Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition.

Changes the act's long and short titles.

Reenacts GS 20-63(b1)(47) and GS 20-79.4(b)(g) as they existed immediately before their expiration to authorize the Division of Motor Vehicles (Division) to produce and issue an Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity special registration plate. Reenacts and modifies the expired provisions regarding the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity special registration plate set out in subsections (a1) and (b) of GS 20-79.7 and subsection (b39) of GS 20-81.12, establishing a special plate fee of $30 and requiring that $20 of that amount be transferred quarterly to the Education Consortium of North Carolina Inc. for the benefit of scholarships for African-American male students attending accredited colleges and universities (previously, to the Association of North Carolina Alphamen Educational Foundation for scholarships for the benefit of African-American males in the Association attending accredited North Carolina colleges and universities). Further amends GS 20-81.12(b39), as reenacted, eliminating the requirement that the Division must receive at least 300 applications for the special plate before it can be developed. Effective February 1, 2019.

Amends GS 20-81.12(a), reducing the number of applications required to be received by the Division before a plate can be developed for collegiate insignia license plates for a public military college or university from 300 to 100 applications.

Amends GS 20-37.6, establishing that renewal of a handicapped placard is not required for any placard that expires after the person to whom it is issued is 80 years of age and that the placard remains valid thereafter. 

Changes the effective date of the act, providing that the act is effective when it becomes law except as otherwise provided (previously, effective July 1, 2017).