| 8 | | - | Sponsors: Representatives Blackwell, Wheatley, Shepard, and Iler (Primary Sponsors). |
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| 9 | | - | For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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| 10 | | - | Referred to: Homeland Security and Military and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, |
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| 11 | | - | Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |
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| 12 | | - | April 3, 2025 |
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| 13 | | - | *H741 -v-1* |
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| 9 | + | Sponsors: Representative Blackwell. |
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| 10 | + | Referred to: |
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| 11 | + | |
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| 12 | + | *DRH40351 -NE-1* |
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| 14 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 15 | 14 | | AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO ISSUE THE 2 |
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| 16 | 15 | | MILITARY VETERAN SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ON A PERSONALIZED 3 |
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| 17 | 16 | | BACKGROUND AND MODIFYING THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MILITARY 4 |
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| 18 | 17 | | VETERAN SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE. 5 |
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| 19 | 18 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6 |
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| 20 | 19 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 20-63 reads as rewritten: 7 |
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| 21 | 20 | | "§ 20-63. Registration plates furnished by Division; requirements; replacement of regular 8 |
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| 22 | 21 | | plates with First in Flight plates, First in Freedom plates, or National/State 9 |
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| 23 | 22 | | Mottos plates; surrender and reissuance; displaying; preservation and cleaning; 10 |
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| 24 | 23 | | alteration or concealment of numbers; commission contracts for issuance. 11 |
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| 25 | 24 | | … 12 |
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| 26 | 25 | | (b1) The following special registration plates do not have to be a "First in Flight" plate, 13 |
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| 27 | 26 | | "First in Freedom" plate, or "National/State Mottos" plate as provided in subsection (b) of this 14 |
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| 28 | 27 | | section. The design of the plates that are not "First in Flight" plates, "First in Freedom" plates, or 15 |
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| 29 | 28 | | "National/State Mottos" plate must be developed in accordance with G.S. 20-79.4(a3). For 16 |
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| 30 | 29 | | special plates authorized in G.S. 20-79.7 on or after July 1, 2013, the Division may not issue the 17 |
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| 31 | 30 | | plate on a background under this subsection unless it receives the required number of applications 18 |
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| 32 | 31 | | set forth in G.S. 20-79.3A(a). 19 |
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| 33 | 32 | | … 20 |
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| 34 | 33 | | (30a) Military Veteran. 21 |
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| 35 | 34 | | …." 22 |
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| 36 | 35 | | SECTION 2. G.S. 20-79.4 reads as rewritten: 23 |
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| 37 | 36 | | "§ 20-79.4. Special registration plates. 24 |
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| 38 | 37 | | … 25 |
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| 39 | 38 | | (b) Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates: 26 |
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| 40 | 39 | | … 27 |
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| 41 | 40 | | (130) Military Veteran. – Issuable to an individual who served honorably in the 28 |
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| 42 | 41 | | Armed Forces of the United States. The plate shall bear (i) the words "U.S. 29 |
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| 43 | 42 | | Military Veteran" across the top of the plate and (ii) the name and insignia of 30 |
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| 44 | 43 | | the branch of service in which the individual served. served on the left side of 31 |
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| 45 | 44 | | the plate. The plate authorized by this subdivision is not subject to the 32 |
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| 46 | 45 | | provisions of G.S. 20-79.3A or G.S. 20-79.8. 33 |
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