A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reduce the number of applications that must be received by the division of motor vehicles before a collegiate insignia special registration plate may be developed for a public military college or university.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑81.12(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Collegiate Insignia Plates. – Except for a collegiate insignia plate for a public military college or university, the Division must receive 300 or more applications for a collegiate insignia license plate for a college or university before a collegiate license plate may be developed. For a collegiate insignia license plate for a public military college or university, the Division must receive 100 or more applications before a collegiate license plate may be developed. The color, design, and material for the plate must be approved by both the Division and the alumni or alumnae association of the appropriate college or university. The Division must transfer quarterly the money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of in‑State collegiate insignia plates to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina for in‑State, public colleges and universities and to the respective board of trustees for in‑State, private colleges and universities in proportion to the number of collegiate plates sold representing that institution for use for academic enhancement."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.