GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 299
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/2/97

Short Title:  Vietnam Veterans Plates.	(Public)

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February 24, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO DEVELOP SPECIAL MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES FOR VIETNAM VETERANS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT PROCEEDS FROM THE ADDITIONAL FEE FOR CERTAIN VETERAN SPECIAL PLATES BE USED TO SUPPORT THE NORTH CAROLINA VETERANS HOME.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-79.4(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(28a)	Vietnam Veteran. – Issuable to a veteran of the armed forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam combat zone  and who is a registered owner of a motor vehicle.  The Division may not issue the plate authorized by this subdivision unless it receives at least 300 applications for the plate."
Section 2.  Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 20-81.13.  Veteran Plate additional fee disposition.
The Division shall transfer quarterly the monies in the Special Registration Account derived from the sale of American Legion, Legion of Valor, Military Reservist, Military Retiree, Partially Disabled Veteran, Pearl Harbor Survivor, Purple Heart Recipient, Veterans of Foreign Wars, or Vietnam Veteran special plates to the North Carolina Veterans Home Trust Fund established by G.S. 165-48."
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.