(a) Free of Charge. - Upon request, the Division shall annually provide and issue free of charge a single special registration plate listed in this subsection to a person qualified to receive the plate in accordance with G.S. 20-79.4(a2). This subsection does not apply to a special registration plate issued for a vehicle that has a registered weight greater than 6,000 pounds. The regular motor vehicle registration fees in G.S. 20-88 apply if the registered weight of the vehicle is greater than 6,000 pounds:
(1) A Legion of Valor registration plate to a recipient of the Legion of Valor award.
(2) A 100% Disabled Veteran registration plate to a 100% disabled veteran.
(3) An Ex-Prisoner of War registration plate to an ex-prisoner of war.
(4) A Bronze Star Valor registration plate to a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal for valor in combat award.
(5) A Silver Star registration plate to a recipient of the Silver Star award.
(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
American Red Cross $30.00
Animal Lovers $30.00
Arthritis Foundation $30.00
ARTS NC $30.00
Back Country Horsemen of NC $30.00
Boy Scouts of America $30.00
Brenner Children's Hospital $30.00
Carolina Raptor Center $30.00
Carolinas Credit Union Foundation $30.00
Carolinas Golf Association $30.00
Coastal Conservation Association $30.00
Coastal Land Trust $30.00
Crystal Coast $30.00
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden $30.00
El Pueblo $30.00
Farmland Preservation $30.00
First in Forestry $30.00
First Tee $30.00
Girl Scouts $30.00
Greensboro Symphony Guild $30.00
Historical Attraction $30.00
Home Care and Hospice $30.00
Home of American Golf $30.00
HOMES4NC $30.00
Hospice Care $30.00
In God We Trust $30.00
Maggie Valley Trout Festival $30.00
Morehead Planetarium $30.00
Morgan Horse Club $30.00
Mountains-to-Sea Trail $30.00
Municipality Plate $30.00
NC Civil War $30.00
NC Coastal Federation $30.00
NC FIRST Robotics $30.00
NCSC $30.00
NC Veterinary Medical Association $30.00
National Kidney Foundation $30.00
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial $30.00
Native Brook Trout $30.00
North Carolina 4-H Development Fund $30.00
North Carolina Bluegrass Association $30.00
North Carolina Cattlemen's Association $30.00
North Carolina Emergency Management Association $30.00
North Carolina Green Industry Council $30.00
North Carolina Libraries $30.00
North Carolina Paddle Festival $30.00
Operation Coming Home $30.00
Outer Banks Preservation Association $30.00
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation $30.00
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness $30.00
P.E.O. Sisterhood $30.00
Personalized $30.00
Red Drum $30.00
Retired Legislator $30.00
RiverLink $30.00
Ronald McDonald House $30.00
Share the Road $30.00
S.T.A.R. $30.00
State Attraction $30.00
Stock Car Racing Theme $30.00
Support NC Education $30.00
Support Our Troops $30.00
Sustainable Fisheries $30.00
Toastmasters Club $30.00
Topsail Island Shoreline Protection $30.00
Travel and Tourism $30.00
Turtle Rescue Team $30.00
Volunteers in Law Enforcement $30.00
YMCA $30.00
AIDS Awareness $25.00
Buffalo Soldiers $25.00
Charlotte Checkers $25.00
Choose Life $25.00
Collegiate Insignia $25.00
First in Turf $25.00
Goodness Grows $25.00
High School Insignia $25.00
I.B.P.O.E.W. $25.00
Kids First $25.00
National Multiple Sclerosis Society $25.00
National Wild Turkey Federation $25.00
NC Agribusiness $25.00
NC Children's Promise $25.00
Nurses $25.00
Olympic Games $25.00
Professional Engineer $25.00
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation $25.00
Special Olympics $25.00
Support Soccer $25.00
Surveyor Plate $25.00
The V Foundation for Cancer Research Division $25.00
University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina $25.00
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity $20.00
ALS Association, Jim "Catfish " Hunter Chapter $20.00
