A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the division of motor vehicles to create a hmong veterans special license plate.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.4(b) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(b)	Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates:
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(18a)	Hmong Veteran. – Issuable to a member of the North Carolina Chapter of the Hmong Veterans of America. The plate shall be based on the plate issued for the veterans of the Vietnam War with the words "HMONG LAO" above the Southeast Asia campaign ribbon and the letters "HLV" down the right side of the plate. The Division may not issue the plate authorized by this subdivision unless it receives at least300 applications for the plate.
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2002.