Bill Text: NC H540 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Turnpike Authority/No Bill Until $5 Owed
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-04 - Ref to the Com on Transportation, if favorable, Finance [H540 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H540-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
H 1
HOUSE BILL 540
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Short Title: Turnpike Authority/No Bill Until $5 Owed. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Murry and Stam (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Transportation, if favorable, Finance. |
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April 4, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to delay TURNPIKE Authority billing of motor vehicle owners until tolls owed equal or exceed five dollars.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 136‑89.214 reads as rewritten:
"§ 136‑89.214.
Bill for unpaid open road toll.tolls sent after total amount of tolls
owed equals or exceeds five dollars.
(a) Bill. – If a motor vehicle travels on a Turnpike
project that uses an open road tolling system and a toll for traveling on the
project is not paid prior to travel or at the time of travel, the Authority must
record each instance that such a vehicle incurs a toll. After the total amount
of tolls recorded for a motor vehicle equals or exceeds five dollars ($5.00),
the Authority must send a bill by first‑class mail to the registered
owner of the motor vehicle for the amount of the unpaid toll.tolls.
The Authority must send the bill within 90 days after the travel occurs.date
of travel on which the total amount of tolls recorded for the motor vehicle
equals or exceeds five dollars ($5.00). If a bill is not sent within the
required time, the Authority waives collection of the toll.tolls.
The Authority must establish a billing period for unpaid open road tolls that
is no shorter than 15 days. A bill for a billing period must include all unpaid
tolls incurred by the same person during the billing period.
(b) Information on Bill. – A bill sent under this section must include all of the following information:
(1) The name and address of the registered owner of the
motor vehicle that traveled on thea Turnpike project.
(2) The datedates the travel occurred,
the approximate timetimes the travel occurred, and each segment
of thea Turnpike project on which the travel occurred.
(3) An imageThe images of the
registration plate of the motor vehicle, if the Authority captured an
electronic image of the motor vehicle when it traveled on thea Turnpike
project.
(4) The amount of the tolltolls due and
an explanation of how payment may be made.
(5) The date by which the tolltolls must
be paid to avoid the imposition of a processing fee under G.S. 136‑89.215
and the amount of the processing fee.
(6) A statement that a vehicle owner who has unpaid tolls is subject to a civil penalty and may not renew the vehicle's registration until the tolls and civil penalties are paid.
(7) A clear and concise explanation of how to contest liability for the toll."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2013, and applies to bills sent on or after that date.
