GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 378

SENATE BILL 394

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR SPECIALIZED PLATES FOR PEARL HARBOR SURVIVORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 20 is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 20-81.9.  Pearl Harbor survivor plates.-(a) The Commissioner shall cause to be made a sufficient number of distinctive motor vehicle license plates for issuance to eligible persons who make application on a form designated by the Division and supply documentation that they were members of the U.S. Military Service and were present at the attack on Pearl Harbor and that are survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.  Upon satisfactory proof of eligibility, the Commissioner shall collect fees in accordance with G.S. 20-81.3(b) and shall disburse fees in accordance with G.S. 20-81.3(c).

(b)       The distinctive plates required by subsection (a) of this section shall bear the words 'Pearl Harbor Survivor' on the left side of the plate and shall also bear the insignia of the Pearl Harbor Survivors' Association.  The license plates shall be numbered sequentially beginning with the number 001.  These license plates shall be issued based on the date of receipt of the applications by the Division."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 16th day of June, 1987.