GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 961

HOUSE BILL 952

 

AN ACT TO AMEND THE STATUTE CONCERNING SPECIAL PLATES FOR AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-81.1(a) is amended as follows:

(1)       by deleting the phrase "and an additional fee as required by G.S. 20-81.3(b) for special personalized licensed plates" and substituting the words "and an additional initial fee of ten dollars ($10.00)"; and

(2)       by adding a new sentence at the end to read: "No additional fee may be required to renew a special plate issued under this section, upon proof of purchase of a portable radio unit by the vehicle owner."

Sec. 2.  A new sentence is added to G.S. 20-81.1(b) immediately after the first sentence, to read:

"The special registration plates shall provide for call letters with numerical or letter suffixes so that an owner of more than one vehicle may have the call letters on each."

Sec. 3. G.S. 20-81.1(c) is amended by adding a new sentence at the end to read:

"Special registration plates issued pursuant to this section shall be valid for five years and shall be renewed through the use of annual renewal stickers in the same manner as regular registration plates are renewed."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 20-81.1(e) is repealed.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1986.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 10th day of July, 1986.