GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 545

HOUSE BILL 129

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES MAY NOT ISSUE A DRIVER'S LICENSE TO A PERSON WHOSE LICENSE WAS CANCELLED IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. G.S. 20-9(f) is rewritten to read:

"(f)      The Division shall not issue a driver's license to any person whose license or driving privilege is in a state of cancellation, suspension or revocation in any jurisdiction, if the acts or things upon which the cancellation, suspension or revocation in such other jurisdiction was based would constitute lawful grounds for cancellation, suspension or revocation in this State had those acts or things been done or committed in this State; provided, however, any such cancellation shall not prohibit issuance for a period in excess of 18 months."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1983.