A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to authorize the division of motor vehicles to impose a technology fee.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑37.01 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑37.01.  Drivers License Technology Fund.
The Drivers License Technology Fund is established in the Department of Transportation as a nonreverting, interest‑bearing special revenue account. The revenue in the Fund at the end of a fiscal year does not revert, and earnings on the Fund shall be credited to the Fund annually. All money collected by the Commissioner pursuant to G.S. 20‑37.02 and G.S. 20‑37.03 shall be remitted to the State Treasurer and held in the Fund. Money held in the Fund shall be used to supplement funds otherwise available to the Division for information technology and office automation needs. The Commissioner shall report by February 1 and August 1 of each year to the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, the chairs of the Senate and House of Representatives Appropriation Committees, and the chairs of the Senate and House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation on all money collected and deposited in the Fund and on the proposed expenditure of funds collected during the preceding six months."
SECTION 2.  Article 2 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 20‑37.03.  Technology fee.
The Division of Motor vehicles shall charge a one dollar ($1.00) technology fee in addition to any fee authorized under G.S. 20‑7, 20‑85, 20‑85.1, 20‑87, and 20‑88. All money collected pursuant to this section shall be placed in the Drivers License Technology Fund."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2019.