GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 657

HOUSE BILL 189

 

AN ACT FOR SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR DISABLED VETERANS WHO ARE NOT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT DISABLED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-81.4 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(e)      A disabled veteran who is rated as less than one hundred percent (100%) service-connected disabled may, upon the payment of registration and license fees for a private motor vehicle or pickup truck not exceeding a gross weight of 4,000 pounds owned by him, and an additional fee of ten dollars ($10.00), obtain a registration plate provided for in subsection (d) of this section. The registration plate provided for by this subsection shall be issued to disabled veterans only upon proof of disabled status as evidenced by receipt of a federal military disability pension or possession of an identification card showing eligibility for medical treatment by the Veterans Administration due to a service-connected disability."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-81.4(a) is amended by adding on line seven after the words "Vietnam Service," the words "or as a result of international terrorist activities"; and further on lines 7 and 8 by deleting the words "military, naval, marines or air service" and substituting in lieu thereof the following "armed forces"; and further on lines 12 and 13 by deleting the words "military, naval, marine or air service" and substituting in lieu thereof the following "duty in the armed forces".

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective January 1, 1986.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of July, 1985.