GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

SESSION LAW 2016-64

HOUSE BILL 1126

AN ACT to make changes to the law governing red light cameras in the city of greenville.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 3 of S.L. 2007‑341 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 3.  Section 1 of this act applies to the Cities of Albemarle, Charlotte, Durham, Fayetteville, Greenville, Locust, and Rocky Mount and to the municipalities in Union County."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 160A‑300.1(c), as amended by 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 the system shall be removed and returned to the contractor."

SECTION 3.  G.S. 160A‑300.1(c)(2), as amended by S.L. 2007‑341, and by Section 1 of this act, 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 seventy‑five dollars ($75.00)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.  The City of Greenville and the Pitt County Board of Education may enter into 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 Pitt County Board of Education and the City of Greenville freely and voluntarily agree to for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of G.S. 160A‑300.1 and this act.

SECTION 5.  This act applies only to the City of Greenville and the Pitt County Board of Education.

SECTION 6.  Section 3 of this act becomes effective October 1, 2016, and applies to violations committed on or after that date. The remainder of this act becomes effective July 1, 2016.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 30^th day of June, 2016.

                                                                    s/  Daniel J. Forest

                                                                         President of the Senate

                                                                    s/  Tim Moore

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives