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North Carolina House Bill H386

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11 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
22 SESSION 2025
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4-HOUSE BILL 386
3+H D
4+HOUSE BILL DRH40238-NEfa-55A
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78 Short Title: Increase Vehicle Registration Fee/SHP Pay. (Public)
89 Sponsors: Representative Clampitt.
9-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
10-Referred to: Transportation, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Finance, if favorable,
11-Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
12-March 13, 2025
13-*H386 -v-1*
10+Referred to:
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12+*DRH40238 -NEfa-55A*
1413 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
1514 AN ACT INCREASING VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES FOR PRIVATE PASSENGER 2
1615 VEHICLES TO FUND STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SALARIES AND 3
1716 APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO 4
1817 MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. 5
1918 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
2019 7
2120 PART I. VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE INCREASE 8
2221 SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 20-4.02 reads as rewritten: 9
2322 "§ 20-4.02. Quadrennial adjustment of certain fees and rates. 10
2423 (a) Adjustment for Inflation. – Beginning July 1, 2020, and every four years thereafter, 11
2524 the Division shall adjust the fees and rates imposed pursuant to the statutes listed in this 12
2625 subsection for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index computed by the Bureau 13
2726 of Labor Statistics. The adjustment for per transaction rates in subdivision (8b) of this subsection 14
2827 shall be rounded to the nearest cent and all other adjustments under this subsection shall be 15
2928 rounded to the nearest twenty-five cents (25¢): 16
3029 … 17
3130 (11) G.S. 20-87, except for including the additional fee for private passenger 18
3231 vehicles set forth in G.S. 20-87(5) but excluding the additional fee set forth in 19
3332 G.S. 20-87(6) for private motorcycles. 20
3433 …." 21
3534 SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 20-87 reads as rewritten: 22
3635 "§ 20-87. Passenger vehicle registration fees. 23
3736 These fees shall be paid to the Division annually for the registration and licensing of 24
3837 passenger vehicles, according to the following classifications and schedules: 25
3938 … 26
4039 (5) Private Passenger Vehicles. – 27
4140 There shall be paid to the Division annually, as of the first day of January, for 28
4241 the registration and licensing of private passenger vehicles, fees 29
4342 according to the following classifications and schedules: 30
4443 Private passenger vehicles of not more than fifteen passengers.........$38.75 31
4544 Private passenger vehicles over fifteen passengers............................. 43.25 32
4645 An additional fee of six dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) is imposed on 33
47-each private passenger vehicle registered under this subdivision in addition to 34 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
48-Page 2 House Bill 386-First Edition
49-the base fee. The Commissioner shall, on a monthly basis, transfer the revenue 1
50-from the additional fee to the Department of Public Safety. The funds 2
51-transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall, in addition to any other funds 3
52-appropriated for this purpose, be used to fund State Highway Patrol salaries. 4
53-(5a) Provided, that Notwithstanding subdivision (5) of this section, a fee of only 5
54-one dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) shall be charged for any vehicle given by 6
55-the federal government to any veteran on account of any disability suffered 7
56-during war so long as such vehicle is owned by the original donee or other 8
57-veteran entitled to receive such gift under Title 38, section 252, United States 9
58-Code Annotated. 10
59-…." 11
60-SECTION 1.(c) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies to vehicle 12
61-registrations issued or renewed on or after that date. 13
62- 14
63-PART II. APPROPRIATI ON TO PROVIDE COMPEN SATION INCREASES TO 15
64-MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 16
65-SECTION 2.(a) Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund 17
66-to the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway Patrol the 18
67-sum of forty million four hundred thousand dollars ($40,400,000) in recurring funds for each 19
68-year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to establish the pay scales set forth in this section. 20
69-SECTION 2.(b) Effective July 1, 2025, the law enforcement officers of the State 21
70-Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salary schedule: 22
71-Years of Experience 2025-2027 Biennium 23
72-0 $56,000 24
73-1 62,125 25
74-2 68,250 26
75-3 75,375 27
76-4 80,500 28
77-5 86,625 29
78-6 92,750 30
79-7 98,875 31
80-8+ 105,000 32
81-SECTION 2.(c) Effective July 1, 2025, State Highway Patrol employees who are 33
82-not subject to an experience-based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following rates by 34
83-rank: 35
84-Rank 2025-2027 Biennium 36
85-Sergeant $120,750 37
86-First Sergeant 132,825 38
87-Lieutenant 146,108 39
88-Captain 160,718 40
89-Major 176,790 41
90-Lieutenant Colonel 194,469 42
91-Deputy Commander 204,193 43
92-Colonel 224,612 44
93- 45
94-PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE 46
95-SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 47
96-law. 48
46+each private passenger vehicle registered under this subdivision in addition to 34
47+the base fee. The Commissioner shall, on a monthly basis, transfer the revenue 35
48+from the additional fee to the Department of Public Safety. The funds 36
49+H.B. 386
50+Mar 12, 2025
51+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
52+Page 2 DRH40238-NEfa-55A
53+transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall, in addition to any other funds 1
54+appropriated for this purpose, be used to fund State Highway Patrol salaries. 2
55+(5a) Provided, that Notwithstanding subdivision (5) of this section, a fee of only 3
56+one dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) shall be charged for any vehicle given by 4
57+the federal government to any veteran on account of any disability suffered 5
58+during war so long as such vehicle is owned by the original donee or other 6
59+veteran entitled to receive such gift under Title 38, section 252, United States 7
60+Code Annotated. 8
61+…." 9
62+SECTION 1.(c) This section becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies to vehicle 10
63+registrations issued or renewed on or after that date. 11
64+ 12
65+PART II. APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO 13
66+MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 14
67+SECTION 2.(a) Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund 15
68+to the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway Patrol the 16
69+sum of forty million four hundred thousand dollars ($40,400,000) in recurring funds for each 17
70+year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to establish the pay scales set forth in this section. 18
71+SECTION 2.(b) Effective July 1, 2025, the law enforcement officers of the State 19
72+Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salary schedule: 20
73+Years of Experience 2025-2027 Biennium 21
74+0 $56,000 22
75+1 62,125 23
76+2 68,250 24
77+3 75,375 25
78+4 80,500 26
79+5 86,625 27
80+6 92,750 28
81+7 98,875 29
82+8+ 105,000 30
83+SECTION 2.(c) Effective July 1, 2025, State Highway Patrol employees who are 31
84+not subject to an experience-based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following rates by 32
85+rank: 33
86+Rank 2025-2027 Biennium 34
87+Sergeant $120,750 35
88+First Sergeant 132,825 36
89+Lieutenant 146,108 37
90+Captain 160,718 38
91+Major 176,790 39
92+Lieutenant Colonel 194,469 40
93+Deputy Commander 204,193 41
94+Colonel 224,612 42
95+ 43
96+PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE 44
97+SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 45
98+law. 46