GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 518
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/2/97

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

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March 17, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR TWO-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 all registration plates, including special registration plates, with appropriate expiration stickers for either one-year or two-year renewals and charge multiples of the above fees for the registration plates.  Commission contracts entered into pursuant to G.S. 20-63(h) shall provide for payment of the transaction rate for each year of the two-year renewals.  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 two years pursuant to G.S. 20-87(5)."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997.