BISMARCK - The North Dakota House has endorsed legislation that would allow cities to install parking meters on their streets if voters approve.
Representatives voted 53-38 on Thursday to lift the nearly 70-year-old ban on parking meters. The Senate approved the measure earlier, although the House amended it to specify that voters would have to agree to install parking meters if the city where they live wants to do so.
The Senate still must approve with the House amendment.
Parking meters were outlawed in 1948, after an angry farmer was ticketed for not feeding the meter. When the Legislature repealed it in 1951, Howard Henry led another successful referendum to reverse the decision.
North Dakota is the only state that bans the meters on public streets.