(a) Free of Charge. - Upon request, and except for the special registration plate listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the Division shall annually provide and issue free of charge a single special registration plate listed in this subsection to a person qualified to receive the plate in accordance with G.S. 20-79.4(a2). For the special registration plate listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection, and upon request, the Division shall annually provide and issue free of charge a single registration plate for both a motor vehicle and a motorcycle to a person qualified to receive each plate in accordance with G.S. 20-79.4(a2). This subsection does not apply to a special registration plate issued for a vehicle that has a registered weight greater than 6,000 pounds. The regular motor vehicle registration fees in G.S. 20-88 apply if the registered weight of the vehicle is greater than 6,000 pounds: (1) A Legion of Valor registration plate to a recipient of the Legion of Valor award. (2) A 100% Disabled Veteran registration plate to a 100% disabled veteran. (3) An Ex-Prisoner of War registration plate to an ex-prisoner of war. (4) A Bronze Star Valor registration plate to a recipient of the Bronze Star Medal for valor in combat award. (5) A Silver Star registration plate to a recipient of the Silver Star award. (a1) Fees. - All other special registration plates are subject to the regular motor vehicle registration fee in G.S. 20-87 or G.S. 20-88 plus an additional fee in the following amount: Special Plate Additional Fee Amount Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity $30.00 ALS Research $30.00 American Red Cross Expired July 1, 2016 Animal Lovers $30.00 Arthritis Foundation Expired July 1, 2016 ARTS NC $30.00 Back Country Horsemen of NC Expired July 1, 2016 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament $30.00 Boy Scouts of America Expired July 1, 2016 Brenner Children's Hospital Expired July 1, 2016 Carolina Panthers $30.00 Carolina Raptor Center Expired July 1, 2016 Carolinas Credit Union Foundation Expired July 1, 2016 Carolinas Golf Association $30.00 Coastal Conservation Association Expired July 1, 2016 Coastal Land Trust $30.00 Colorectal Cancer Awareness $30.00 Crystal Coast Expired July 1, 2016 Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden Expired July 1, 2016 El Pueblo Expired July 1, 2016 Farmland Preservation Expired July 1, 2016 First in Forestry $30.00 First Tee Expired July 1, 2016 Girl Scouts Expired July 1, 2016 Greensboro Symphony Guild Expired July 1, 2016 Historical Attraction $30.00 Home Care and Hospice $30.00 Home of American Golf Expired July 1, 2016 Home of the Venus Flytrap $30.00 HOMES4NC $30.00 Hospice Care Expired July 1, 2016 In God We Trust $30.00 Keeping the Lights On $30.00 Kick Cancer for Kids $30.00 Maggie Valley Trout Festival Expired July 1, 2016 Morehead Planetarium Expired July 1, 2016 Morgan Horse Club Expired July 1, 2016 Mountains-to-Sea Trail $30.00 Municipality Plate Expired July 1, 2016 NC Civil War Expired July 1, 2016 NC Coastal Federation $30.00 NC FIRST Robotics Expired July 1, 2016 NCSC Expired July 1, 2016 NC Veterinary Medical Association Expired July 1, 2016 National Kidney Foundation Expired July 1, 2016 National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Expired July 1, 2016 Native Brook Trout $30.00 North Carolina 4-H Development Fund Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs $30.00 North Carolina Bluegrass Association Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Cattlemen's Association Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Emergency Management Association Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Green Industry Council Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Libraries Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Paddle Festival Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics $30.00 North Carolina Sheriffs' Association $30.00 Operation Coming Home Expired July 1, 2016 Outer Banks Preservation Association Expired July 1, 2016 Pamlico-Tar River Foundation Expired July 1, 2016 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Expired July 1, 2016 P.E.O. Sisterhood Expired July 1, 2016 Personalized $30.00 Pilot Mountain State Park $30.00 Pisgah Conservancy $30.00 Red Drum Expired July 1, 2016 Retired Legislator $30.00 RiverLink Expired July 1, 2016 Ronald McDonald House $30.00 Share the Road $30.00 S.T.A.R. Expired July 1, 2016 State Attraction $30.00 Stock Car Racing Theme $30.00 Support NC Education Expired July 1, 2016 Support Our Troops $30.00 Sustainable Fisheries Expired July 1, 2016 Toastmasters Club Expired July 1, 2016 Topsail Island Shoreline Protection Expired July 1, 2016 Travel and Tourism Expired July 1, 2016 Turtle Rescue Team Expired July 1, 2016 United States Service Academy $30.00 Wildlife Resources $30.00 Volunteers in Law Enforcement Expired