House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

Changes the act's long and short titles.

Amends GS 20-63(b1), setting out special registration plates that do not have to be First in Flight or First in Freedom plates as required in subsection (b). Provides that the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) can only issue special plates authorized in GS 20-79.7 on or after July 1, 2013, on a background under subsection (b1) instead of the First in Flight or First in Freedom plates, after receiving the required number of applications set forth in GS 20-79.3A(a) (currently, requires the DMV to receive at least 200 applications for the plate in addition to the applications required under GS 20-79.4 or GS 20-81.12). Adds Order of the Long Leaf Pine and Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament to the special plates set out in subsection (b1) that do not have to be a First in Flight plate or First in Freedom plate as provided in subsection (b).

Further amends GS 20-79.4(b), adding Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, Kick Cancer for Kids, Morrow Mountain State Park, and North Carolina Troopers Association to the special registration plates the DMV must issue (previously, only added United States Army Special Forces). Describes the special registration plate for each, issuable in accordance with GS 20-81.12. Provides that Morrow Mountain State Park, North Carolina Troopers Association, and United States Army Special Forces plates are not subject to the provisions of GS 20-79.3A except for the number of required paid applications required under subsection (a) of that statute (previously, did not clarify that United States Army Special Forces plate is subject to the number of required paid applications required under subsection (a) of GS 20-79.3A).

Further amends GS 20-79.7(a1), setting the additional fee amount at $30 for the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, Kick Cancer for Kids, Morrow Mountain State Park, and the North Carolina Troopers Association special plates. Sets a $20 additional fee for Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity special plates. Amends subsection (b), dividing the additional fee amounts for these special plates between the Special Registration Plate Account and the Collegiate and Cultural Attraction Plate Account, as specified. 

Amends GS 20-81.12, providing that for a collegiate insignia license plate for a public military college or university, the DMV must receive 100 or more applications before a collegiate license plate may be developed (currently, application requirements for plates for a public military college or university are not distinguished from the existing 300 or more requirement of other collegiate insignia plates). Makes conforming changes. Adds new subsections addressing specific application requirements for Kick Cancer for Kids, Morrow Mountain State Park, Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, and North Carolina Troopers Association special plates. Additionally, details quarterly transfers of the money derived from the sale of these special plates, as well as the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity plate, as specified. 

Provides the act is effective when the act becomes law (was, July 1, 2017).