NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 460
SENATE BILL 385

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-84 BY ADDING A NEW PARAGRAPH AT THE END THEREOF REQUIRING PERMANENT REGISTRATION PLATES FOR STATE-OWNED VEHICLES TO BE A DISTINCTIVE COLOR AND DESIGN.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-84 is hereby amended by adding a new paragraph at the end thereof to read as follows:
"On and after January 1, 1972, permanent registration plates used on all vehicles owned by the State of North Carolina or a department thereof shall be of a distinctive color and design which shall be readily distinguishable from all other permanent registration plates issued pursuant to this Section or G.S. 20-84.1. For the purpose of carrying out the intent of this act, all vehicles owned by the State of North Carolina or a department thereof in operation as of October 1, 1971, and bearing a permanent registration shall be re-registered during the months of October, November and December, 1971, and upon re-registration, registration plates issued for such vehicles shall be of a distinctive color and design as provided for hereinabove."
Sec. 1.1.  This act shall not be construed as abrogating or modifying the provisions of G.S. 14-250.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1971.