July 1, 2016 YMCA Expired July 1, 2016 AIDS Awareness Expired July 1, 2016 Buffalo Soldiers Expired July 1, 2016 Charlotte Checkers Expired July 1, 2016 Choose Life $25.00 Collegiate Insignia $25.00 First in Turf Expired July 1, 2016 Goodness Grows Expired July 1, 2016 High School Insignia $25.00 I.B.P.O.E.W. Expired July 1, 2016 Kids First $25.00 National Multiple Sclerosis Society $25.00 National Wild Turkey Federation $25.00 NC Agribusiness Expired July 1, 2016 NC Children's Promise Expired July 1, 2016 NC Surveyors $25.00 Nurses $25.00 Olympic Games $25.00 Professional Engineer Expired July 1, 2016 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation $25.00 Special Olympics Expired July 1, 2016 Support Soccer $25.00 Surveyor Plate $25.00 The V Foundation for Cancer Research Division $25.00 University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina Expired July 1, 2016 ALS Association, Jim ''Catfish'' Hunter Chapter Expired July 1, 2016 ARC of North Carolina Expired July 1, 2016 Audubon North Carolina Expired July 1, 2016 Autism Society of North Carolina $20.00 Battle of Kings Mountain $20.00 Be Active NC Expired July 1, 2016 Brain Injury Awareness Expired July 1, 2016 Breast Cancer Earlier Detection Expired July 1, 2016 Buddy Pelletier Surfing Foundation $20.00 Concerned Bikers Association/ABATE of North Expired July 1, 2016 Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution Expired July 1, 2016 Donate Life $20.00 Ducks Unlimited $20.00 Fraternal Order of Police $20.00 Greyhound Friends of North Carolina Expired July 1, 2016 Guilford Battleground Company $20.00 Harley Owners' Group $20.00 International Association of Fire Fighters $20.00 I Support Teachers Expired July 1, 2016 Jaycees Expired July 1, 2016 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation $20.00 Kappa Alpha Order Expired July 1, 2016 Litter Prevention $20.00 March of Dimes Expired July 1, 2016 Mission Foundation Expired July 1, 2016 Native American $20.00 NC Fisheries Association Expired July 1, 2016 NC Horse Council $20.00 NC Mining Expired July 1, 2016 NC Tennis Foundation $20.00 NC Trout Unlimited $20.00 NC Victim Assistance Expired July 1, 2016 NC Wildlife Federation Expired July 1, 2016 NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation $20.00 NC Youth Soccer Association Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Master Gardener $20.00 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity $20.00 Order of the Eastern Star Prince Hall Affiliated $20.00 Order of the Long Leaf Pine $20.00 Piedmont Airlines $20.00 POW/MIA Bring Them Home $20.00 Prince Hall Mason $20.00 Save the Sea Turtles $20.00 Scenic Rivers Expired July 1, 2016 School Technology Expired July 1, 2016 SCUBA $20.00 Soil and Water Conservation Expired July 1, 2016 Special Forces Association Expired July 1, 2016 US Equine Rescue League Expired July 1, 2016 USO of NC Expired July 1, 2016 Wrightsville Beach $20.00 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority $20.00 Carolina Regional Volleyball Association Expired July 1, 2016 Carolina's Aviation Museum Expired July 1, 2016 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society Expired July 1, 2016 Lung Cancer Research Expired July 1, 2016 NC Beekeepers Expired July 1, 2016 Save the Honey Bee (HB) $15.00 Save the Honey Bee (SB) $15.00 Shag Dancing $15.00 Active Member of the National Guard None Bronze Star Combat Recipient None Bronze Star Recipient None Combat Veteran Expired July 1, 2016 100% Disabled Veteran None Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians None Ex-Prisoner of War None Gold Star Lapel Button None Legion of Merit None Legion of Valor None Military Veteran None Military Wartime Veteran None Partially Disabled Veteran None Pearl Harbor Survivor None Purple Heart Recipient None Silver Star Recipient None All Other Special Plates $10.00. (b) Distribution of Fees. - The Special Registration Plate Account and the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account are established within the Highway Fund. The Division must credit the additional fee imposed for the special registration plates listed in subsection (a1) of this section among the Special Registration Plate Account (SRPA), the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account (CCAPA), the North Carolina Land and Water Fund (NCLWF) which is established under G.S. 143B-135.234, and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which is established under G.S. 143B-135.56, as follows: Special Plate SRPA CCAPA NCLWF PRTF AIDS Awareness - Expired July 1, 2016 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity $10 $20 0 0 ALS Association, Jim "Catfish" Hunter Chapter - Expired July 1, 2016 ALS Research $10 $20 0 0 American Red Cross - Expired July 1, 2016 Animal Lovers $10 $20 0 0 ARC of North Carolina - Expired July 1, 2016 Arthritis Foundation - Expired July 1, 2016 ARTS NC $10 $20 0 0 Audubon North