GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 429
Short Title: Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Dahle, Ball, Cervania, and Johnson-Hostler (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 19, 2025
*H429 -v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO PRODUC E A 2
TURTLE RESCUE TEAM SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-79.4 reads as rewritten: 5
"§ 20-79.4. Special registration plates. 6
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(b) Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates: 8
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(251) Turtle Rescue Team. – Expired July 1, 2016.Issuable to the registered owner 10
of a motor vehicle in accordance with G.S. 20-81.12. The plate shall bear a 11
phrase and logo selected by the North Carolina State University College of 12
Veterinary Medicine Turtle Rescue Team. 13
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SECTION 2. G.S. 20-79.7 reads as rewritten: 15
"§ 20-79.7. Fees for special registration plates and distribution of the fees. 16
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(a1) Fees. – All other special registration plates are subject to the regular motor vehicle 18
registration fee in G.S. 20-87 or G.S. 20-88 plus an additional fee in the following amount: 19
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Special Plate Additional Fee Amount 21
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Turtle Rescue Team Expired July 1, 2016$30.00 23
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(b) Distribution of Fees. – The Special Registration Plate Account and the Collegiate and 25
Cultural Attraction Plate Account are established within the Highway Fund. The Division must 26
credit the additional fee imposed for the special registration plates listed in subsection (a1) of this 27
section among the Special Registration Plate Account (SRPA), the Collegiate and Cultural 28
Attraction Plate Account (CCAPA), the North Carolina Land and Water Fund (NCLWF) which 29
is established under G.S. 143B-135.234, and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which is 30
established under G.S. 143B-135.56, as follows: 31
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Special Plate SRPA CCAPA NCLWF PRTF 33
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July 1, 2016 $10 $20 0 0 1
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SECTION 3. G.S. 20-81.12 reads as rewritten: 3
"§ 20-81.12. Collegiate insignia plates and certain other special plates. 4
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(b156) Turtle Rescue Team. – Expired July 1, 2016.The Division shall transfer quarterly the 6
money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of Turtle 7
Rescue Team plates to the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine Turtle 8
Rescue Team to support its mission of providing medical, surgical, and husbandry services free 9
of charge in the hope of releasing rehabilitated turtles back into the wild. 10
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SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law. 12