Bill Summary for S 313 (2015-2016)

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Jul 22 2015

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
Senate Bill 313 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 17, 2015
AN ACT TO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE AND LEGITIMACY OF INDUSTRIAL HEMP RESEARCH, TO PROVIDE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH PORTIONS OF THE FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 2014, AND TO PROMOTE INCREASED AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT.
Intro. by Bingham.

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House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition. Adds the following provisions.

Enacts new provision in GS 20-79.4(b) authorizing the issuance of a Carolina Panthers license plate with the specified design. Establishes a special plate fee of $30 and requires that $20 of that amount be transferred quarterly with 1/2 going to the Keep Pounding Fund of the Carolina Healthcare Foundation, Inc., to support cancer research at the Carolina Medical Center, and 1/2 of that amount going to the Carolina Panthers Charities Fund of the Foundation for the Carolinas to be used to create new athletic opportunities for children, support their educational needs, and promote healthy lifestyles for families. Prohibits the Division of Motor Vehicles from issuing and producing any more special registration plates developed for the Carolina Panthers under GS 20-79.4(b)(185).

Enacts new provision in GS 20-79.4(b) authorizing the issuance of a NC Surveyors license plate with the specified design. Establishes a special plate fee of $25 and requires that $15 of that amount be transferred quarterly to the North Carolina Society of Surveyors Education Foundation, Inc., to be used for financial assistance to those interested in pursuing or continuing to pursue an education in the field of surveying. 

Enacts new provision in GS 20-79.4(b) authorizing the issuance of a North Carolina Sheriffs' Association license plate with a logo and phrase selected by the Association. Establishes a special plate fee of $30 and requires that $20 of that amount be transferred quarterly to the North Carolina Sheriff's Association, Inc., to be used for support the Association's operating expenses. 

Enacts new provision in GS 20-79.4(b) authorizing the issuance of two different Save the Honey Bee license plates with the specified designs. Establishes special plate fees of $15 for each plate. For the first plate, requires that $5 of that amount be transferred quarterly to the North Carolina State University Apiculture Program; for the second plate, requires that $5 of that amount be transferred quarterly, with half going to the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation to be used to support the Honey Bee Haven and honey bee educational programs and half of the money going to the North Carolina State University Apiculture Program to be used to support work on honey bee biology and apicultural science.

Reauthorizes the Military Veteran special registration plate without a required minimum number of applications and specifies that the plate is not subject to the new plate development process or plate expiration provisions. Reenacts the plate fee amount. These provisions are effective 90 days after becoming law.

Reauthorizes the Order of the Long Leaf Pine special registration plate without a required minimum number of applications and specifies that the plate is not subject to the new plate development process or plate expiration provisions. Reenacts the plate fee amount. 

Authorizes the Revisor of Statutes to make specified types of changes.