GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 518

Short Title:  Five-Year License Plates.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Allred; Berry, Cole, Creech, Eddins, Gulley, Howard, Justus, McComas, Sexton, Starnes, C. Wilson, and Wood.

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Referred to:  Transportation, if favorable, Finance.

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March 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR FIVE-YEAR REGISTRATION PLATES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-87(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5)	Private Passenger Vehicles. – There shall be paid to the Division annually, as of the first day of January, for the registration and licensing of private passenger vehicles, fees according to the following classifications and schedules:
Private passenger vehicles of not more than fifteen passengers $20.00
Private passenger vehicles over fifteen passengers 23.00
	Provided, that a fee of only one dollar ($1.00) shall be charged for any vehicle given by the federal government to any veteran on account of any disability suffered during war so long as such vehicle is owned by the original donee or other veteran entitled to receive such gift under Title 38, section 252, United States Code Annotated.
	Provided, further, that the Division shall provide registration plates, with appropriate expiration stickers, for any number of years up to five-year renewals and charge multiples of the above fees for the registration plates.  There shall be no refunds for licenses returned to the Division prior to the  scheduled expiration date of the multiple-year plates."
Section 2.  G.S. 20-95(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Scope. – This section does not apply to license plates issued pursuant to G.S. 20-79.1, 20-79.2, 20-84, 20-84.1, 20-87(9) or (10), 20-88(c), or to registration plates issued for up to five years pursuant to G.S. 20-87(5)."
Section 3.  G.S. 20-79.7 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( d)	Historic Vehicle Owner Plates. – Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, historic vehicle owner plates, issued pursuant to G.S. 20-79.4(b)(11), shall be issued to the owner of a qualifying vehicle upon the payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00) per year.  The owner may purchase the plate that is valid for up to five years."
Section 4.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997.