A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reauthorize the division of motor vehicles to PRODUCE "s.t.a.r." special registration plates and to expand the list of special registration plates that are not required to have a "first in Flight" background.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 20‑79.4(b)(215) is reenacted.
SECTION 1.(b)  The fee amount set for "S.T.A.R." special registration plates in G.S. 20‑79.7(a1) is reenacted.
SECTION 1.(c)  The distribution of the fee for "S.T.A.R." special registration plates in G.S. 20‑79.7(b) is reenacted.
SECTION 1.(d)  G.S. 20‑81.12(b118) is reenacted.
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑63(b1) reads as rewritten:
"(b1)	The following special registration plates do not have to be a "First in Flight" plate as provided in subsection (b) of this section. The design of the plates that are not "First in Flight" plates must be developed in accordance with G.S. 20‑79.4(a3). For special plates authorized in G.S. 20‑79.7 on or after July 1, 2013, the Division may not issue the plate on a background under this subsection unless it receives at least 200 applications for the plate in addition to the applications required under G.S. 20‑79.4 or G.S. 20‑81.12.
(1)	Friends of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
(2)	Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation.
(3)	Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation.
(4)	Friends of the Appalachian Trail.
(5)	NC Coastal Federation.
(6)	In God We Trust.
(7)	Stock Car Racing Theme.
(8)	Buddy Pelletier Surfing Foundation.
(9)	Guilford Battleground Company.
(10)	National Wild Turkey Federation.
(11)	North Carolina Aquarium Society.
(12)	First in Forestry.
(13)	North Carolina Wildlife Habitat Foundation.
(14)	NC Trout Unlimited.
(15)	Ducks Unlimited.
(16)	Lung Cancer Research.
(17)	NC State Parks.
(18)	Support Our Troops.
(19)	US Equine Rescue League.
(20)	Fox Hunting.
(21)	Back Country Horsemen of North Carolina.
(22)	Hospice Care.
(23)	Home Care and Hospice.
(24)	NC Tennis Foundation.
(25)	AIDS Awareness.
(26)	Donate Life.
(27)	Farmland Preservation.
(28)	Travel and Tourism.
(29)	Battle of Kings Mountain.
(30)	NC Civil War.
(31)	North Carolina Zoological Society.
(32)	United States Service Academy.
(33)	Carolina Raptor Center.
(34)	Carolinas Credit Union Foundation.
(35)	North Carolina State Flag.
(36)	NC Mining.
(37)	Coastal Land Trust.
(38)	ARTS NC.
(39)	Choose Life.
(40)	North Carolina Green Industry Council.
(41)	NC Horse Council.
(42)	Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center.
(43)	Mountains‑to‑Sea Trail, Inc.
(44)	Native Brook Trout.
(45)	Red Drum.
(46)	S.T.A.R."
SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.