Carolina - Expired July 1, 2016 Autism Society of North Carolina $10 $10 0 0 Back Country Horsemen of NC - Expired July 1, 2016 Battle of Kings Mountain $10 $10 0 0 Be Active NC - Expired July 1, 2016 Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament $10 $20 0 0 Boy Scouts of America - Expired July 1, 2016 Brain Injury Awareness - Expired July 1, 2016 Breast Cancer Earlier Detection - Expired July 1, 2016 Brenner Children's Hospital - Expired July 1, 2016 Buddy Pelletier Surfing Foundation $10 $10 0 0 Buffalo Soldiers - Expired July 1, 2016 Carolina Panthers $10 $20 0 0 Carolina Raptor Center - Expired July 1, 2016 Carolina Regional Volleyball Association - Expired July 1, 2016 Carolina's Aviation Museum - Expired July 1, 2016 Carolinas Credit Union Foundation - Expired July 1, 2016 Carolinas Golf Association $10 $20 0 0 Charlotte Checkers - Expired July 1, 2016 Choose Life $10 $15 0 0 Coastal Conservation Association - Expired July 1, 2016 Coastal Land Trust $10 $20 0 0 Colorectal Cancer Awareness $10 $20 0 0 Concerned Bikers Association/ABATE of North Carolina - Expired July 1, 2016 Crystal Coast - Expired July 1, 2016 Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens - Expired July 1, 2016 Daughters of the American Revolution - Expired July 1, 2016 Donate Life $10 $10 0 0 Ducks Unlimited $10 $10 0 0 El Pueblo - Expired July 1, 2016 Farmland Preservation - Expired July 1, 2016 First in Forestry $10 $10 $10 0 First in Turf - Expired July 1, 2016 First Tee - Expired July 1, 2016 Fraternal Order of Police $10 $10 0 0 Girl Scouts - Expired July 1, 2016 Goodness Grows - Expired July 1, 2016 Greensboro Symphony Guild - Expired July 1, 2016 Greyhound Friends of North Carolina - Expired July 1, 2016 Guilford Battleground Company $10 $10 0 0 Harley Owners' Group $10 $10 0 0 High School Insignia $10 $15 0 0 Historical Attraction $10 $20 0 0 Home Care and Hospice $10 $20 0 0 Home of American Golf - Expired July 1, 2016 Home of the Venus Flytrap $10 $20 0 0 HOMES4NC $10 $20 0 0 Hospice Care - Expired July 1, 2016 I.B.P.O.E.W. - Expired July 1, 2016 In God We Trust $10 $20 0 0 In-State Collegiate Insignia $10 $15 0 0 International Association of Fire Fighters $10 $10 0 0 I Support Teachers - Expired July 1, 2016 Jaycees - Expired July 1, 2016 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation $10 $10 0 0 Kappa Alpha Order - Expired July 1, 2016 Keeping The Lights On $10 $20 0 0 Kick Cancer for Kids $10 $20 0 0 Kids First $10 $15 0 0 Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Expired July 1, 2016 Litter Prevention $10 $10 0 0 Lung Cancer Research - Expired July 1, 2016 Maggie Valley Trout Festival - Expired July 1, 2016 March of Dimes - Expired July 1, 2016 Mission Foundation - Expired July 1, 2016 Morgan Horse Club - Expired July 1, 2016 Morehead Planetarium - Expired July 1, 2016 Mountains-to-Sea Trail $10 $20 0 0 Municipality Plate - Expired July 1, 2016 National Kidney Foundation - Expired July 1, 2016 National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial - Expired July 1, 2016 National Multiple Sclerosis Society $10 $15 0 0 National Wild Turkey Federation $10 $15 0 0 Native American $10 $10 0 0 NC Agribusiness - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Beekeepers - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Children's Promise - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Civil War - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Coastal Federation $10 $20 0 0 NC 4-H Development Fund - Expired July 1, 2016 NC FIRST Robotics - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Fisheries Association - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Horse Council $10 $10 0 0 NC Mining - Expired July 1, 2016 NCSC - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Surveyors $10 $15 0 0 NC Tennis Foundation $10 $10 0 0 NC Trout Unlimited $10 $10 0 0 NC Veterinary Medical Association - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Victim Assistance - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Wildlife Federation - Expired July 1, 2016 NC Wildlife Habitat Foundation $10 $10 0 0 NC Youth Soccer Association - Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Association of Fire Chiefs $10 $20 0 0 North Carolina Bluegrass Association - Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Cattlemen's Association - Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Emergency Management Association - Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Green Industry Council - Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Libraries - Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina Master Gardener $10 $10 0 0 North Carolina Paddle Festival - Expired July 1, 2016 North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics $10 $20 0 0 North Carolina Sheriffs' Association $10 $20 0 0 Nurses $10 $15 0 0 Olympic Games $10 $15 0 0 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity $10 $10 0 0 Operation Coming Home - Expired July 1, 2016 Order of the Eastern Star Prince Hall Affiliated $10 $10 0 0 Order of the Long Leaf Pine $10 $10 0 0 Out-of-state Collegiate Insignia $10 0 $15 0 Outer Banks Preservation Association - Expired July 1, 2016 Pamlico-Tar River Foundation - Expired July 1, 2016 Pancreatic Cancer Awareness - Expired July 1, 2016 P.E.O. Sisterhood - Expired July 1, 2016 Personalized $10 0 $15 $5 Piedmont Airlines $10 $10 0 0 Pilot Mountain State Park $10 $20 0 0 Pisgah Conservancy $10 $20 0 0 POW/MIA Bring Them Home $10 $10 0 0 Prince Hall Mason $10 $10 0 0 Professional Engineer - Expired July 1, 2016 Retired Legislator $10 $20 0 0 RiverLink - Expired July 1, 2016 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation $10 $15 0 0 Ronald McDonald House $10 $20 0 0 Save the Honey Bee (HB) $10 $5 0 0 Save the Honey Bee (SB) $10 $5 0 0 Save the Sea Turtles $10 $10 0 0 Scenic Rivers - Expired July 1, 2016 School Technology - Expired July 1, 2016 SCUBA $10 $10 0 0 Shag Dancing $10 $5 0 0 Share the Road $10 $20 0 0 Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival - Expired July 1, 2016 Soil and Water Conservation - Expired July 1, 2016 Special Forces Association - Expired July 1, 2016 Special Olympics - Expired July 1, 2016 S.T.A.R. - Expired July 1, 2016 State Attraction $10 $20 0 0 Stock Car Racing Theme $10 $20 0 0 Support NC Education - Expired July 1, 2016 Support Our Troops $10 $20 0 0 Support Soccer $10 $15 0 0 Surveyor Plate $10 $15 0 0 Sustainable Fisheries - Expired July 1, 2016 The V Foundation for Cancer Research $10 $15 0 0 Toastmasters Club - Expired July 1, 2016 Topsail Island Shoreline Protection - Expired July 1, 2016 Travel and Tourism - Expired July 1, 2016 Turtle Rescue Team - Expired July 1, 2016 University Health Systems of Eastern Carolina - Expired July 1, 2016 United States Service Academy $10 $20 0 0 US Equine Rescue League - Expired July 1, 2016 USO of NC - Expired July 1, 2016 Volunteers in Law Enforcement - Expired July 1, 2016 Wildlife Resources $10 $20 0 0 Wrightsville Beach $10 $10 0 0 YMCA - Expired July 1, 2016 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority $10 $10 0 0 All other Special Plates $10 0 0 0. (c) Use of Funds in Special Registration Plate Account. - (1) The Division shall deduct the costs of special registration plates, including the costs of issuing, handling, and advertising the availability of the special plates, from the Special Registration Plate Account. (2) From the funds remaining in the Special Registration Plate Account after the deductions in accordance with subdivision (1) of this subsection, there is annually appropriated from the Special Registration Plate Account the sum of one million three hundred thousand dollars ($1,300,000) to provide operating assistance for the Visitor Centers: a. on U.S. Highway 17 in Camden County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); b. on U.S. Highway 17 in Brunswick County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); c. on U.S. Highway 441 in Macon County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); d. in Watauga County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); e. on U.S. Highway 29 in Caswell County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); f. on U.S. Highway 70 in Carteret County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); g. on U.S. Highway 64 in Tyrrell County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); h. at the intersection of U.S. Highway 701 and N.C. 904 in Columbus County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); i. on U.S. Highway 221 in McDowell County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); j. on Staton Road in Transylvania County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); k. in the Town of Fair Bluff, Columbus County, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 76 and N.C. 904, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); l. on U.S. Highway 421 in Wilkes County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-seven dollars ($92,857); and m. at the intersection of Interstate 73 and Interstate 74 in Randolph County, ninety-two thousand eight hundred fifty-eight dollars ($92,858) each, for two centers. (3) The Division shall transfer fifty percent (50%) of the remaining revenue in the Special Registration Plate Account quarterly, and funds are hereby appropriated to the Department of Transportation to be used solely for the purpose of beautification of highways. These funds shall be administered by the Department of Transportation for beautification purposes not inconsistent with good landscaping and engineering principles. The Division shall transfer the remaining revenue in the Special Registration Plate Account quarterly to the Highway Fund to be used for the Roadside Vegetation Management Program.
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