AN ACT to authorize the Division of motor VEHICLES to produce all military wartime veteran special plates based on defined periods of war.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.4(b)(76) reads as rewritten:
"(76)	Military Wartime Veteran. – Issuable to either a member or veteran of the armed services of the United States who served during a period of war who received a campaign or expeditionary ribbon or medal for their service. If the person is a veteran of the armed services, then the veteran must be separated from the armed services under honorable conditions. The plate shall bear a word or phrase identifying the period of war and a replica of the campaign badge or medal awarded for that war. The Division may not issue the plate authorized by this subdivision unless it receives a total of 300 applications for all periods of war, combined, to be represented on this plate. A "period of war" is any of the following:
a.	World War I, meaning the period beginning April 16, 1917, and ending November 11, 1918.
b.	World War II, meaning the period beginning December 7, 1941, and ending December 31, 1946.
c.	The Korean Conflict, meaning the period beginning June 27, 1950, and ending January 31, 1955.
d.	The Vietnam Era, meaning the period beginning August 5, 1964, and ending May 7, 1975.
e.	Desert Storm, meaning the period beginning August 2, 1990, and ending April 11, 1991.
f.	Operation Enduring Freedom, meaning the period beginning October 24, 2001, and ending at a date to be determined.
g.	Operation Iraqi Freedom, meaning the period beginning March 19, 2003, and ending at a date to be determined.
h.	Any other campaign, expedition, or engagement for which the United States Department of Defense authorizes a campaign badge or medal."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of June, 2010.

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		 Walter H. Dalton
	 President of the Senate

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		 Joe Hackney
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

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		 Beverly E. Perdue
	 Governor

Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2010