North Carolina § 105-449 - 49. Temporary permits.

§ 105-449. 49. Temporary permits.

Permitting Service. - Upon application to the Secretary and payment of a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), a permitting service may obtain a temporary permit authorizing a motor carrier to operate a vehicle in the State for three days without licensing the vehicle in accordance with G.S. 105-449.47. The permitting service may sell the temporary permit to a motor carrier. A motor carrier to whom a temporary permit has been issued may elect not to report its operation of the vehicle during the three-day period. Fees collected under this subsection are credited to the Highway Fund. Repealed by Session Laws 2016-5, s. 4.6, effective May 11, 2016. Licensed Motor Carrier. - A licensed motor carrier in North Carolina, who is subject to the International Fuel Tax Agreement, may apply for a temporary permit authorizing the motor carrier to operate a qualified motor vehicle in the State for 30 days without a decal. The licensed motor carrier must be in compliance with this Article, and the application must be on a form prescribed by the Secretary and contain information required by the Secretary. Permit. - A motor carrier operating under a temporary permit issued pursuant to this section must keep a copy of the permit in the motor vehicle. History (1955, c. 823, s. 13; 1973, c. 476, s. 193; 1979, c. 11; 1981 (Reg. Sess., 1982), c. 1254, s. 1; 1983, c. 713, s. 58; 1991, c. 182, s. 6; c. 487, s. 7; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 913, s. 10; 2003-349, s. 10.1; 2006-162, s. 12(d); 2016-5, s. 4.6; 2017-204, s. 4.4(e); 2020-58, s. 2.10(b).) Editor's Note. - Session Laws 2017-204, s. 4.9, provides in part: "The remainder of this part is effective when it becomes law [August 11, 2017] and applies to requests for review filed on or after that date and to requests for review pending on that date for which the Department reissues a request for additional information, allows the taxpayer time to respond by the requested response date, and provides notification to the taxpayer that failure to timely respond to the request will result in the request for review being subject to the provisions of G.S. 105-241.13 A." Session Laws 2017-204, s. 7.1, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2003-349, s. 10.1, effective January 1, 2004, in the first sentence of the introductory paragraph, substituted "three days" for "20 days" and in the second sentence, substituted "three-day period" for "20-day period." Session Laws 2006-162, s. 12(d), effective July 24, 2006, added the subsection designations and subsection catchlines; and, in present subsection (a), inserted "for three days" following "State" and deleted "for not more than three days" at the end of the first sentence and added the last sentence. Session Laws 2016-5, s. 4.6, effective May 11, 2016, in subsection (a), in the first sentence, substituted "a permitting service" for "a motor carrier" near the beginning and substituted "a motor carrier" for "the carrier" near the middle, and added the second sentence; and deleted former subsection (b) pertaining to refusal to issue a temporary permit. Session Laws 2017-204, s. 4.4(e), effective August 11, 2017, substituted "licensing" for "registering" in the first sentence of subsection (a). For applicability, see editor's note. Session Laws 2020-58, s. 2.10(b), effective June 30, 2020, substituted "Permitting Service” for "Issuance” in the heading of subsection (a); and added subsections (c) and (d). § 105-449.50: Repealed by Session Laws 2008-134, s. 21, effective January 1, 2009.