| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AN ALTERNATIVE ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION FEE FOR 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND PLUG-IN HYBRID VEHICLES. 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 20-87 reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | "§ 20-87. Passenger vehicle registration fees. 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | These fees shall be paid to the Division annually for the registration and licensing of 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | passenger vehicles, according to the following classifications and schedules: 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | … 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | (13) Additional fee for certain electric vehicles. – At Except as provided in 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | subdivision (13b) of this section, at the time of an initial registration or 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | registration renewal, the owner of a plug-in electric vehicle that is not a 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | low-speed vehicle and that does not rely on a nonelectric source of power shall 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | pay a fee in the amount of one hundred eighty dollars ($180.00) in addition to 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | any other required registration fees. 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | (13a) Additional fee for plug-in hybrid vehicles. – At Except as provided in 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | subdivision (13b) of this section, at the time of an initial registration or 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | registration renewal, the owner of a plug-in hybrid vehicle shall pay a fee in 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | the amount of ninety dollars ($90.00) in addition to any other required 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | registration fees. 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | (13b) Alternative additional fee. – At the option of the owner, the additional fee for 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | an electric vehicle in subdivision (13) of this section and a plug-in hybrid 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | vehicle in subdivision (13a) of this section may be satisfied by payment of a 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | mileage fee that is based upon the number of miles driven since the previous 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | registration of the vehicle. 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | …." 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | SECTION 2. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall adopt rules to implement 27 |
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| 39 | 40 | | G.S. 20-87(13b) as enacted by Section 1 of this act. 28 |
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| 40 | 41 | | SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to electric and 29 |
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| 41 | 42 | | plug-in hybrid vehicles registered on or after October 1, 2025. 30 |
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