GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	2 

SENATE BILL 913
Finance Committee Substitute Adopted 7/6/89

Short Title:  Up Vanity Plate Fees.	(Public)
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April 18, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO INCREASE THE FEE FOR VANITY MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL REVENUES DERIVED.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-81.3(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	An owner who desires personalized registration plates shall make application for such plates on forms which shall be provided by the Division of Motor Vehicles and pay the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) annually, which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee. Once an owner has obtained personalized plates, he, where possible, will have first priority on those plates for the following years provided he makes timely and appropriate application; provided, however, that the Commissioner shall not issue a personalized license plate pursuant to this section except upon written application therefor on a form furnished by the Commissioner in which the applicant certifies that his operator's or chauffeur's license has not been revoked or suspended under Article 2 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes within two years prior to the date of the application; and provided, further, that any personalized license plate issued pursuant to this section shall be cancelled and recalled by the Commissioner and the application fee forfeited in the event that the Commissioner determines that a false application has been submitted."
Sec. 2. G.S. 20-81.3 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( c1)	Ten dollars ($10.00) of the revenue derived from the additional fee for the special personalized registration plates shall be placed in a separate fund designated the ‘Natural Heritage Trust Vehicle Registration Fund'.  The monies in the fund shall be transferred quarterly to the account of the State Treasurer for use in the Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Fund found in Article 5A of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes."
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.