A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to revise the electric vehicle registration fees; to authorize a registration fee for hybrid vehicles; and to provide for annual adjustments to electric and hybrid vehicle registration fees.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Electric vehicle registration fee
SECTION 1.(a)  Effective January 1, 2020, and applicable to initial registrations and registrations due for renewal on or after that date, G.S. 20‑87(13) reads as rewritten:
"(13)	Additional fee for certain electric vehicles. – At the time of an initial registration or registration renewal, the owner of a plug‑in electric vehicle that is not a low‑speed vehicle and that does not rely on a nonelectric source of power shall pay a fee in the amount of one hundred seventy‑five dollars ($175.00) in addition to any other required registration fees."
SECTION 1.(b)  Effective January 1, 2021, and applicable to initial registrations and registrations due for renewal on or after that date, G.S. 20‑87(13) reads as rewritten:
"(13)	Additional fee for certain electric vehicles. – At the time of an initial registration or registration renewal, the owner of a plug‑in electric vehicle that is not a low‑speed vehicle and that does not rely on a nonelectric source of power shall pay a fee in the amount of two hundred twenty‑five dollars ($225.00) in addition to any other required registration fees."
SECTION 1.(c)  Effective January 1, 2022, and applicable to initial registrations and registrations due for renewal on or after that date, G.S. 20‑87(13) reads as rewritten:
"(13)	Additional fee for certain electric vehicles. – At the time of an initial registration or registration renewal, the owner of a plug‑in electric vehicle that is not a low‑speed vehicle and that does not rely on a nonelectric source of power shall pay a fee in the amount of two hundred seventy‑five dollars ($275.00) in addition to any other required registration fees."

Hybrid vehicle registration fee
SECTION 2.(a)  Effective January 1, 2020, and applicable to initial registrations and registrations due for renewal on or after that date, G.S. 20‑87 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(14)	Additional fee for hybrid vehicles. – At the time of an initial registration or registration renewal, the owner of a hybrid vehicle shall pay a fee in the amount of eighty‑seven dollars and fifty cents ($87.50). For purposes of this subdivision, a hybrid vehicle is one that is capable of being propelled, at least in part by electricity, but is also capable of using motor fuel to propel the vehicle."
SECTION 2.(b)  Effective January 1, 2021, and applicable to initial registrations and registrations due for renewal on or after that date, G.S. 20‑87(14), as enacted in subsection (a) of this section, reads as rewritten:
"(14)	Additional fee for hybrid vehicles. – At the time of an initial registration or registration renewal, the owner of a hybrid vehicle shall pay a fee in the amount of one hundred twelve dollars and fifty cents ($112.50). For purposes of this subdivision, a hybrid vehicle is one that is capable of being propelled at least in part by electricity but is also capable of using motor fuel to propel the vehicle."
SECTION 2.(c)  Effective January 1, 2022, and applicable to initial registrations and registrations due for renewal on or after that date, G.S. 20‑87(14), reads as rewritten:
"(14)	Additional fee for hybrid vehicles. – At the time of an initial registration or registration renewal, the owner of a hybrid vehicle shall pay a fee in the amount of one hundred thirty‑seven dollars and fifty cents ($137.50). For purposes of this subdivision, a hybrid vehicle is one that is capable of being propelled at least in part by electricity but is also capable of using motor fuel to propel the vehicle."

Annual Adjustment for Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Registration Fees
SECTION 3.(a)  G.S. 20‑4.02 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑4.02.  Adjustment of certain fees and rates.
(a)	Quadrennial Adjustment for Inflation. – Beginning July 1, 2020, and every four years thereafter, the Division shall adjust the fees and rates imposed pursuant to the statutes listed in this subsection for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The adjustment for per transaction rates in subdivision (8a) of this subsection shall be rounded to the nearest cent and all other adjustments under this subsection shall be rounded to the nearest twenty‑five cents (25¢):
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(11)	G.S. 20‑87, except for the additional fee set forth in G.S. 20‑87(6) for private motorcycles, G.S. 20‑87(13) for electric vehicles, and G.S. 20‑87(14) for hybrid vehicles.
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(b1)	Annual Adjustment of Registration Fees for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles. – Beginning January 1, 2023, and every year thereafter, the Division shall adjust the registration fee imposed by G.S. 20‑87(13) and G.S  20‑87(14) pursuant to the following formula. The registration fee shall be the amount for the preceding calendar year, multiplied by a percentage. The percentage is one hundred percent (100%) plus or minus the sum of the following:
(1)	The percentage change in population for the applicable calendar year, as estimated under G.S. 143C‑2‑2, multiplied by seventy‑five percent (75%).
(2)	The annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, multiplied by twenty‑five percent (25%). For purposes of this subdivision, "Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers" means the United States city average for energy index contained in the detailed report released in the October prior to the applicable calendar year by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, or data determined by the Secretary to be equivalent.
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(d)	Consultation and Publication. – At least 90 days prior to making an adjustment pursuant to subsection (a) and subsection (b1) of this section, and notwithstanding any provision of G.S. 12‑3.1 to the contrary, the Division shall (i) consult with the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations, (ii) provide a report to the chairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Department of Transportation and the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee on Transportation, and (iii) publish notice of the fees that will be in effect in the offices of the Division and on the Division's Web site.
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SECTION 3.(b)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2020.

Effective date
SECTION 4.  Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective January 1, 2020.