AN ACT to authorize the division of motor vehicles to produce a north carolina association of fire chiefs registration plate.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑63(b1) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

()        North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs.

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

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

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()          North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs. – Issuable to a registered owner of a motor vehicle in accordance with G.S. 20‑81.12. The plate shall have a black background with a red line across the top and the phrase North Carolina displayed along the bottom. The plate shall bear the Association of Fire Chiefs logo on the left side, followed by the four assigned or personalized characters ending with the suffix FO.

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SECTION 3.  G.S. 20‑79.7 reads as rewritten:

§ 20‑79.7.  Fees for special registration plates and distribution of the fees.

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(a1)      Fees. – All other special registration plates are subject to the regular motor vehicle registration fee in G.S. 20‑87 or G.S. 20‑88 plus an additional fee in the following amount:

Special Plate                                                                       Additional Fee Amount

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Native Brook Trout                                                                                                $30.00

North Carolina Association

of Fire Chiefs                                                                                                         $30.00

North Carolina 4‑H Development Fund                                                       Expired July 1, 2016

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(b)        Distribution of Fees. – The Special Registration Plate Account and the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account are established within the Highway Fund. The Division must credit the additional fee imposed for the special registration plates listed in subsection (a1) of this section among the Special Registration Plate Account (SRPA), the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account (CCAPA), the Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF), Land and Water Fund (LWF), which is established under G.S. 143B‑135.234, and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which is established under G.S. 143B‑135.56, as follows:

Special Plate                             SRPA              CCAPA          CWMTFLWF PRTF

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NC Youth Soccer Association –

Expired July 1, 2016

North Carolina Association

of Fire Chiefs                                          $10                  $20                  0                      0

North Carolina Bluegrass Asso‑

ciation – Expired July 1,

2016

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SECTION 4.  G.S. 20‑81.12 reads as rewritten:

§ 20‑81.12.  Collegiate insignia plates and certain other special plates.

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()          North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs. – The Division shall transfer quarterly the money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs plates to the North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs to be used for education programs for North Carolina firefighters.

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SECTION 5.  The Revisor of Statutes is authorized to alphabetize, number, and renumber the special registration plates listed in G.S. 20‑63(b1), 20‑79.4(b), and 20‑81.12 to ensure that all the special registration plates are listed in alphabetical order and numbered accordingly.

SECTION 6.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2021.