GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1213
     

 
Short Title:	Loan and Education  Funds for AFVs.	()	
Sponsors:	Representative Tolson.	
Referred to:	Finance.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE ALTERNATIVE FUEL vehicle rebate and infrastructure grant program.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Chapter 113B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Article to read:
"Article 3.
"Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate and Infrastructure Grant Program.
"§ 113B-30. Purpose.
(a)	There is created an alternative fuel vehicle rebate and infrastructure grant program to provide the following rebates and grants:
(1)	Eighty percent (80%) of the incremental costs for dedicated vehicles.
(2)	Fifty percent (50%) of the incremental costs for bi-fuel and hybrid alternative fuel vehicles (based on documented fuel availability at the time of purchase).
(3)	Twenty percent (20%) of the total purchase price of low-speed electric vehicles or one thousand dollars ($1,000), whichever is less.
(4)	Ten percent (10%) for all other dedicated alternative fuel vehicles that have no comparable convention model on which to base incremental cost calculations.
(b)	Funds from this program may also be used to provide grants for alternative fuel vehicle infrastructure based on a documented fifty percent (50%) cost share. Applicants shall assure public accessibility to alternative fuel infrastructure and will be competitively selected. Eligible infrastructure includes, among others, fueling stations, fueling tanks, and charging stations in parking lots.
"§ 113B-31.  Funding.
The alternative fuel vehicle rebate and infrastructure grant program shall be funded from a two dollar ($2.00) increase in the cost of registering each motor vehicle registered in this State."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑87 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑87.  Passenger vehicle registration fees.
(a)	These shall be paid to the Division annually, as of the first day of January, for the registration and licensing of passenger vehicles, fees according to the following classifications and schedules:
(1)	For‑Hire Passenger Vehicles. – The fee for a passenger vehicle that is operated for compensation and has a capacity of 15 passengers or less is seventy‑eight dollars ($78.00). The fee for a passenger vehicle that is operated for compensation and has a capacity of more than 15 passengers is one dollar and forty cents ($1.40) per hundred pounds of empty weight of the vehicle.
(2)	U‑Drive‑It Vehicles. – U‑drive‑it vehicles shall pay the following tax: 

Motorcycles:	1‑passenger capacity	$18.00
2‑passenger capacity	22.00
3‑passenger capacity	26.00
Automobiles:	15 or fewer passengers	$41.00
Buses:	16 or more passengers	$1.40 per
	hundred
	pounds of
	empty weight
Trucks under
7,000 pounds
that do not
haul products
for hire:	4,000 pounds	$41.50
5,000 pounds	$51.00
6,000 pounds	$61.00.

(3)	Repealed by Session Laws 1981, c. 976, s. 3.
(4)	Limousine Vehicles. – For‑hire passenger vehicles on call or demand which do not solicit passengers indiscriminately for hire between points along streets or highways, shall be taxed at the same rate as for‑hire passenger vehicles under G.S. 20‑87(1) but shall be issued appropriate registration plates to distinguish such vehicles from taxicabs.
(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.
(6)	Private Motorcycles. – The base tax on private passenger motorcycles shall be nine dollars ($9.00); except that when a motorcycle is equipped with an additional form of device designed to transport persons or property, the base tax shall be sixteen dollars ($16.00).  An additional tax of three dollars ($3.00) is imposed on each private motorcycle registered under this subdivision in addition to the base tax. The revenue from the additional tax shall be  credited to the General Fund and may be used to implement the Motorcycle Safety Instruction Program created in G.S. 115D-72.
(7)	Dealer License Plates. – The fee for a dealer license plate is the regular fee for each of the first five plates issued to the same dealer and is one‑half the regular fee for each additional dealer license plate issued to the same dealer. The "regular fee" is the fee set in subdivision (5) of this section for a private passenger motor vehicle of not more than 15 passengers.
(8)	Driveaway Companies. – Any person engaged in the business of driving new motor vehicles from the place of manufacture to the place of sale in this State for compensation shall pay a fee of one‑half of the amount that would otherwise be payable under this section for each set of plates.
(9)	House Trailers. – In lieu of other registration and license fees levied on house trailers under this section or G.S. 20‑88, the registration and license fee on house trailers shall be seven dollars ($7.00) for the license year or any portion thereof.
(10)	Special Mobile Equipment. – The fee for special mobile equipment for the license year or any part of the license year is two times the fee in subdivision (5) for a private passenger motor vehicle of not more than 15 passengers.
(11)	Any vehicle fee determined under this section according to the weight of the vehicle shall be increased by the sum of three dollars ($3.00) to arrive at the total fee.
(b)	In addition to the fees authorized by subsection (a) of this section, two dollars ($2.00) shall be paid annually to the Division to fund the Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebate and Infrastructure Grant Program created by G.S. 113B-30."
SECTION 3.  Section 2 of this act becomes effective July 1, 2001. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes law.