A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify that devices designed to cover registration plates to prevent the taking of a clear photograph by  traffic control systems using cameras are unlawful.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑63(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	Alteration, Disguise, or Concealment of Numbers. – Any operator of a motor vehicle who shall willfully mutilate, bend, twist, cover or cause to be covered or partially covered by any bumper, light, spare tire, tire rack, strap, or other device, including any device designed or used to prevent or interfere with the taking of a clear photograph of a registration plate by a traffic control system using cameras, or who shall paint, enamel, emboss, stamp, print, perforate, or alter or add to or cut off any part or portion of a registration plate or the figures or letters thereon, or who shall place or deposit or cause to be placed or deposited any oil, grease, or other substance upon such registration plates for the purpose of making dust adhere thereto, or who shall deface, disfigure, change, or attempt to change any letter or figure thereon, or who shall display a number plate in other than a horizontal upright position, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any operator of a motor vehicle who shall otherwise intentionally cover any number or registration renewal sticker on a registration plate with any material that makes the number or registration renewal sticker illegible commits an infraction and shall be fined under G.S. 14‑3.1."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.