State license plate options may grow even more.

Legislators have already filed 11 bills creating specialized license plates for North Carolina drivers this session.

That's on top of the more than 160 plates already authorized on behalf of the state flight museum, fox hunters, shag dancing and paramedics, among other groups, as noted in this 2007 N&O article.

Each special tag costs $10 to $30 more than the standard blue-and-white "First in Flight" plates, with $10 going to the state's parks, historic sites and highway beautification program and the rest to the sponsoring organization.

Plates proposed this year would promote the Victory Junction Gang Camp in Randleman; Mining, Travel and Tourism; the state flag; the Blue Knights police motorcycle club; Pinehurst golfing; the National Childhood Cancer Foundation; Old Baldy; the Stowe Botanical Gardens; the Horse Council; and the Beekeepers Association.

Another bill would allow the Smoky Mountains National Park plate to pay for administrative expenses as well as capital improvements.

At least 300 people must sign up for a plate before it can be issued.

More bills were filed this morning in the House:

H.B. 7: Victory Junction Gang Camp License Plate, Reps. Harold Brubaker, Pat Hurley

H.B. 8: Prohibit Cell Phones in Prison, Rep. Garland Pierce

H.B. 9: No Texting While Driving, Pierce

H.B. 10: Garnish Wages to Satisfy a Judgement, Reps. Tim Moore, Laura Wiley

H.B. 11: Regulation of Golf Carts in Grover, Moore

H.B. 12: Bioptic Lenses/Drivers License Tests

H.B. 13: Horn in the West Funds, Rep. Cullie Tarleton

H.B. 14: Chiropractic Services/Insurance, Tarleton

H.B. 15: Military Family Assistance Centers/Funds, Tarleton