GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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HOUSE DRH50014-MAf-1  (8/25)

Short Title:     Special Plate for Blue Knights.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representative McComas.
Referred to:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize the division of motor vehicles to develop specialized license plates for motorcycles and to authorize the division to produce a blue knights motorcycle special plate.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑79.4 is amended by adding a new subsection that reads:

"(a1) Motorcycles. – Upon application and payment of the required registration fees, a person may obtain from the Division a special registration plate for a motorcycle registered in that person's name if the person qualifies for the registration plate. A holder of a special registration plate who becomes ineligible for the plate, for whatever reason, must return the special plate within 30 days. The registration fees and the restrictions on the issuance of a specialized license plate to a motorcycle shall be the same as any vehicle eligible under subsection (a) of this section. There shall be no reduced fees for motorcycles."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑79.4(b) reads as rewritten:

"§ 20‑79.4.  Special registration plates.

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(b)        Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates:

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(14a) Blue Knights. – Issuable to a member of the Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Officers Motorcycle Club, Inc. The plate shall bear the emblem of the Blue Knights International Law Enforcement Officers Motorcycle Club, Inc. The Division must receive 300 or more applications for the plate before this plate may be developed.

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SECTION 3.  G.S. 20‑79.4(b) reads as rewritten:

"§ 20‑79.4.  Special registration plates.

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(b)        Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates:

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(14a)(14b) Brain Injury Awareness. – Issuable to the registered owner of a motor vehicle in accordance with G.S. 20‑81.12. The plate shall bear the phrase "Brain Injury Awareness" and the logo of the nonprofit group Brain Injury Association of North Carolina, Inc.

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SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2009.