Post by Logan on Feb 19, 2016 2:10:36 GMT -6
McCrory’s ‘Nothing Compares’ license plate might not meet legislators’ requirements
RALEIGH -- Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration is eager to slap its “Nothing Compares” state branding logo on automobile license plates, but it’s not clear whether an 11th hour proposal will meet the legislature’s requirements for new specialty plates that can be approved this year.
Legislators erected bureaucratic obstacles for new plate proposals two years ago. They wanted to slow the flood of requests from civic groups, charities and other sponsors who didn’t always have enough supporters ready to pay an extra $10 to $50 a year for these optional plates.
According to the 2014 law, the General Assembly this year cannot consider a specialty license plate proposal that did not meet a Feb. 15 deadline for gathering paid applications in advance, from hundreds of individual drivers.
The N.C. Commerce Department submitted its proposal for a plate with a green-to-blue background, the “Nothing Compares” slogan and the logo: a stylized “NC” with a pine tree. Because it’s a full-color design, state law says the applicant must collect 500 paid applications from drivers before filing its Feb. 15 request with the state Division of Motor Vehicles.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article61160137.html
RALEIGH -- Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration is eager to slap its “Nothing Compares” state branding logo on automobile license plates, but it’s not clear whether an 11th hour proposal will meet the legislature’s requirements for new specialty plates that can be approved this year.
Legislators erected bureaucratic obstacles for new plate proposals two years ago. They wanted to slow the flood of requests from civic groups, charities and other sponsors who didn’t always have enough supporters ready to pay an extra $10 to $50 a year for these optional plates.
According to the 2014 law, the General Assembly this year cannot consider a specialty license plate proposal that did not meet a Feb. 15 deadline for gathering paid applications in advance, from hundreds of individual drivers.
The N.C. Commerce Department submitted its proposal for a plate with a green-to-blue background, the “Nothing Compares” slogan and the logo: a stylized “NC” with a pine tree. Because it’s a full-color design, state law says the applicant must collect 500 paid applications from drivers before filing its Feb. 15 request with the state Division of Motor Vehicles.
Read more here: www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article61160137.html