NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1191
SENATE BILL 461

AN ACT TO PROVIDE EX PRISONERS OF WAR LICENSE PLATES FREE OF REGISTRATION OR OTHER CHARGE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-81.4(a1) and G.S. 20-81.4(c1) are rewritten to read as follows:
"(a1)	From and after January 1, 1979, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles, upon request by an ex-prisoner of war residing in this State, shall provide and issue free of charge to such ex-prisoner of war registration and special prisoner of war registration plates for either one automobile or one pickup truck, where a pickup truck is the ex-prisoner of war's only mode of transportation and is not used for hire; an ex-prisoner of war being, for the purpose of this subsection, an American service person captured and held prisoner by forces hostile to the United States while serving in the armed forces of the United States in World War I, World War II, Korean service or Vietnam service.
(c1)	The registration plate provided for by this section for ex-prisoners of war shall be issued free of charge and only upon proof as may be required by the Division of Motor Vehicles as to ex-prisoners of war's status and proof of financial responsibility as required by the motor vehicle laws of North Carolina."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.