A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the Division of Motor Vehicles to issue transporter plates for motorcycle manufacturers in north carolina.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.2(a) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"§ 20‑79.2.  Transporter plates.
(a)	Who Can Get a Plate. – A person engaged in a business requiring the limited operation of a motor vehicle for any of the following purposes may obtain a transporter plate authorizing the movement of the vehicle for the specific purpose:
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(1a)	To facilitate the manufacture, construction, rebuilding, or delivery of new or used motorcycles between manufacturer, dealer, seller, or purchaser. A transporter plate used under this subdivision may be used to road test a new, used, or repaired motorcycle so long as the transporter plate is in the possession of the operator. The Division shall provide manufacturers of motorcycles with suitably reduced size transporter plates.…"
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.