NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION
CHAPTER 563
SENATE BILL 259
AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 1 OF CHAPTER 116 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA, SO AS TO MAKE CHAPTER 20 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES, APPLICABLE IN THE USE OF THE STREETS, ALLEYS AND DRIVEWAYS ON THE GROUNDS OF APPALACHIAN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AND TO AUTHORIZE THE APPALACHIAN TRUSTEES TO ADOPT TRAFFIC REGULATIONS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. Article 1 of Chapter 116 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by adding a new Section immediately following G.S. 116‑44.1, to be designated as G.S. 116‑44.2, and to read as follows:
"G.S. 116‑44.2. (a) All 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, alleys and driveways on the campus of the Appalachian State Teachers College. Any person violating any of the provisions of said Chapter in or on such streets, alleys or driveways shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as therein prescribed. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as in any way interfering with the ownership and control of such streets, alleys and driveways on the campus of Appalachian State Teachers College as is now vested by law in the trustees of Appalachian State Teachers College or Town of Boone.
"(b) The Board of Trustees of Appalachian State Teachers College is authorized to make such additional rules and regulations and adopt such additional ordinances with respect to the use of the streets, alleys, driveways, and to the establishment of parking areas on such campus not inconsistent with the provisions of Chapter 20, General Statutes of North Carolina, and the ordinances of the Town of Boone, as in its opinion may be necessary. All regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to the authority of this subsection shall be recorded in the proceedings of the board and 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 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 30 days.
"(c) The Board of Trustees of Appalachian State Teachers College shall cause to be posted at appropriate places on the campus of Appalachian State Teachers College notice to the public of applicable speed limits and parking laws and ordinances."
Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. 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 31st day of May, 1961.