NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 432

HOUSE BILL 858

AN ACT TO ASSESS AN ADDITIONAL FEE OF TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) FOR SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES ISSUED TO OFFICIALS OF THE JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE, AND ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCHES OF STATE GOVERNMENT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-81 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 20-81.  Official license plates. — (a) License plates issued to State officials by the Division of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation, upon which are inscribed any special numbering or designation different from the numbering and designation inscribed upon plates issued to the general public pursuant to G.S. 20-63, shall be assessed a fee of ten dollars ($10.00), in addition to any fees charged under G.S. 20-87 and G.S. 20-88. These plates shall be subject to the same transfer provisions as provided in G.S. 20-64.

(b)        The revenue derived from the additional fee for such plates shall be placed in a separate fund designated the 'Official's Registration Plate Fund'. After deducting the costs of the plates, plus budgetary requirements for handling and issuance, to be determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, any 409 remaining monies derived from the additional fee for such plates shall be periodically transferred in accordance with G.S. 20‑81.3(c)."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on January 1, 1976.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1975.