GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1062

HOUSE BILL 1772

 

AN ACT RELATING TO BOND ISSUANCE AND ASSESSMENTS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

---REVENUE BONDS FOR BATTLESHIP

Sec. 1. Pursuant to G.S. 159-81(3)l., the General Assembly authorizes the issuance of State revenue bonds under The State and Local Government Revenue Bond Act to improve and enlarge the permanent memorial and exhibit of the Battleship U.S.S. North Carolina at Wilmington, not to exceed eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000) in aggregate principal amount.

Bonds issued for this purpose may be secured by admission fees, charges, grants, gifts, and other permitted revenues under the Act. As with all bonds issued under the State and Local Government Revenue Bond Act, bonds issued for this purpose may not pledge the credit on the taxing power of the State for the payment of the principal or interest of these bonds. Adoption of a bond order by the Council of State obligates the U.S.S. Battleship Commission of the Department of Cultural Resources to the provisions of the bond order.

---INTEREST ON HFA RESERVE

Sec. 2. G.S. 122A-8 is amended by deleting the language "seven hundred fifty million dollars ($750,000,000)" wherever it appears and substituting "eight hundred fifty million dollars ($850,000,000)".

---ADMINISTRATION BUILDING PARKING LOT

Sec. 3.  The Council of State is hereby authorized to adopt a bond order providing for the issuance, pursuant to the North Carolina Parking Facilities and Project Revenue Bond Act, Chapter 858, Session Laws of 1975 as amended, of not in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) aggregate principal amount of revenue bonds of the State for the purpose of constructing a parking deck behind the Administration Building.  The Capital Building Authority is authorized to award the design and construction contract for such facility on a design/build basis, notwithstanding G.S. Chapter 143, Article 8 and Section 12 of Chapter 858, Session Laws of 1975.

---AMOUNT OF MILK COMMISSION ASSESSMENTS

Sec. 4.  G.S. 106-266.11 is amended by deleting the second sentence and substituting the following:  "The assessment so levied shall be fixed at a rate per hundredweight on the volume of all milk handled.  The rate set shall not exceed one- half of one percent (1/2%) of the Statewide blend price paid to all North Carolina producers during the previous calendar year for three and one-half percent (3.5%) milk as computed by the North Carolina Milk Commission."

---RESERVE LICENSE PLATES

Sec. 5.  (a) Chapter 20 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 20-80.1. Military Reserve license plates.-(a) The Commissioner shall cause to be made a sufficient number of distinctive motor vehicle license plates, in the form hereafter provided, for issuance to eligible members of the reserve components of the Armed Forces of the United States, upon proper application and under such regulations as he deems appropriate. Upon satisfactory proof of eligibility, the commissioner shall collect fees in accordance with G.S. 20-81.3(b) and shall disburse fees in accordance with G.S. 20-81.3(c).

(b)       Military license plates shall bear the words 'Army Reserve', 'Navy Reserve', 'Air Force Reserve', 'Marine Corps Reserve', or 'Coast Guard Reserve' as appropriate. The center of the license plate shall bear the insignia of the officer corps of the appropriate service for reserve officers and shall bear the insignia of the appropriate service for reserve enlisted personnel. The license plates shall be numbered sequentially for each service with the numbers 1 through 5000 reserved for officers, to be issued based on the date of receipt of applications by the Commission without regard to rank.

(c)       When the holder of a reserve license plate becomes ineligible for it due to change in status, he shall exchange the reserve plate for standard plate within 30 days."

Sec. 6.  The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is requested to consult with members of the General Assembly who participate in a reserve component of the branches of the Armed Forces of the United States to the end that the design of license plates is appropriate for each service.  Administrative regulations implementing the provisions of Section 5 of this act shall be filed before October 1, 1984.

---SPECIAL ID CARDS

Sec. 7.  Effective January 1, 1985, G.S. 20-37.7(a),(b), and (d) are rewritten to read:

"(a)      The Division of Motor Vehicles shall upon satisfactory proof of identification issue a special identification card to any person 11 years or older who is a resident of the State of North Carolina.

(b)       Every application for a special identification card shall be made on the approved form furnished by the Division and shall be accompanied by a birth certificate and other proof of identification which shall be returned when the special identification card is issued.

(d)       A special identification card issued under this section shall expire on the birth date of the holder in the fourth year of issuance. The fee for the issuance or reissuance of a special identification card shall be five dollars ($5.00) which shall be placed in the Highway Fund; provided that a special identification card may be issued without fee to a resident of North Carolina who is legally blind or has attained the age of 70 years; provided further that the fees collected for the issuance of special identification cards to persons under the age of 16 shall be placed in a reserve fund to cover the cost of the operation of the program required by this Article."

Sec. 8.  Except as provided otherwise in this act, this act shall become effective July 1, 1984.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of July, 1984.