A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require moped identification tags.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 3 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new Part to read:
"Part 3B. Moped Identification Tags.
"§ 20-71.6. Moped identification tags.
(a)	Tags Required. – Every moped, as defined in G.S. 105-164.3 and operated in the State, shall display a permanent identification tag. The tag must display information for identification and enforcement purposes and be approved by the Commissioner.
(b)	Duties of Moped Dealer. – A moped dealer shall attach the approved tag to each moped sold by the dealer in this State. The moped dealer may collect a one-time only fee not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) from the purchaser of the new or used moped. Moped dealers shall make an effort to promote awareness of the tag requirement.
(c)	Violations. – A moped dealer who fails to attach a tag to a moped at the time of sale or a person who operates a moped upon the public highways and streets of this State without displaying the tag is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2004.