NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 42

HOUSE BILL 159

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-81.3(a) TO MAKE SECTION APPLICABLE TO PRIVATE TRUCKS NOT TO EXCEED ONE TON MANUFACTURER'S RATED CAPACITY.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (a) of G.S. 20-81.3 is amended by inserting the words "or private trucks not to exceed one ton manufacturer's rated capacity" immediately following the word "vehicle" in line three thereof and immediately before the word "in" appearing in line four thereof. G.S. 20-81.3(a), after amendment, will then read as follows:

"§ 20-81.3.  Special personalized registration plates. — (a) The Commissioner may issue under such regulation as he shall deem appropriate a special personalized registration plate to the owner of a private passenger motor vehicle or private trucks not to exceed one ton manufacturer's rated capacity in lieu of another number plate. Such personalized registration plate shall be of such design and shall bear such letter or letters and numerals as the Commissioner shall prescribe, but there shall be no duplication of a registration plate. The Commissioner shall in his discretion refuse the issue of such letter combinations which might carry connotations offensive to good taste and decency."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of March, 1971.