NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 604

HOUSE BILL 1217

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW THE REGISTRATION PLATE FOR CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES TO BE PLACED UPON THE FRONT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLE IF THE PLATE COULD BECOME COVERED BY THE MATERIAL THAT THE MOTOR VEHICLE IS TRANSPORTING OR IF THE LOADING DEVICE ON THE MOTOR VEHICLE COULD DAMAGE THE PLATE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-63(d), as the same is found in Volume 1C of the General Statutes, 1978 Replacement, is amended at the end by adding a new sentence to read as follows:

"Provided further, that when only one registration plate is issued for a motor vehicle and this motor vehicle is transporting a substance that may adhere to the plate so as to cover or discolor the plate or if the motor vehicle has a mechanical loading device that may damage the plate, the registration plate may be attached to the front of the motor vehicle."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1979.