ARC of North Carolina $20.00
Audubon North Carolina $20.00
Autism Society of North Carolina $20.00
Battle of Kings Mountain $20.00
Be Active NC $20.00
Brain Injury Awareness $20.00
Breast Cancer Earlier Detection $20.00
Buddy Pelletier Surfing Foundation $20.00
Concerned Bikers Association/ABATE of North Carolina $20.00
Daughters of the American Revolution $20.00
Donate Life $20.00
Ducks Unlimited $20.00
Fraternal Order of Police $20.00
Greyhound Friends of North Carolina $20.00
Guilford Battleground Company $20.00
Harley Owners' Group $20.00
Jaycees $20.00
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation $20.00
Kappa Alpha Order $20.00
Litter Prevention $20.00
March of Dimes $20.00
Mission Foundation $20.00
Native American $20.00
NC Fisheries Association $20.00
NC Horse Council $20.00
NC Mining $20.00
NC Tennis Foundation $20.00
NC Trout Unlimited $20.00
NC Victim Assistance $20.00
NC Wildlife Federation $20.00
NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation $20.00
NC Youth Soccer Association $20.00
North Carolina Master Gardener $20.00
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity $20.00
Order of the Long Leaf Pine $20.00
Piedmont Airlines $20.00
Prince Hall Mason $20.00
Save the Sea Turtles $20.00
Scenic Rivers $20.00
School Technology $20.00
SCUBA $20.00
Soil and Water Conservation $20.00
Special Forces Association $20.00
Support Public Schools $20.00
US Equine Rescue League $20.00
USO of NC $20.00
Wildlife Resources $20.00
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority $20.00
Carolina Regional Volleyball Association $15.00
Carolina's Aviation Museum $15.00
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society $15.00
Lung Cancer Research $15.00
NC Beekeepers $15.00
Shag Dancing $15.00
Active Member of the National Guard None
Bronze Star Combat Recipient None
Bronze Star Recipient None
Combat Veteran None
100% Disabled Veteran None
Ex-Prisoner of War None
Gold Star Lapel Button None
Legion of Merit None
Legion of Valor None
Military Veteran None
Military Wartime Veteran None
Partially Disabled Veteran None
Pearl Harbor Survivor None
Purple Heart Recipient None
Silver Star Recipient None
All Other Special Plates $10.00.
(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 (a) 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. 113A-253, and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which is established under G.S. 113-44.15, as follows:
Special Plate SRPA CCAPA NHTF PRTF
AIDS Awareness $10 $15 0 0
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity $10 $10 0 0
ALS Association, Jim "Catfish" Hunter
Chapter $10 $10 0 0
American Red Cross $10 $20 0 0
Animal Lovers $10 $20 0 0
ARC of North Carolina $10 $10 0 0
Arthritis Foundation $10 $20 0 0
ARTS NC $10 $20 0 0
Audubon North Carolina $10 $10 0 0
Autism Society of North
Carolina $10 $10 0 0
Back Country Horsemen of NC $10 $20 0 0
Battle of Kings Mountain $10 $10 0 0
Be Active NC $10 $10 0 0
Boy Scouts of America $10 $20 0 0
Brain Injury Awareness $10 $10 0 0
Breast Cancer Earlier Detection $10 $10 0 0
Brenner Children's Hospital $10 $20 0 0
Buddy Pelletier Surfing
Foundation $10 $10 0 0
Buffalo Soldiers $10 $15 0 0
Carolina Raptor Center $10 $20 0 0
Carolina Regional Volleyball
Association $10 $5 0 0
Carolina's Aviation Museum $10 $5 0 0
Carolinas Credit Union
Foundation $10 $20 0 0
Carolinas Golf Association $10 $20 0 0
Charlotte Checkers $10 $15 0 0
Choose Life $10 $15 0 0
Coastal Conservation
Association $10 $20 0 0
Coastal Land Trust $10 $20 0 0
Concerned Bikers Association/
ABATE of North Carolina $10 $10 0 0
Crystal Coast $10 $20 0 0
Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens $10 $20 0 0
Daughters of the American
Revolution $10 $10 0 0
Donate Life $10 $10 0 0
Ducks Unlimited $10 $10 0 0
El Pueblo $10 $20 0 0
Farmland Preservation $10 $20 0 0
First in Forestry $10 $10 $10 0
First in Turf $10 $15 0 0
First Tee $10 $20 0 0
Fraternal Order of Police $10 $10 0 0
