North Carolina § 20-79 - 5. Special registration plates for elected and appointed State government officials.

§ 20-79. 5. Special registration plates for elected and appointed State government officials.

Plates. - The State government officials listed in this section are eligible for a special registration plate under G.S. 20-79.4. The plate shall bear the number designated in the following table for the position held by the official. Designation. - When the table in subsection (a) designates a range of numbers for certain officials, the number given an official in that group shall be assigned. The Governor shall assign a number for members of the Governor's staff, nonlegislative members of the Board of Economic Development, nonlegislative members of the State Ports Authority, members of State boards and commissions, and for State employees. The Attorney General shall assign a number for the Attorney General's deputies and assistants. Position Number on Plate Governor 1 Lieutenant Governor 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives 3 President Pro Tempore of the Senate 4 Secretary of State 5 State Auditor 6 State Treasurer 7 Superintendent of Public Instruction 8 Attorney General 9 Commissioner of Agriculture 10 Commissioner of Labor 11 Commissioner of Insurance 12 Speaker Pro Tempore of the House 13 Legislative Services Officer 14 Secretary of Administration 15 Secretary of Environmental Quality 16 Secretary of Revenue 17 Secretary of Health and Human Services 18 Secretary of Commerce 19 Secretary of Public Safety 20 Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources 21 Secretary of Military and Veterans Affairs 22 Governor's Staff 23-29 State Budget Officer 30 Director of the Office of State Human Resources 31 Chair of the State Board of Education 32 President of the U.N.C. System 33 President of the Community Colleges System 34 State Board Member, Commission Member, or State Employee Not Named in List 35-43 Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission 44-46 Assistant Commissioners of Agriculture 47-48 Deputy Secretary of State 49 Deputy State Treasurer 50 Assistant State Treasurer 51 Deputy Commissioner for the Department of Labor 52 Chief Deputy for the Department of Insurance 53 Assistant Commissioner of Insurance 54 Deputies and Assistant to the Attorney General 55-65 Board of Economic Development Nonlegislative Member 66-88 State Ports Authority Nonlegislative Member 89-96 Utilities Commission Member 97-103 State Board Member, Commission Member, or State Employee Not Named in List 104 Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission Member 105-107 State Board Member, Commission Member, or State Employee Not Named in List 108-200 The first number assigned to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission is reserved for the Chair of that Commission. The remaining numbers shall be assigned to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission members on the basis of seniority. The first number assigned to the Utilities Commission is reserved for the Chair of that Commission. The remaining numbers shall be assigned to the Utilities Commission members on the basis of seniority. The first number assigned to the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission is reserved for the Chair of that Commission. The remaining numbers shall be assigned to the Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission members on the basis of seniority. History (1991, c. 672, s. 2; c. 726, s. 23; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 1; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 18, s. 8(a); 1997-443, ss. 11A.118(a), 11A.119(a); 2000-137, s. 4.(e); 2006-203, s. 14; 2007-483, s. 3(a); 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (i), (m); 2012-83, s. 4; 2013-382, s. 9.1(c); 2015-241, ss. 24.1(n), 14.30(t), (v); 2015-268, s. 7.3(a).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2013-382, s. 9.1(b), provides: "The following entities and positions created by Chapter 126 of the General Statutes are hereby renamed by this act: "(1) The State Personnel Commission is renamed the 'North Carolina Human Resources Commission.' "(2) The Office of State Personnel is renamed the 'North Carolina Office of State Human Resources.' "(3) The State Personnel Director is renamed the 'Director of the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources.'" Session Laws 2013-382, s. 9.1(c), provides: "Modification of References. - The Revisor of Statutes shall delete any references in the General Statutes to the State Personnel Act, State Personnel Commission, the State Personnel Director, and the Office of State Personnel (or any derivatives thereof) and substitute references to the North Carolina Human Resources Act, the State Human Resources Commission, the Director of the Office of State Human Resources, and the Office of Human Resources (or the appropriate derivative thereof) to effectuate the renaming set forth in this section wherever conforming changes are necessary." Session Laws 2013-382, s. 9.2, provides: "No action or proceeding pending on the effective date of this section, brought by or against the State Personnel Commission, the Director of the Office of State Personnel, or the Office of State Personnel, shall be affected by any provision of this section, but the same may be prosecuted or defended in the new name of the Commission, Director, and Office. In these actions and proceedings, the renamed Commission, Director, or Office shall be substituted as a party upon proper application to the courts or other public bodies." This Act became effective August 21, 2013. Session Laws 2013-382, s. 9.3, provides: "Any business or other matter undertaken or commanded by the former State Personnel Commission, State Personnel Director, or Office of State Personnel regarding any State program, office, or contract or pertaining to or connected with their respective functions, powers, obligations, and duties that are pending on the date this act becomes effective may be conducted and completed by the Commission, Director, or Office in the same manner and under the same terms and conditions and with the same effect as if conducted and completed by the formerly named commission, director, or office." This Act became effective August 21, 2013. Session Laws 2015-268, s. 7.3(a), made the amendment of this section by Session Laws 2015-241, s. 24.1(n), effective July 1, 2015. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2006-203, s. 14, effective July 1, 2007, deleted "Advisory Budget Commission Nonlegislative Member 32-41" from the list of government officials eligible for a special registration plate in subsection (a); and deleted "nonlegislative members of the Advisory Budget Commission" following "Governor's staff" in the first sentence of subsection (b). Session Laws 2007-483, s. 3(a), effective January 1, 2008, in the table in subsection (a), inserted "President of the Community Colleges System" and "State Board Member, Commission Member, or State Employee Not Named in the List" the first and second times it appears in the "Position" column, and in the "Number on Plate" column, inserted "34," "35-43," and "104," and substituted "32" for "42," "33" for "43," "97-103" for "97-104," "105-107" for "105-109," and "108-200" for "110-200." Session Laws 2011-145, s. 19.1(g), (i), and (m), effective January 1, 2012, in subsection (a), substituted the first occurrence of "Secretary of Public Safety" for "Secretary of Correction" (number 20), the second occurrence for "Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety" (number 22), and the third occurrence for "Secretary of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention" (number 23). Session Laws 2012-83, s. 4, effective June 26, 2012, in the table in subsection (a), deleted "Secretary of Public Safety 22" and "Secretary of Public Safety 23"; and in the "Number on Plate" column substituted "22-29" for "24-29". Session Laws 2013-382, s. 9.1(c), effective August 21, 2013, in the table in subsection (a), substituted "Director of the Office of State Human Resources" for "State Personnel Director." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 24.1(n), effective July 1, 2015, in the table in subsection (a), inserted the row that includes "Secretary of Military and Veterans Affairs" and "22" and substituted "23-29" for "22-29" in the second column for row beginning with "Governor's Staff." Session Laws 2015-241, s. 14.30(t), effective July 1, 2015, in subsection (a), substituted "Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources" for "Secretary of Cultural Resources" and "Secretary of Environmental Quality" for "Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources" in the table.