AN ACT to authorize the division of motor vehicles to produce a home of the venus flytrap special 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:

()        Home of the Venus Flytrap.

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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()          Home of the Venus Flytrap. – Issuable to a registered owner of a motor vehicle in accordance with G.S. 20‑81.12. The plate shall bear a picture of a Venus Flytrap and the phrase Home of the Venus Flytrap.

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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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Home of American Golf                                                                               Expired July 1, 2016

Home of the Venus Flytrap                                                                                    $30.00

HOMES4NC                                                                                                          $30.00

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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), 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          CWMTF          PRTF

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Home of American Golf – Ex‑

pired July 1, 2016

Home of the Venus Flytrap                      $10                     $20                   0                      0

HOMES4NC                                             $10                     $20                   0                      0

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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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()          Home of the Venus Flytrap. – The Division shall transfer quarterly the money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of Home of the Venus Flytrap plates to the North Carolina Botanical Garden Foundation, Inc., to be used to support plant conservation and plant research.

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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, 2023.