A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize retired HIGHWAY PATROL motorcycle 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 plate authorized by this subdivision shall be issued as a passenger motor vehicle plate and as a motorcycle plate. 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 one of the following:
a.	An individual who has retired from the North Carolina Highway Patrol.
b.	The surviving spouse of a person who had a retired highway patrol plate at the time of death so long as the surviving spouse continues to renew the plate and does not remarry."
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SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.