SB 343 — Revise Vehicle Sale Laws.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2021 S 21 SENATE BILL 343 Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 5/5/21 Short Title:

Senators B.

Jackson, Perry, and Sawyer (Primary Sponsors).

Rules and Operations of the Senate March 25, 2021 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO REVISE AND CLARIFY CERTAIN LAWS GOVERNING THE SALE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

6 CONDITIONALTEMPORARY DELIVERYDRIVING CLARIFICATIONCERTIFICATES SECTION 1.1.(a) G.S.

20-7(f)(5) reads as rewritten:

"(5) License to be sent by mail.

– The Division shall issue to the applicant a temporarydrivingcertificatevalidfor60days,unlesstheapplicantisapplying for renewal by mail under subdivision (4) of this subsection.

The temporary driving certificate shall be valid for driving purposes and shall not be valid for identification purposes, except when conductingbusiness with the Division or a motor vehicle dealer licensed under Article 12 of this Chapter, and not otherwise prohibited by federal law.

The temporary driving certificate shall alsobevalidforpurposesofmotorvehicleregistrationpursuantto G.S.

20-52.

The Division shall produce the applicant's drivers license at a central location andsendittotheapplicantbyfirst-classmailattheresidenceaddressprovided by the applicant, unless the applicant is ineligible for mail delivery by the United States Postal Service at the applicant's residence.

If the United States Postal Service documents that it does not deliver to the residential address provided by the applicant, and the Division has verified the applicant's residential address by other means, the Division may mail the drivers license to the post office box provided by the applicant.

Applicants whose only mailing address prior to July 1, 2008, was a post office box in this State may continue to receive their license at that post office box, provided the applicant's residential address has been verified by the Division." SECTION 1.(b) G.S.

20-52(a)(1a)b.is amended by adding a new sub-sub-subdivision to read:

"1a.

The owner's valid North Carolina temporarydriving certificate issued pursuant to G.S.

20-7(f)(5)." SECTION 1.(c) This section becomes effective October 1, 2021, and applies to motor vehicle registrations on or after this date.

CONDITIONAL DELIVERY CLARIFICATION SECTION 2.

*S343-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2021 Notwithstanding G.S.

This subsection is in addition to any other provisions of law or insurance policies and does not repeal or supersede those provisions." EFFECTIVENEW DATEMOTOR VEHICLE DEALER PLATE NUMBERING SECTION 2.3.(a) G.S.

This20-79(c) actreads isas effectiverewritten: when it becomes law.

*S343-v-2*"(c) Form and Duration.

– A dealer license plate is subject to G.S.

20-63, except for the requirement that the plate displaythe registration number of a motor vehicle and the requirement that the plate be a "First in Flight" plate, a "First in Freedom" plate, or a "National/State Mottos" plate.

A dealer license plate must have a distinguishing symbol identifying the plate as a dealer license plate.

The symbol may vary depending upon the classification of dealer license plate issued.

The Division must provide suitably reduced sized license plates for motorcycle dealers and manufacturers.

A dealer license plate issued to a new motor vehicle dealer, as that term is defined in G.S.

20-286, shall bear a unique number for each licensed new motor vehicle dealer followed by a hyphen and then by the numbers "001" for the first dealer plate issued to that dealer and thereafter numbered sequentially for the remainder of the dealer plates issued to that dealer.

A dealer license plate is issued for a period of one year.

The Division shall varythe expiration dates of dealer registration renewals so that an approximately equal number expires at the end of each month, quarter, or other period consisting of one or more months.

A dealer license plate may be transferred from one vehicle to another.

When the Division issues a dealer plate, it may issue a registration that expires at the end of any monthly interval.

When one of the following occurs, a dealer must surrender to the Division all dealer license plates issued to the dealer:

(1) The dealer surrenders the license issued to the dealer under Article 12 of this Chapter.

(2) TheDivision suspendsorrevokes thelicenseissued to thedealerunderArticle 12 of this Chapter.

(3) The Division rescinds the dealer license plates because of a violation of the restrictions on the use of a dealer license plate.

To obtain a dealer license plate after it has been surrendered, the dealer must file a new application for a dealer license plate and pay the required fee for the plate." SECTION 3.(b) This section becomes effective October 1, 2021, and applies to dealer plates issued on or after this date.

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