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.  G.S. 20‑79.2(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	How to Get a Plate. – A person may obtain a transporter plate by filing an application with the Division and paying the required fee. To obtain a motorcycle transporter plate under subsection (a)(1a) of this section, a person must be a manufacturer or dealer licensed by the Division under Article 12 of this Chapter. An application must be on a form provided by the Division and contain the information required by the Division. The fee for a transporter plate is one‑half the fee set in G.S. 20‑87(5) for a passenger motor vehicle of not more than 15 passengers."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2007.