NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 296

HOUSE BILL 538

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A FEE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LEARNER'S PERMIT TO RECOVER COST.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-7(1) as the same appears in the 1974 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"(1)      Any person who, except for lack of instruction in operating a motor vehicle would be qualified to obtain an operator's license under this Article, may apply for a temporary learner's permit, and the Department shall issue such permit, entitling the applicant, while having such permit in his immediate possession, to drive a motor vehicle upon the highways for a period of eighteen months. The fee for issuance of a temporary learner's permit shall be two dollars ($2.00). Any such learner's permit may be renewed, or a second learner's permit may be issued for an additional period of eighteen months. Such person must, while operating a motor vehicle over the highways, be accompanied by a licensed operator or chauffeur who is actually occupying a seat beside the driver. The fee for the issuance of a renewal or a second temporary learner's permit shall be three dollars and twenty-five cents ($3.25)."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-7(m) is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"(m)      The Department upon receiving proper application may in its discretion issue a restricted instruction permit effective for a school year or a lesser period to an applicant who is enrolled in a driver training program approved by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction even though the applicant has not yet reached the legal age to be eligible for an operator's license. Such instruction permit shall entitle the permittee when he has such permit in his immediate possession to operate a motor vehicle subject to the restrictions imposed by the Department. The restrictions which the Department may impose on such permits include but are not limited to restrictions to designated areas and highways and restrictions prohibiting operation except when an approved instructor is occupying a seat beside the permittee.

The fee for the issuance of a restricted instruction permit shall be two dollar ($2.00)."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1975.