| 13 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 14 | 14 | | AN ACT CLARIFYING THE ISSUANCE OF CIVIC CLUB SPECIAL REGISTRATION 2 |
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| 15 | 15 | | PLATES. 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 20-79.4(b)(44) reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | "§ 20-79.4. Special registration plates. 6 |
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| 19 | 19 | | … 7 |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates: 8 |
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| 21 | 21 | | … 9 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (44) Civic Club. – Issuable to a member of a nationally recognized civic 10 |
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| 23 | 23 | | organization whose member clubs in the State are exempt from State corporate 11 |
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| 24 | 24 | | income tax under G.S. 105-130.11(a)(5). For purposes of this subdivision, "a 12 |
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| 25 | 25 | | member" includes the organization itself if the organization is the registered 13 |
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| 26 | 26 | | owner of the vehicle. Examples of these clubs include Jaycees, Kiwanis, 14 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Optimist, Lions Club, Rotary, Ruritan, and Shrine. The plate shall bear a word 15 |
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| 28 | 28 | | or phrase identifying the civic club and the emblem of the civic club. A person 16 |
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| 29 | 29 | | may obtain from the Division a special registration plate under this 17 |
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| 30 | 30 | | subdivision for the registered owner of a motor vehicle or a motorcycle. The 18 |
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| 31 | 31 | | registration fees and the restrictions on the issuance of a specialized 19 |
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| 32 | 32 | | registration plate for a motorcycle are the same as for any motor vehicle. The 20 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Division may not issue a civic club plate authorized by this subdivision unless 21 |
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| 34 | 34 | | it receives at least 300 applications for that civic club plate." 22 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law. 23 |
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