GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 250

Short Title:  Change Tag Agent Compensation.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives McMahan, Bowie, Barbee, Crawford, Holmes, Miner; and Starnes.

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Referred to:  Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary II.

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February 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCLUDE THE COLLECTION OF AN EMISSIONS PENALTY IN THE LIST OF ITEMS FOR WHICH BRANCH AGENTS OF THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES ARE COMPENSATED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 155 of the 1993 Session Laws, as amended by Section 20.1 of Chapter 769 of the 1993 Session Laws and by Section 18.18 of Chapter 507 of the 1995 Session Laws (Reg. Sess., 1996), reads as rewritten:
"Sec. 155.  The Division of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation shall compensate a contractor with whom it has a contract under G.S. 20-63(h)	at the rate of one dollar and twenty cents ($1.20) for each transaction performed in accordance with the requirements set by the Division.  A transaction is any of the following activities:
(1)	Issuance of a registration plate, a registration card, a registration renewal sticker, or a certificate of title.
(2)	Issuance of a handicapped placard or handicapped identification card.
(3)	Acceptance of an application for a personalized registration plate.
(4)	Acceptance of a surrendered registration plate, registration card, or registration renewal sticker, or acceptance of an affidavit stating why a person cannot surrender a registration plate, registration card, or registration renewal sticker.
(5)	Cancellation of a title because the vehicle has been junked.
(6)	Acceptance of an application for, or issuance of, a refund for a fee or a tax, other than the highway use tax.
(7)	Receipt of the civil penalty imposed by G.S. 20-309 for a lapse in financial responsibility or receipt of the restoration fee imposed by that statute.
(7a)	Receipt of the civil penalty imposed by G.S. 20-183.8A for an emissions inspection violation.
(8)	Acceptance of a notice of failure to maintain financial responsibility for a motor vehicle.
(9)	Collection of the highway use tax.
Performance at the same time of any combination of the items that are listed within each subdivision or are listed within subdivisions (1)	through (8) of this section is a single transaction.  Performance of the item listed in subdivision (9) of this section in combination with any other items listed in this section is a separate transaction."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.