North Carolina § 20-2 - Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; rules.

§ 20-2. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles; rules.

Commissioner and Assistants. - The Division of Motor Vehicles shall be administered by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of the Department of Transportation. The Commissioner shall be paid an annual salary to be fixed by the Governor and allowed traveling expenses as allowed by law. Rules. - The Commissioner may adopt rules to implement this Chapter. Chapter 150B of the General Statutes governs the adoption of rules by the Commissioner. In any action, proceeding, or matter of any kind, to which the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is a party or in which he may have an interest, all pleadings, legal notices, proof of claim, warrants for collection, certificates of tax liability, executions, and other legal documents, may be signed and verified on behalf of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles by the Assistant Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or by any director or assistant director of any section of the Division of Motor Vehicles or by any other agent or employee of the Division so authorized by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. History (1941, c. 36, s. 2; 1945, c. 527; 1955, c. 472; 1975, c. 716, s. 5; 1983, c. 717, s. 5; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1034, s. 164; 1991, c. 477, s. 4; 2012-142, s. 25.1 (b).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2012-142, s. 25.1(f), made the amendments to this section by Session Laws 2012-142, s. 25.1(b), applicable to persons appointed to the positions of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, "State Personnel Director" [now the Director of the Office of State Human Resources], Director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, and State Chief Information Officer on or after January 1, 2013. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2012-142, s. 25.1(b), effective July 1, 2012, substituted "Governor and allowed traveling" for "General Assembly in the Current Operations Appropriations Act and allowed his traveling" in the last sentence of the first paragraph of subsection (a). For applicability, see Editor's note.