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 GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
 SESSION 2025
-H 1
-HOUSE BILL 386
+H D
+HOUSE BILL DRH40238-NEfa-55A
 
 Short Title: Increase Vehicle Registration Fee/SHP Pay. (Public)
 Sponsors: Representative Clampitt.
-For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
-Referred to: Transportation, if favorable, Appropriations, if favorable, Finance, if favorable,
-Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
-March 13, 2025
-*H386-v-1*
+Referred to:
+
+*DRH40238-NEfa-55A*
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
-AN ACT INCREASING VE HICLE REGISTRATION F EES FOR PRIVATE PASS ENGER 2
-VEHICLES TO FUND STA TE HIGHWAY PATROL SA LARIES AND 3
-APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSAT ION INCREASES TO 4
+AN ACT INCREASING VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES FOR PRIVATE PASSENGER 2
+VEHICLES TO FUND STATE HIGHWAY PATROL SALARIES  AND 3
+APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO 4
 MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL. 5
 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
  7
 PART I. VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE INCREASE 8
 SECTION 1.(a)  G.S. 20-4.02 reads as rewritten: 9
 "§ 20-4.02.  Quadrennial adjustment of certain fees and rates. 10
-(a) Adjustment for Inflation. – Beginning July 1, 2020, and every four years  thereafter, 11
+(a) Adjustment for Inflation. – Beginning July 1, 2020, and every four years thereafter, 11
 the Division shall adjust the fees and rates imposed pursuant to the statutes listed in this 12
 subsection for inflation in accordance with the Consumer Price Index computed by the Bureau 13
 of Labor Statistics. The adjustment for per transaction rates in subdivision (8b) of this subsection 14
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 …." 21
 SECTION 1.(b)  G.S. 20-87 reads as rewritten: 22
 "§ 20-87.  Passenger vehicle registration fees. 23
-These fees shall be paid to  the Division annually for the registration and licensing of 24
+These fees shall be paid to the Division annually for the registration and licensing of 24
 passenger vehicles, according to the following classifications and schedules: 25
 … 26
 (5) Private Passenger Vehicles. – 27
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 Private passenger vehicles over fifteen passengers............................. 43.25 32
 An additional fee of six dollars  and twenty-five cents ($6.25) is imposed on 33
 each private passenger vehicle registered under this subdivision in addition to 34
+the base fee. The Commissioner shall, on a monthly basis, transfer the revenue 35
+from the additional fee  to the Department of Publ ic Safety . The  funds 36
+H.B. 386
+Mar 12, 2025
+HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
-Page 2  House Bill 386-First Edition
-the base fee. The Commissioner shall, on a monthly basis, transfer the revenue 1
-from the additional fee  to the Department of Publ ic Safety . The  funds 2
-transferred pursuant to this subdivision  shall, in addition to any other funds 3
-appropriated for this purpose, be used to fund State Highway Patrol salaries. 4
-(5a) Provided, that Notwithstanding subdivision (5) of this section, a fee of only 5
-one dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) shall be charged for any vehicle given by 6
-the federal government to any veteran on account of any disability suffered 7
-during war so long as su ch vehicle is owned by the original donee or other 8
-veteran entitled to receive such gift under Title 38, section 252, United States 9
-Code Annotated. 10
-…." 11
-SECTION 1.(c)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies to vehicle 12
-registrations issued or renewed on or after that date. 13
- 14
-PART II. APPROPRIATI ON TO PROVIDE COMPEN SATION INCREASES TO 15
-MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 16
-SECTION 2.(a)  Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund 17
-to the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway Patrol the 18
-sum of forty million four hundred thousand dollars ($40,400,000) in recurring funds for each 19
-year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to establish the pay scales set forth in this section. 20
-SECTION 2.(b)  Effective July 1, 2025, the law enforcement officers of the State 21
-Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salary schedule: 22
-Years of Experience 2025-2027 Biennium 23
-0 $56,000 24
-1 62,125 25
-2 68,250 26
-3 75,375 27
-4 80,500 28
-5 86,625 29
-6 92,750 30
-7 98,875 31
-8+ 105,000 32
-SECTION 2.(c)  Effective July 1, 2025, State Highway Patrol employees who are 33
-not subject to an experience-based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following rates by 34
-rank: 35
-Rank 2025-2027 Biennium 36
-Sergeant $120,750 37
-First Sergeant 132,825 38
-Lieutenant 146,108 39
-Captain 160,718 40
-Major 176,790 41
-Lieutenant Colonel 194,469 42
-Deputy Commander 204,193 43
-Colonel 224,612 44
- 45
-PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE 46
-SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 47
-law. 48
+Page 2  DRH40238-NEfa-55A
+transferred pursuant to this subdivision  shall, in addition to any other funds 1
+appropriated for this purpose, be used to fund State Highway Patrol salaries. 2
+(5a) Provided, that Notwithstanding subdivision (5) of this section, a fee of only 3
+one dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) shall be charged for any vehicle given by 4
+the federal government to any veteran on account of any disability suffered 5
+during war so long as such vehicle is owned by the original donee or other 6
+veteran entitled to receive such gift under Title 38, section 252, United States 7
+Code Annotated. 8
+…." 9
+SECTION 1.(c)  This section becomes effective July 1, 2025, and applies to vehicle 10
+registrations issued or renewed on or after that date. 11
+ 12
+PART II. APPROPRIATION TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION INCREASES TO 13
+MEMBERS OF THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL 14
+SECTION 2.(a)  Effective July 1, 2025, there is appropriated from the General Fund 15
+to the Reserve for Compensation Increases to provide pay raises for the State Highway Patrol the 16
+sum of forty million four hundred thousand dollars ($40,400,000) in recurring funds for each 17
+year of the 2025-2027 fiscal biennium to establish the pay scales set forth in this section. 18
+SECTION 2.(b)  Effective July 1, 2025, the law enforcement officers of the State 19
+Highway Patrol shall be paid based upon the following experience-based annual salary schedule: 20
+Years of Experience 2025-2027 Biennium 21
+0 $56,000 22
+1 62,125 23
+2 68,250 24
+3 75,375 25
+4 80,500 26
+5 86,625 27
+6 92,750 28
+7 98,875 29
+8+ 105,000 30
+SECTION 2.(c)  Effective July 1, 2025, State Highway Patrol employees who are 31
+not subject to an experience-based annual salary schedule shall be paid at the following rates by 32
+rank: 33
+Rank 2025-2027 Biennium 34
+Sergeant $120,750 35
+First Sergeant 132,825 36
+Lieutenant 146,108 37
+Captain 160,718 38
+Major 176,790 39
+Lieutenant Colonel 194,469 40
+Deputy Commander 204,193 41
+Colonel 224,612 42
+ 43
+PART III. EFFECTIVE DATE 44
+SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes 45
+law. 46