NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 917

SENATE BILL 380

 

 

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE COMMISSION CONTRACT RATE PER REGISTRATION PLATE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 93 of Chapter 983 of the 1975 Session Laws is rewritten to read:

"The commission contract rate under G.S. 20-63(h) shall be forty-five cents (45ȼ) per transaction, for fiscal year 1979-80, and fifty cents (50ȼ) per transaction for fiscal year 1980-81. The latter rate shall continue past June 30, 1981, until the rate is changed by the General Assembly."

Sec. 2.  There is appropriated from the Highway Fund to the Department of Transportation the sum of one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) for fiscal year 1979‑80, and four hundred one thousand dollars ($401,000) for fiscal year 1980-81, for the purpose of increasing commission contract rates as set forth in Section 1.

Sec. 3.  The Department of Transportation is directed to study the feasibility of providing general registration services outside of the central headquarters area by State-owned facilities or local commission contractors. The Department is directed to report the results of the study and make any recommendations to the General Assembly by January 15, 1980.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 20-63(h) is amended in line 18 by deleting the words "registration plate", and inserting in lieu thereof the word "transaction".

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1979.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of June, 1979.