HB 613 — The Vehicle Registration Convenience Act.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2025 H 21 HOUSE BILL 613 Committee Substitute Favorable 4/30/25 Short Title:

Representatives Echevarria, Loftis, and Almond (Primary Sponsors).

For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.

Transportation, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House April 1, 2025 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT ENACTING THE VEHICLE REGISTRATION CONVENIENCE ACT AUTHORIZING VEHICLE OWNERS TO ELECT THE MONTH OF REGISTRATION RENEWAL.

– When a vehicle registration is initially issuedissued, with a plate that is not a calendar-year plate, the owner shall elect a month within 12 months of issuance upon which the vehicle's registration expires.

The initial period of registration expires at midnight on the last day of the month elected by the owner.

The registration of a vehicle must otherwisethereafter be renewed annually.

(a1) InitialIssuance RegistrationFees. Fee.

– The fee for anthe initial periodissuance of registrationvehicle elected by the owner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section that is less than a year in duration is one-twelfth of the annual fee provided in Part 7 of this Article multiplied by the number of full months in the period beginning with the first full month following the month of issuance until the date the registration expires,shall roundedbe todetermined theas nearestfollows: dollar.

(1) For a vehicle whose owner has elected for the month of issuance to be the month of renewal, the issuance fee shall be the annual fee provided in Part 7 of this Article, subject to any proration required by G.S.

20-95.

(2) For a vehicle whose owner has elected a month of renewal that differs from the month of issuance, the issuance fee shall be one-twelfth of the annual fee provided in Part 7 of this Article multiplied by the number of full months in the period beginning the date the registration was issued until the date the registration expires, rounded to the nearest dollar.

The *H613-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 Division may receive and grant an application for renewal of registration at any time before the registration expires.

To apply, an owner *H613-v-2* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025 must completean application providedbytheDivision.

TheapplicationshallTheapplication containshall apreprintedcontainapreprinted option that co-owners may use to title the vehicle as a joint tenancy with right of survivorship.

20-66(a).20-66.

…." SECTIONPART 1.(d)II. G.S.

105-330.5(a1) reads as rewritten:

"(a1) Proration.

– When a new registration is obtained for a registered classified motor vehicle that is registered under the annual system, the taxes are prorated for the remainder of the calendar year.

The amount of prorated taxes due is the product of the proration fraction and the taxes computed according to subsection (a) of this section.

The numerator of the proration fraction is the number of full months remaining in the calendar year following the registration application date and the denominator of the fraction is 12.

When a new registration is obtained for a registered classified motor vehicle, and the owner elects an initial period of registration that is less than a year in duration under G.S.

20-66(a), the taxes are prorated for the initial period of registration.

The amount of prorated taxes due is the product of the proration fraction and the taxes computed according to subsection (a) of this section.

The numerator of the proration fraction is the number of full months in the initial period of registration and the denominator of the fraction is 12." PART II.

This act becomes effective January1,January 1, 2026, and applies to applications for vehicle registrations issued or renewed on or after that date.

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