alleys and driveways on the campus of Western Carolina University as is now vested by law in the Board of Trustees of Western Carolina University.

Sec. 2.  The Board of Trustees of Western Carolina University is authorized and empowered to make such additional rules and regulations and adopt such additional ordinances with respect to the use of the streets, roads, alleys and driveways on the campus of Western Carolina University, and to establish parking areas on the said campus not inconsistent with the provisions of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes of North Carolina. All regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to the authority of this Section shall be recorded in the proceedings of the Board of Trustees, printed, and copies of such regulations and ordinances shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina. Any person violating any of such regulations or ordinances shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punishable by a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for not exceeding thirty (30) days or, in the discretion of the Court, both such fine and imprisonment.

Sec. 3.  The Board of Trustees of Western Carolina University may by regulation or ordinance provide for a system of registration of all motor vehicles where the owner of said motor vehicle intends and does park same in the parking places or assigned parking places on the campus of Western Carolina University or the owner keeps said vehicle on the campus of Western Carolina University. The Board of Trustees of Western Carolina University may by regulation or ordinance establish a system of citations that may be issued to owners of motor vehicles who park their vehicles on the campus of said University in violation of the traffic or parking regulations as established by law or regulation. The Board of Trustees of Western Carolina University may by regulation or ordinance provide that the administrative officers or the Student Government or a combination thereof may administer said system of citations and exercise the right to prohibit repeated violators of such ordinances and regulations from parking on the campus or using the parking facilities thereof.

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1969.