North Carolina HB 518: Two-Year License Plates.

Bill Text

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 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR TWO-YEAR REGISTRATION PLATES. 2
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 3
Section 1. G.S. 20-87(5) reads as rewritten: 4
"(5) Private Passenger Vehicles. – There shall be paid to the Division 5
annually, as of the first day of January, for the registration and licensing 6
of private passenger vehicles, fees according to the following 7
classifications and schedules: 8
Private passenger vehicles of not more than fifteen 9
passengers .......................................................................................$20.00 10
Private passenger vehicles over fifteen 11
passengers .........................................................................................23.00 12
Provided, that a fee of only one dollar ($1.00) shall be charged for any 13
vehicle given by the federal government to any veteran on account of 14
any disability suffered during war so long as such vehicle is owned by 15
the original donee or other veteran entitled to receive such gift under 16
Title 38, section 252, United States Code Annotated. 17
Provided, further, that the Division shall provide all registration plates, 18
including special registration plates, with appropriate expiration stickers 19

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for either one-year or two-year renewals and charge multiples of the 1
above fees for the registration plates. Commission contracts entered 2
into pursuant to G.S. 20-63(h) shall provide for payment of the 3
transaction rate for each year of the two-year renewals. There shall be 4
no refunds for licenses returned to the Division prior to the scheduled 5
expiration date of the multiple-year plates." 6
Section 2. G.S. 20-95(b) reads as rewritten: 7
"(b) Scope. – This section does not apply to license plates issued pursuant to G.S. 8
20-79.1, 20-79.2, 20-84, 20-84.1, 20-87(9) or (10), and 20-88(c). (10), 20-88(c), or to 9
registration plates issued for up to two years pursuant to G.S. 20-87(5)." 10
Section 3. This act becomes effective December 1, 1997. 11