GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 252

Short Title:  Purple Heart Spouses Plates.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators Hoyle, Perdue, and Carpenter.

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Referred to:  Transportation.

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February 23, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT SPOUSES OF PURPLE HEART PLATE HOLDERS MAY CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED THOSE PLATES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-79.4(b)(22) reads as rewritten:
     	" (22)	Purple Heart Recipient. – Issuable to a recipient of the Purple Heart award.  Also issuable to the surviving spouse of a purple heart recipient plate holder who has not remarried and who continues to annually renew the plate.  The plate shall bear the phrase 'Purple Heart Veteran, Combat Wounded' and the letters 'PH'."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-79.7(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Fees. – Upon request, the Division shall provide and issue free of charge one registration plate to a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, a 100% disabled veteran, and an ex-prisoner of war.  Upon request, the Division shall provide and issue, upon the payment of a one-time ten dollar ($10.00) fee, one registration plate to a recipient of the Purple Heart award.  All other special registration plates are subject to the regular motor vehicle registration fee in G.S. 20-87 or G.S. 20-88 plus an additional fee in the following amount:
Special Plate	Additional Fee Amount
	Historical Attraction	$30.00
State Attraction	$30.00
Collegiate Insignia	$25.00
Special Olympics	$25.00
Wildlife Resources	$20.00
Personalized	$20.00
Active Member of the National Guard	 None
All Other Special Plates	$10.00."
Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.