AN ACT to provide that a handicapped vehicle owner who qualifies for a distinguishing license plate shall also receive one removable windshield placard.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑37.6(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Handicapped Car Owners; Distinguishing License Plates. – If the handicapped person is a registered owner of a vehicle, the owner may apply for and display a distinguishing license plate. This license plate shall be issued for the normal fee applicable to standard license plates. Any vehicle owner who qualifies for a distinguishing license plate shall be notified by the Division at the time the plate is issued that the applicant is also eligible to receive one removable windshield placard and, upon request, shall be issued a placard at that time."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2015, and applies to applications for a distinguishing license plate received on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of May, 2015.

	s/	 Daniel J. Forest
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 Tim Moore
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Pat McCrory
	 Governor

Approved 11:50 a.m. this 21st day of May, 2015