GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE BILL 1453

Committee Substitute Favorable 5/13/09

Senate State and Local Government Committee Substitute Adopted 6/24/09

Short Title:        State Maintenance Vehicles‑Parking Capitol.	(Public)
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April 13, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to allow state maintenance VEHICLES to park in metered parking spaces on the street blocks bordering capitol square and to prohibit parking of maintenance VEHICLES on capitol square in a manner that obstructs the view of or access to monuments.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Chapter 143 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 143‑345.10.  Parking of maintenance vehicles.

Maintenance vehicles of the Department of Administration may park without charge at any metered parking space located on the street blocks bordering the State's Capitol Square when performing work at or on the State's Capitol Square. No maintenance vehicle shall be parked upon the State's Capitol Square in a location that obstructs the view of or access to any monument on the Square, unless the vehicle itself is needed to perform some maintenance function or duty required by this Article."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.