A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to redistribute the funds derived from the first in forestry special registration plate.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.7(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Distribution of Fees. – The Special Registration Plate Account and the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account are established within the Highway Fund. The Division must credit the additional fee imposed for the special registration plates listed in subsection (a) among the Special Registration Plate Account (SRPA), the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account (CCAPA), the Natural Heritage Trust Fund (NHTF), which is established under G.S. 113‑77.7, and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which is established under G.S. 113‑44.15, as follows:
Special Plate	SRPA	CCAPA	NHTF	PRTF

Animal Lovers	$10	$10	0	0
Audubon North Carolina	$10 	$10	0	0
Be Active NC	$10 	$10	0 	0
Buffalo Soldiers	$10 	$15	0	0  
Crystal Coast	$10 	$20	0	0
Ducks Unlimited	$10 	$10 	0	0
First in Forestry	$10	$10	0	0
Goodness Grows	$10 	$15	0	0
Harley Owners' Group	$10 	$10	0	0
Historical Attraction	$10	$20	0	0
In‑State Collegiate Insignia	$10 	$15	0	0
Kids First 	$10 	$15	0	0
Litter Prevention	$10 	$10	0	0
March of Dimes	$10 	$10	0	0
NC Agribusiness	$10 	$15	0	0
NC Coastal Federation 	$10	$15	0	0
Nurses	$10	$15	0	0
Olympic Games	$10	$15	0	0
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity 	$10 	$10	0	0
Out‑of‑state Collegiate Insignia 	10	0	$15	0
Personalized 	$10 	0	$15	$5
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation	$10 	$15	0 	0
Save the Sea Turtles	$10	$10	0	0
Scenic Rivers	$10	$10	0	0
School Technology	$10	$10	0	0
Soil and Water Conservation	$10	$10	0	0
Special Forces Association	$10	$10	0	0
Special Olympics	$10	$15	0	0
State Attraction	$10	$20	0	0
Support Public Schools	$10	$10	0	0
Surveyor Plate	$10	$15	0	0
The V Foundation for 
	Cancer Research	$10	$15	0	0
University Health Systems of 
	Eastern Carolina	$10	$15	0	0
Wildlife Resources	$10	$10	0	0
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority	$10	$10	0	0
All other Special Plates	$10	0	0	0."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑81.12 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(b31)	First in Forestry. – The Division must receive 300 or more applications for the First in Forestry plate before the plate may be developed. The Division shall transfer quarterly one‑half of the money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of the First in Forestry plates to the Division of Forest Resources for a State forests and forestry education program and shall transfer quarterly one‑half of the money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of the First in Forestry plates to the Forest Education and Conservation Foundation for their programs."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.