North Carolina § 20-1 - Division of Motor Vehicles established.

§ 20-1. Division of Motor Vehicles established.

The Division of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation is established. This Chapter sets out the powers and duties of the Division. History (1941, c. 36, s. 1; 1949, c. 1167; 1973, c. 476, s. 193; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; c. 863; 1987, c. 827, s. 2; c. 847, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 756, s. 1.) Local Modification. - Dare: 1995, c. 196, s. 1; (As to Chapter 20 ) city of Charlotte: 2001-88; (As to Chapter 20 ) city of Salisbury: 2003-130. Editor's Note. - As to the inapplicability of the contested case provisions of Chapter 150B to the Department of Transportation, except as provided in G.S. 136-29 , see G.S. 150B-1(e) . Session Laws 2012-85, s. 12, provides: "When the Division of Motor Vehicles has completed the implementation of the Division's Next Generation Secure Driver License System, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall certify to the Revisor of Statutes that the Division of Motor Vehicles has completed the implementation. When making the certification, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall reference S.L. 2011-35, S.L. 2011-228, and the session law number of this act." On August 21, 2019, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles certified to the Revisor of Statutes that the Next Generation Secure Driver License System was fully implemented in January 2016. Session Laws 2013-360, s. 34.28, provides: "The Department of Transportation and the Department of Public Safety shall not transfer any personnel or functions of the License & Theft Bureau of the Department of Transportation's Division of Motor Vehicles or enter into any agreement regarding transfer of personnel or functions of the License & Theft Bureau until passage of an act of the General Assembly authorizing the transfer." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as the 'Current Operations and Capital Improvements Appropriations Act of 2013.'" Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.2, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2013-2015 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2013-360, s. 38.5, is a severability clause. Session Laws 2019-231, s. 4.14(a)-(c), provides: "(a) Expand Performance Dashboard. - The Department of Transportation shall expand its performance dashboard available on the Department's home page of the Department's Web site to track the following information about the Division of Motor Vehicles: "(1) The number of conventional hybrid vehicle new registrations issued per month and year-to-date. "(2) The number of conventional hybrid vehicle registrations renewed per month and year-to-date. "(3) The total number of conventional hybrid vehicles currently registered. "(4) The number of plug-in hybrid vehicle new registrations issued per month and year-to-date. "(5) The number of plug-in hybrid vehicle registrations renewed per month and year-to-date. "(6) The total number of plug-in hybrid vehicles currently registered. "(7) The number of plug-in electric vehicle new registrations issued per month and year-to-date. "(8) The number of plug-in electric vehicle registrations renewed per month and year-to-date. "(9) The total number of plug-in electric vehicles currently registered. "(b) Definitions. - For purposes of this section: (i) a ‘conventional hybrid vehicle' means a vehicle that uses both a motor fuel engine and an electric motor that cannot be plugged in and recharged, (ii) a ‘plug-in hybrid vehicle' means a vehicle that uses both a motor fuel engine and an electric motor with a battery that may be recharged by plugging into an outlet or charging station, and (iii) a ‘plug-in electric vehicle' means a vehicle that exclusively uses an on-board battery that may be recharged by plugging into an outlet or charging station. "(c) Implementation Date. - The expansion of the Department's performance dashboard required under subsection (a) of this section shall be completed by January 1, 2020." Session Laws 2019-231, s. 5.3, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this act apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2019-231, s. 5.5, is a severability clause. Legal Periodicals. - For note on the conflict between the North Carolina Motor Vehicle Act and the UCC, see 65 N.C.L. Rev. 1156 (1987). For legislative survey on motor vehicle law, see 22 Campbell L. Rev. 253 (2000).