GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 240
HOUSE BILL 207

AN ACT TO CREATE SPECIALIZED REGISTRATION PLATES FOR MEMBERS OF THE COAST GUARD AUXILIARY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 20-81.9.  Special plates for members of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.–(a) Every owner of a private passenger motor vehicle or pickup truck not exceeding a gross weight of 4,000 pounds, who is an active member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, upon the payment of registration and licensing fees for such vehicle as required by law and an additional fee of ten dollars ($10.00), shall be issued license plates of the same form and character as other license plates now or hereinafter authorized by law to be issued upon such vehicles except that such license plates shall in addition bear on the face thereof the following words: 'U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary'.
(b)	Application for special registration plates pursuant to this section shall be made on forms provided by the Division of Motor Vehicles and shall contain proof satisfactory to the Division that the applicant is an active member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.  Applications must be filed prior to 60 days before the day when regular registration plates for the year are made available to motor vehicle owners. 
(c)	When the holder of a license plate issued pursuant to this section becomes ineligible for it due to change in status, he shall exchange the specialized plate for a standard plate within 30 days.
(d)	The revenue derived from the additional fee for such plates shall be placed in a separate fund designated the 'United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Plate Fund'.  After deducting the cost of the plates, plus budgetary requirements for handling and issuance, to be determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, any remaining moneys derived from the additional fee for such plates shall be periodically transferred in accordance with G.S. 20-81.3(c)."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1987.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 27th day of May, 1987.