Girl Scouts $10 $20 0 0
Goodness Grows $10 $15 0 0
Greensboro Symphony Guild $10 $20 0 0
Greyhound Friends of North
Carolina $10 $10 0 0
Guilford Battleground
Company $10 $10 0 0
Harley Owners' Group $10 $10 0 0
High School Insignia $10 $15 0 0
Historical Attraction $10 $20 0 0
Home Care and Hospice $10 $20 0 0
Home of American Golf $10 $20 0 0
HOMES4NC $10 $20 0 0
Hospice Care $10 $20 0 0
I.B.P.O.E.W. $10 $15 0 0
In God We Trust $10 $20 0 0
In-State Collegiate Insignia $10 $15 0 0
Jaycees $10 $10 0 0
Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation $10 $10 0 0
Kappa Alpha Order $10 $10 0 0
Kids First $10 $15 0 0
Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society $10 $5 0 0
Litter Prevention $10 $10 0 0
Lung Cancer Research $10 $5 0 0
Maggie Valley Trout Festival $10 $20 0 0
March of Dimes $10 $10 0 0
Mission Foundation $10 $10 0 0
Morgan Horse Club $10 $20 0 0
Morehead Planetarium $10 $20 0 0
Mountains-to-Sea Trail $10 $20 0 0
Municipality Plate $10 $20 0 0
National Kidney Foundation $10 $20 0 0
National Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial $10 $20 0 0
National Multiple Sclerosis
Society $10 $15 0 0
National Wild Turkey
Federation $10 $15 0 0
Native American $10 $10 0 0
NC Agribusiness $10 $15 0 0
NC Beekeepers $10 $5 0 0
NC Children's Promise $10 $15 0 0
NC Civil War $10 $20 0 0
NC Coastal Federation $10 $20 0 0
NC 4-H Development Fund $10 $20 0 0
NC FIRST Robotics $10 $20 0 0
NC Fisheries Association $10 $10 0 0
NC Horse Council $10 $10 0 0
NC Mining $10 $10 0 0
NCSC $10 $20 0 0
NC Tennis Foundation $10 $10 0 0
NC Trout Unlimited $10 $10 0 0
NC Veterinary Medical
Association $10 $20 0 0
NC Victim Assistance $10 $10 0 0
NC Wildlife Federation $10 $10 0 0
NC Wildlife Habitat
Foundation $10 $10 0 0
NC Youth Soccer
Association $10 $10 0 0
North Carolina Bluegrass Association $10 $20 0 0
North Carolina Cattlemen's Association $10 $20 0 0
North Carolina Emergency
Management Association $10 $20 0 0
North Carolina Green Industry
Council $10 $20 0 0
North Carolina Libraries $10 $20 0 0
North Carolina Master Gardener $10 $10 0 0
North Carolina Paddle Festival $10 $20 0 0
Nurses $10 $15 0 0
Olympic Games $10 $15 0 0
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity $10 $10 0 0
Operation Coming Home $10 $20 0 0
Order of the Long Leaf Pine $10 $10 0 0
Out-of-state Collegiate Insignia $10 0 $15 0
Outer Banks Preservation
Association $10 $20 0 0
Pamlico-Tar River Foundation $10 $20 0 0
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness $10 $20 0 0
P.E.O. Sisterhood $10 $20 0 0
Personalized $10 0 $15 $5
Piedmont Airlines $10 $10 0 0
Prince Hall Mason $10 $10 0 0
Professional Engineer $10 $15 0 0
Retired Legislator $10 $20 0 0
RiverLink $10 $20 0 0
Rocky Mountain Elk
Foundation $10 $15 0 0
Ronald McDonald House $10 $20 0 0
Save the Sea Turtles $10 $10 0 0
Scenic Rivers $10 $10 0 0
School Technology $10 $10 0 0
SCUBA $10 $10 0 0
Shag Dancing $10 $5 0 0
Share the Road $10 $20 0 0
Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival $10 0 0 0
Soil and Water Conservation $10 $10 0 0
Special Forces Association $10 $10 0 0
Special Olympics $10 $15 0 0
S.T.A.R. $10 $20 0 0
State Attraction $10 $20 0 0
Stock Car Racing Theme $10 $20 0 0
Support NC Education $10 $20 0 0
Support Our Troops $10 $20 0 0
Support Public Schools $10 $10 0 0
Support Soccer $10 $15 0 0
Surveyor Plate $10 $15 0 0
Sustainable Fisheries $10 $20 0 0
The V Foundation for Cancer
Research $10 $15 0 0
Toastmasters Club $10 $20 0 0
Topsail Island Shoreline
Protection $10 $20 0 0
Travel and Tourism $10 $20 0 0
Turtle Rescue Team $10 $20 0 0
University Health Systems of
Eastern Carolina $10 $15 0 0
US Equine Rescue League $10 $10 0 0
USO of NC $10 $10 0 0
Volunteers in Law Enforcement $10 $20 0 0
Wildlife Resources $10 $10 0 0
YMCA $10 $20 0 0
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority $10 $10 0 0
All other Special Plates $10 0 0 0.
