AmendsGS 20-79.4(b) to issue two additional special registration plates, one for Native Brook Trout and one for Red Drum (state fish plates). Plate issuance for each plate is contingent on the receipt of at least 300 applicationsper plate. Amends GS 20-79.7 to add the Native Brook Trout plate and the Red Drum plate to those plates for which an additional fee amount of $30 is charged in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fees. Requires that the Division of Motor Vehicles must transfer quarterly (1) the money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of the Red Drum plate to the NC Marine Fisheries Commission to fund public access to and habitat protection of Red Drum watersand (2) the moneyin the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of the Brook Trout plate to fund public access to and habitat protection of Brook Trout waters.

Repeals Section 1.1 of SL 2011-392, thereby reinstating provision of GS 20-63(b1) that provides exemptions for specified special plates from the requirement that all special registration plates have a "First in Flight" background, which would otherwise have been repealed by SL 2011-392 effective July 1, 2016. Amends GS 20-63(b1) to add the Native Brook Trout plate and the Red Drum plate to the designated plates that do not have to be a"First in Flight" plate. Also deletes requirement that the Division must send the owner of a vehicleregistered or renewed on or after July 1, 2015, a replacement special license plate in a standardized format in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and GS 20-79.4(a3).

Effective July 1, 2013.