A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that registered businesses that replace windshields may obtain replacement inspection stickers without paying the sticker feeS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑183.6 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑183.6.  Businesses that replace windshields must register with Division to get inspection stickers.
(a)	A person who is engaged in the business of replacing windshields on vehicles that are subject to inspection under this Part may register with the Division to obtain replacement inspection stickers for use on replaced windshields without paying the fees required by G.S. 20‑183.7. A replacement inspection sticker put on a windshield that has been replaced must contain the same information and expire at the same time as the inspection sticker it replaces. A person who puts a replacement inspection sticker on a replaced windshield must remove the inspection sticker from the windshield that was replaced, attach the removed inspection sticker to a copy of the statement given the vehicle owner for replacing the windshield, and keep that copy of the statement until 18 months after the sticker was removed.
(b)	A person registered under this section must keep records of replacement stickers put on replaced windshields and must be able to account for all inspection stickers received from the Division. The Division may suspend or revoke the registration of a person under this section if the person fails to keep records required by the Division or is unable to account for inspection stickers received from the Division. An auditor of the Division may review the records of a person registered under this section during normal business hours.
(c)	A person who is registered under this section and has a safety inspection station license or an emissions inspection station license must keep the records of the inspection stickers used on replaced windshields separate from the records of the inspection stickers used on vehicles inspected. A person who is registered under this section and has an inspection station license may not inspect a vehicle whose windshield is being replaced unless the inspection sticker on the windshield has expired or expires at the end of the month in which the windshield is being replaced and the person has the vehicle owner's permission to inspect the vehicle.
(d)	A person who is registered under this section when obtaining the replacement stickers without paying the fees required by G.S. 20‑183.7 shall present the copies of the statements that are required to be kept by subsection (a) of this section for examination by the Division."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.