Conference report to the 5th edition makes the following changes.

Amends GS 20-79.4 as follows. Changes the name of the Bronze Star Combat Recipient plate to the Bronze Star Valor Recipient plate. Adds the Coast Guard Cross to those decorations for which the Legion of Valor plate can be authorized.

Amends GS 20-79.7(a) to provide that, upon request, the Division of Motor Vehicles  (Division) must annually provide and issue one of the following special registration plates, free of charge: Legion of Valor, 100% Disabled Veteran, Ex-Prisoner of War, Bronze Star Valor, and Silver Star plates (was, provide and issue free of charge a Legion of Valor, 100% Disabled Veteran, and Ex-Prisoner of War plate only) and specifies who is eligible for those plates. This does not apply to a plate issued for a vehicle with a registered weight more than 6,000 pounds. Specifies that the regular vehicle registration fees in GS 20-88 apply if the registered weight of the vehicle is more than 6,000 pounds.

Amends GS 20-63(b1) to require the design of plates that are not "First in Flight" to be developed in accordance with GS 20-79.4(a3). Prohibits the Division from issuing, for plates authorized in GS 20-79.7 on or after July 1, 2013, the plate on a background under the subsection unless it receives at least 200 applications for the plate in addition to the applications required under GS 20-79.4 or GS 20-81.12.

Amends GS 20-79.4(a3) to require the standardized format for special license plates to allow for the name of the state and the plate number to be reflective and to contrast with the background.

House committee substitute to the 3rd edition makes the following changes.

Further amends GS 20-70.4(b) to also allow issuance of the following 11 license plates, contingent on the receipt of at least 300 plate applications: Charlotte Checkers, First Tee, Mission Foundation, Morehead Planetarium, Native Brook Trout,  Order of the Long Leaf Pine, Red Drum, Town of Holden Beach, Town of Matthews, turtle rescue team, and Volunteers in Law Enforcement. Establishes the fees for those plates and requires the funds in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account from the sale of each of the plates to go to specified entities for each plate. Amends the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness plate to no longer require it to include the letters ML. Amends the YMCA plate to no longer require it to include the letters SA.

Amends GS 20-79.4(b)(41) to change the City/County Clerk plate to the NCAMC/NCACC Clerk plate, issuable to a clerk of a municipal governing board or a clerk of a county board of commissioners of a municipality or city.

Repeals GS 20-79.4(b)(163), allowing issuance of the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity plate. Makes conforming changes.

Amends GS 20-63(b1) to remove the requirement that the Division of Motor Vehicles send the owner a replacement special license plate in a standardized format when the Division registers a vehicle or renews the registration of a vehicle on or after July 1, 2015.

Repeals Section 1.1 [which repealed GS 20-63(b1)] and Section 5.1 (which amended GS 20-79.7 to require the Division of Motor Vehicles to deduct the cost of issuing replacement full color special license plates until July 1, 2016) of SL 2011-392. Makes conforming changes.

Senate committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes. Further amends GS 20-70.4(b) to also allow issuance of the following 7 license plates, contingent on the receipt of at least 300 plate applications: Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World, National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial, NC FIRST Robotics, NC Sportsmen's Caucus, North Carolina Cattlemen's Association, Operation Coming Home, Pancreatic Cancer Awareness, and YMCA. Establishes the fees for those plates and requires the funds in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account from the sale of each of the plates to go to specified entities for each plate. Also amends the provision for the retired legislator plate to require the plates be issued in the order applications are received.

Amends GS 20-79.7 to add a $20 fee for the Fraternal Order of Police plate, with $10 of that fee to be transferred to the North Carolina Fraternal Order of Police to support the State Lodge. Also clarifies that the Bronze Star Combat Recipient, Bronze Star Recipient, Combat Veteran, Legion of Merit, Military Veteran, Military Wartime Veteran, Partially Disabled Veteran, and Pearl Harbor Survivor plates do not have a fee.

Amends GS 20-81.12(b4) to require funds from the sale of the Olympic Games Plate be allocated to the North Carolina Amateur Sports (was, to the NC Health and Fitness Foundation, Inc.) and that the funds be allocated as follows: (1) 67% to the US Olympic Committee to assist in training Olympic athletes, (2) 33% to assist with administration of the State Games of North Carolina; deletes the allocation to the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and health for support of local fitness council development.

Amends GS 20-81.12(b38) to require funds derived from the sale of the Charlotte Motor Speedway plates to go to Speedway Children's Charities.

Amends the act's long title.