NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 470

HOUSE BILL 545

 

 

AN ACT TO DEMAND PROPER DESIGNATION ON LICENSE PLATES OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-63(b) is rewritten to read as follows:

"(b)      Every license plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it is issued, also the name of the State of North Carolina, which may be abbreviated, the year number for which it is issued or the date of expiration, and, if the plate is issued for a commercial vehicle, as defined in G.S. 20-4.2(1), the word 'commercial', designating 'commercial vehicle'. Provided such plates bearing the word 'commercial' shall not be issued for trailers or vehicles licensed for less than 5,000 pounds."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-4.2(1) is hereby amended by striking the word "interstate" appearing in line 1 thereof immediately after the word "operated" and immediately before the word "in".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of April, 1979.