NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 337

HOUSE BILL 819

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE USE OF SEMI-PERMANENT PLATES FOR PICK-UP TRUCKS, MOTORCYCLES, U-DRIVE-IT PASSENGER VEHICLES AND TRAILERS TO BE RENEWED BY USE OF RENEWAL STICKERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-66 is hereby amended by redesignating the existing subsections "(c)" and "(d)" as subsections "(d)" and "(e)" respectively and adding a new subsection "(c)" to read as follows:

"(c)       For renewal periods beginning January 1, 1978, and thereafter, renewal registrations of private hauler trucks licensed for 4,000 pounds gross weight, motorcycles, U-drive-it passenger vehicles and trailers may be made by issuance of stickers, tabs, or other devices in lieu of new registration plates, or in combination with new registration plates, at the discretion of the commissioner. Such stickers, tabs or other devices shall show the period of validity of registration. This provision shall not apply to trucks licensed as farm trucks, common carriers, for-hire trucks, rental trucks or contract carrier trucks."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1978.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1977.