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H429 • 2025

Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.

Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Dahle, Ball, Cervania, Johnson-Hostler, Baker, Belk, G. Brown, T. Brown, Budd, Greenfield, Harrison, Hawkins, Majeed, Price, Roberson, Turner
Last action
2025-06-16
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.

H429-SMSV-26(e1)-v-3 (2025-05-06): Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.

What This Bill Does

  • H429-SMSV-26(e1)-v-3 (2025-05-06): Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.
  • H429-SMSV-46(e1)-v-2 (2025-06-09): Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 429: Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 429: Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.
  • Committee: House Finance.
  • If favorable, re-refer to Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: May 6, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Dahle, Ball, Cervania, Johnson-Hostler Prepared by: Trina Griffin Staff Attorney Analysis of: First Edition Kara McCraw Director *H429-SMSV-26(e1)-v-3* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
Filed

Plain English: 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 429: Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.

  • 2025-2026 General Assembly HOUSE BILL 429: Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.
  • Committee: House Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Date: June 10, 2025 Introduced by: Reps.
  • Dahle, Ball, Cervania, Johnson-Hostler Prepared by: Trina Griffin Staff Attorney Analysis of: First Edition Kara McCraw Director *H429-SMSV-46(e1)-v-2* Legislative Analysis Division 919-733-2578 This bill analysis was prepared by the nonpartisan legislative staff for the use of legislators in their deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.
  • OVERVIEW: House Bill 429 would authorize the Division of Motor Vehicles to produce a new Turtle Rescue Team special registration plate.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-16 Senate

    Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate

  2. 2025-06-16 Senate

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-06-16 Senate

    Regular Message Received From House

  4. 2025-06-12 House

    Regular Message Sent To Senate

  5. 2025-06-11 House

    Passed 3rd Reading

  6. 2025-06-11 House

    Passed 2nd Reading

  7. 2025-06-10 House

    Placed On Cal For 06/11/2025

  8. 2025-06-10 House

    Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)

  9. 2025-06-10 House

    Reptd Fav

  10. 2025-05-06 House

    Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  11. 2025-05-06 House

    Reptd Fav

  12. 2025-03-19 House

    Ref to the Com on Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  13. 2025-03-19 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  14. 2025-03-18 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

H429-SMSV-26(e1)-v-3
(2025-05-06): Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.
H429-SMSV-46(e1)-v-2
(2025-06-09): Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 429

Short Title: Turtle Rescue Team Special Registration Plate. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Dahle, Ball, Cervania, and Johnson-Hostler (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
March 19, 2025
*H429-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION OF MOTO R VEHICLES TO PRODUC E A 2
TURTLE RESCUE TEAM SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-79.4 reads as rewritten: 5
"§ 20-79.4. Special registration plates. 6
… 7
(b) Types. – The Division shall issue the following types of special registration plates: 8
… 9
(251) Turtle Rescue Team. – Expired July 1, 2016.Issuable to the registered owner 10
of a motor vehicle in accordance with G.S. 20-81.12. The pl ate shall bear a 11
phrase and logo selected by the North Carolina State University College of 12
Veterinary Medicine Turtle Rescue Team. 13
…." 14
SECTION 2. G.S. 20-79.7 reads as rewritten: 15
"§ 20-79.7. Fees for special registration plates and distribution of the fees. 16
… 17
(a1) Fees. – All other special registration plates are subject to the regular motor vehicle 18
registration fee in G.S. 20-87 or G.S. 20-88 plus an additional fee in the following amount: 19
20
Special Plate Additional Fee Amount 21
… 22
Turtle Rescue Team Expired July 1, 2016$30.00 23
… 24
(b) Distribution of Fees. – The Special Registration Plate Account and the Collegiate and 25
Cultural Attraction Plate Account are established within the Highway Fund. The Division must 26
credit the additional fee imposed for the special registration plates listed in subsection (a1) of this 27
section among the Special Registration Plate Account (SRPA), the Collegiate and Cultural 28
Attraction Plate Account (CCAPA), the North Carolina Land and Water Fund (NCLWF) which 29
is established under G.S. 143B-135.234, and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund, which is 30
established under G.S. 143B-135.56, as follows: 31
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Special Plate SRPA CCAPA NCLWF PRTF 33
… 34
Turtle Rescue Team – Expired 35
General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
Page 2 House Bill 429-First Edition
July 1, 2016 $10 $20 0 0 1
…." 2
SECTION 3. G.S. 20-81.12 reads as rewritten: 3
"§ 20-81.12. Collegiate insignia plates and certain other special plates. 4
… 5
(b156) Turtle Rescue Team. – Expired July 1, 2016.The Division shall transfer quarterly the 6
money in the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account derived from the sale of T urtle 7
Rescue Team plates to the North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine Turtle 8
Rescue Team to support its mission of providing medical, surgical, and husbandry services free 9
of charge in the hope of releasing rehabilitated turtles back into the wild. 10
…." 11
SECTION 4. This act is effective when it becomes law. 12