A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT To authorize the division of motor vehicles to produce a "KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON" SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE AND A "POW/MIA BRING THEM HOME" SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑63(b1) is amended by adding two new subdivisions to read:
"()	Keeping The Lights On.
()	POW/MIA Bring Them Home."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑79.4(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates:
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()	Keeping The Lights On. – Issuable to a registered owner of a motor vehicle in accordance with G.S. 20‑81.12. The plate shall have a background of mountains to the coast and bear a picture of a line worker on a utility pole on the left and the phrase "Keeping The Lights On" at the top of the registration plate.
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()	POW/MIA Bring Them Home. – The plate shall have the phrase "POW/MIA Bring Them Home" with artwork submitted by Rolling Thunder, Inc., Chapter #1 North Carolina and reviewed by the Division to ensure compliance with G.S. 20‑79.4(a3). A person may obtain from the Division a special registration plate under this subdivision for the registered owner of a motor vehicle or a motorcycle. The division may not issue a plate authorized under this subdivision until it receives at least 350 applications for the plate. Applications for motor vehicle special registration plates and motorcycle special registration plates received by the Division each count towards the minimum number of applications necessary to issue a plate under this subdivision.
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SECTION 3.  G.S. 20‑79.7 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑79.7.  Fees for special registration plates and distribution of the fees.
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(a1)	Fees. – All other special registration plates are subject to the regular motor vehicle registration fee in G.S. 20‑87 or G.S. 20‑88 plus an additional fee in the following amount:
Special Plate	Additional Fee Amount
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In God We Trust	$30.00
Keeping The Lights On	$30.00
Kick Cancer for Kids	$30.00
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Piedmont Airlines	$20.00
POW/MIA Bring Them Home	$20.00
Prince Hall Mason	$20.00
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(b)	Distribution of Fees. – The Special Registration Plate Account and the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account are established within the Highway Fund. The Division must credit the additional fee imposed for the special registration plates listed in subsection (a1) of this section among the Special Registration Plate Account (SRPA), the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account (CCAPA), the Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF), which is established under G.S. 113A‑253, and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which is established under G.S. 113‑44.15, as follows:
Special Plate	SRPA	CCAPA	CWMTF	PRTF
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Kappa Alpha Order –
	Expired July 1, 2016
Keeping The Lights On	$10	$20	0	0
Kick Cancer for Kids	$10	$20	0	0
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Pisgah Conservancy	$10	$20	0	0
POW/MIA Bring Them Home	$10	$10	0	0
Prince Hall Mason	$10	$10	0	0
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SECTION 4.  G.S. 20‑81.12 is amended by adding the following new subsections to read:
"()	Keeping The Lights On. – The Division shall transfer quarterly the money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of Keeping The Lights On plates to the UNC Jaycee Burn Center.
()	POW/MIA Bring Them Home. – The Division shall transfer quarterly the money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of "POW/MIA Bring Them Home" plates to Rolling Thunder, Inc., Chapter #1 North Carolina."
SECTION 5.  The Revisor of Statutes is authorized to alphabetize, number, and renumber the special registration plates listed in G.S. 20‑63(b1), 20‑79.4(b), and 20‑81.12 to ensure that all the special registration plates are listed in alphabetical order and numbered accordingly.
SECTION 5.5.  The POW/MIA Bring Them Home Plate authorized by this act is not subject to the requirements to establish a new special registration plate in G.S. 20‑79.3A and the expiration of special registration plate authorization in G.S. 20‑79.8.
SECTION 6.  This act becomes effective March 1, 2020.