A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the surviving spouses of retired highway patrolmen to purchase Retired Highway patrol special registration plates.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.4(b)(36a) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates:
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(36a)	Retired Highway Patrol. – Issuable to an individual who has retired from the North Carolina Highway Patrol and to the surviving spouse of a person who was eligible to have a Retired Highway Patrol plate at the time of death. The plate shall bear the phrase "SHP, Retired." The Division may not issue the plate authorized by this subdivision unless it receives at least 300 applications for the plate."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.