A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to permit unmarried spouses of deceased retired highway patrolmen to obtain 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. – The plate authorized by this subdivision 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. The plate is issuable to any of the following:
a.	An individual who has retired from the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
b.	The surviving spouse of a person who retired from the North Carolina Highway Patrol had a retired highway patrol plate at the time of death so long as the surviving spouse does not remarry.
c.	The surviving spouse of a person who retired from the North Carolina Highway Patrol so long as the surviving spouse does not remarry."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.