(c) Use of Funds in Special Registration Plate Account. -
(1) The Division shall deduct the costs of special registration plates, including the costs of issuing, handling, and advertising the availability of the special plates, from the Special Registration Plate Account.
(2) From the funds remaining in the Special Registration Plate Account after the deductions in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection, there is annually appropriated from the Special Registration Plate Account the sum of one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) to provide operating assistance for the Visitor Centers:
a. on U.S. Highway 17 in Camden County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
b. on U.S. Highway 17 in Brunswick County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
c. on U.S. Highway 441 in Macon County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
d. in the Town of Boone, Watauga County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
e. on U.S. Highway 29 in Caswell County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
f. on U.S. Highway 70 in Carteret County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
g. on U.S. Highway 64 in Tyrrell County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
h. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 701 and N.C. 904 in Columbus County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
i. on U.S. Highway 221 in McDowell County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
j. on Staton Road in Transylvania County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
k. in the Town of Fair Bluff, Columbus County, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 76 and N.C. 904, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857);
l. on U.S. Highway 421 in Wilkes County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); and
m. at the intersection of Interstate 73 and Interstate 74 in Randolph County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-eight dollars ($92,858) each, for two centers.
(3) The Division shall transfer the remaining revenue in the Special Registration Plate Account quarterly, and funds are hereby appropriated, as follows:
a. Thirty-three percent (33%) to the account of the Department of Commerce to aid in financing out-of-state print and other media advertising under the program for the promotion of travel and industrial development in this State.
b. Fifty percent (50%) to the Department of Transportation to be used solely for the purpose of beautification of highways. These funds shall be administered by the Department of Transportation for beautification purposes not inconsistent with good landscaping and engineering principles.
c. Seventeen percent (17%) to the account of the Department of Health and Human Services to promote travel accessibility for disabled persons in this State. These funds shall be used to collect and update site information on travel attractions designated by the Department of Commerce in its publications, to provide technical assistance to travel attractions concerning accommodation of disabled tourists, and to develop, print, and promote the publication ACCESS NORTH CAROLINA as provided in G.S. 168-2. Any funds allocated for these purposes that are neither spent nor obligated at the end of the fiscal year shall be transferred to the Department of Administration for removal of man-made barriers to disabled travelers at State-funded travel attractions. Guidelines for the removal of man-made barriers shall be developed in consultation with the Department of Health and Human Services. (1967, c. 413; 1971, c. 42; 1973, c. 507, s. 5; c. 1262, s. 86; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; 1977, c. 464, s. 3; c. 771, s. 4; 1979, c. 126, ss. 1, 2; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1258, s. 6; 1983, c. 848; 1985, c. 766; 1987, c. 252; c. 738, s. 140; c. 830, ss. 113(a), 116(a)-(c); 1989, c. 751, s. 7(1); c. 774, s. 1; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 814, s. 31; 1991, c. 672, s. 3; c. 726, s. 23; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 2; c. 1042, s. 2; c. 1044, ss. 33, 34; 1993, c. 321, s. 169.3(a); c. 543, s. 3; 1995, c. 163, s. 2; c. 324, s. 18.7(a); c. 433, ss. 2, 3; c. 507, s. 18.17(a); 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 19.11(e); 1997-443, s. 11A.118(a); 1997-477, ss. 2, 3; 1997-484, ss. 4, 5; 1998-163, s. 1; 1999-277, ss. 2, 3; 1999-403, ss. 2, 3; 1999-450, ss. 2, 3; 2000-159, ss. 3, 4; 2001-414, s. 32; 2001-498, ss. 3(a), 3(b), 4(a), 4(b); 2002-134, ss. 5, 6; 2003-11, ss. 2, 3; 2003-68, ss. 2, 3; 2003-424, ss. 3, 4; 2004-124, s. 30.3A; 2004-131, ss. 3, 4; 2004-185, ss. 3, 4; 2004-200, ss. 2, 3; 2005-216, ss. 4, 5; 2005-276, s. 28.16; 2006-209, ss. 3, 4, 7; 2007-323, s. 27.20(b); 2007-345, s. 10.1; 2007-400, ss. 3, 4; 2007-483, ss. 4, 5, 8(a), (b); 2009-228, s. 1; 2010-31, ss. 11.4(i), (j), 28.11; 2010-132, s. 7; 2011-145, s. 28.30(b); 2011-392, ss. 4, 5, 5.1; 2012-79, s. 1.12(b); 2013-360, ss. 14.3(c), 34.22; 2013-376, ss. 3, 4, 9(c), (d); 2013-414, s. 57(b), (c).)
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