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- Enforcement
- As appropriate, Campus Parking Services and the Department of Public Safety enforce university motor vehicle and parking regulations; NIU Public Safety officers additionally police applicable laws under the Illinois Vehicle Code (Illinois Compiled Statues, 625 ILCS 5) as well as other relevant statutes.
- Vehicles may be towed at the owner's expense for
the
following reasons:
a. Abandoned/disabled vehicles
b. Campus parking privileges denied
c. Illegal parking including
unauthorized use of a handicapped space or reserved space
d. Three or more outstanding
parking or traffic fines
e. Using a lost, stolen, altered,
or falsified NIU parking permit
- Outstanding student citations may be reported to the
Bursar's Office for collection. By registering a motor vehicle under
these regulations or by using the university facilities governed by
these regulations, an individual authorizes the university to collect
all assessments due by charging the assessment to the individual's
Revolving Credit Plan Account and settling the amount due in accordance
with the terms of that plan. Fines that have been transferred to a students Bursar's account cannot be appealed.
- University employees, by parking on campus, authorize
the Payroll Office to withhold from their salary or wages the specific
amount of assessments issued by Campus Parking Services upon exhaustion
of all appeal procedures and in accordance with the State Salary and
Annuity Withholding Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, 5 ILCS 365/1).
Additional related service charges will be assessed until paid in full.
- A person with three or more outstanding parking or
traffic assessments who does not pay or appeal the assessments within
the time limits may be denied use of all university parking facilities
or towed, regardless of whether the vehicle or the owner is registered
and has a parking permit. When all assessments have been settled, the
person's prior parking privileges may be reinstated. A person with
eight or more issued citations within an academic year may have their parking
privileges denied, vehicles may be towed at the owner's expense and the person may be charged with a $100 administrative fee for additional enforcement support and costs.
- Any person found to be in possession of a lost,
stolen, altered, or falsified NIU parking permit may be subject to a
citation, arrest, Student Judicial and/or criminal/civil prosecution.
Vehicle may be subject to tow.
- Parking permits are required as posted, even during semester and holiday break periods. For more parking information, please contact Campus Parking Services at (815) 753-1045.
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