§ 20‑79.5.  Special registration plates for elected and appointed State government officials.

(a)       Plates. – The State government officials listed in this section are eligible for a special registration plate under G.S. 20‑79.4. The plate shall bear the number designated in the following table for the position held by the official.

Position                                                                         Number on Plate

Governor                                                                                                                1

Lieutenant Governor                                                                                             2

Speaker of the House of Representatives                                                           3

President Pro Tempore of the Senate                                                                 4

Secretary of State                                                                                                  5

State Auditor                                                                                                          6

State Treasurer                                                                                                      7

Superintendent of Public Instruction                                                                  8

Attorney General                                                                                                   9

Commissioner of Agriculture                                                                           10

Commissioner of Labor                                                                                     11

Commissioner of Insurance                                                                               12

Speaker Pro Tempore of the House                                                                  13

Legislative Services Officer                                                                              14

Secretary of Administration                                                                              15

Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources                                           16

Secretary of Revenue                                                                                         17

Secretary of Health and Human Services                                                         18

Secretary of Commerce                                                                                     19

Secretary of Correction                                                                                     20

Secretary of Cultural Resources                                                                       21

Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety                                                22

Secretary of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention                            23

Governor's Staff                                                                                               24‑29

State Budget Officer                                                                                           30

State Personnel Director                                                                                   31

Chair of the State Board of Education                                                              32

President of the U.N.C. System                                                                        33

President of the Community Colleges System                                                34

State Board Member, Commission Member, or State

Employee Not Named in List                                                                    35‑43

Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission                                                    44‑46

Assistant Commissioners of Agriculture                                                      47‑48

Deputy Secretary of State                                                                                  49

Deputy State Treasurer                                                                                       50

Assistant State Treasurer                                                                                    51

Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Labor                                      52

Chief Deputy for the Department of Insurance                                                53

Assistant Commissioner of Insurance                                                              54

Deputies and Assistant to the Attorney General                                           55‑65

Board of Economic Development Nonlegislative Member                        66‑88

State Ports Authority Nonlegislative Member                                              89‑96

Utilities Commission Member                                                                      97‑103

State Board Member, Commission Member, or State

Employee Not Named in List                                                                     104

Post‑Release Supervision and Parole Commission Member                    105‑107

State Board Member, Commission Member, or State

Employee Not Named in List                                                                  108‑200

(b)       Designation. – When the table in subsection (a) designates a range of numbers for certain officials, the number given an official in that group shall be assigned. The Governor shall assign a number for members of the Governor's staff, nonlegislative members of the Board of Economic Development, nonlegislative members of the State Ports Authority, members of State boards and commissions, and for State employees. The Attorney General shall assign a number for the Attorney General's deputies and assistants.

The first number assigned to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission is reserved for the Chair of that Commission. The remaining numbers shall be assigned to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission members on the basis of seniority. The first number assigned to the Utilities Commission is reserved for the Chair of that Commission. The remaining numbers shall be assigned to the Utilities Commission members on the basis of seniority. The first number assigned to the Post‑Release Supervision and Parole Commission is reserved for the Chair of that Commission. The remaining numbers shall be assigned to the Post‑Release Supervision and Parole Commission members on the basis of seniority. (1991, c. 672, s. 2; c. 726, s. 23; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 1; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 8(a); 1997‑443, ss. 11A.118(a), 11A.119(a); 2000‑137, s. 4(e); 2006‑203, s. 14; 2007‑483, s. 3(a).)