AN ACT to authorize the division of motor VEHICLES to PRODUCE an e‑911 Telecommunicator special registration plate.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.4 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(40a)	E‑911 Telecommunicator. – Issuable to an active E‑911 Telecommunicator. An active E‑911 Telecommunicator is an individual employed by a public safety agency whose primary responsibility is to receive, process, transmit, or dispatch emergency and nonemergency calls for police, fire, emergency medical, and other public safety services via telephone and other communication devices. The plate shall bear the phrase "E‑911 Telecommunicator." The Division may not issue the plate authorized by this subdivision unless it receives at least 300 applications for the plate."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 2nd day of August, 2007.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 3:33 a.m. this 29th day of August, 2007