NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 793

HOUSE BILL 528

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-16(f) TO ALLOW PERSONS ACCUMULATING 4 POINTS AGAINST THEIR DRIVING RECORD TO ATTEND DRIVER IMPROVEMENT CLINIC AND HAVE SUCH POINTS DEDUCTED PROVIDED THAT ONLY ONE DEDUCTION MAY BE MADE WITHIN ANY 10 YEAR PERIOD.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  The last sentence of paragraph 6 of G.S. 20-46(c) is amended to read as follows:

"The Department may also afford any licensee who has accumulated as many as 7 points or any licensee who has accumulated as many as 4 points within a three year period immediately following reinstatement of his license after a period of suspension or revocation an opportunity to attend a driver improvement clinic operated by the Department and, upon the successful completion of the course taken at the clinic, 3 points shall be deducted from the licensee's conviction record; provided, that only one deduction of points shall be made on behalf of any licensee within any 10 year period."

Sec. 2.  The second sentence of paragraph 6 of G.S. 20-16(c) is rewritten to read as follows:

"Whenever any licensee accumulates as many as 7 points or accumulates as many as 4 points during a three year period immediately following reinstatement of his license after a period of suspension or revocation, the Department may request the licensee to attend a conference regarding such licensee's driving record."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 7th day of July, 1971.