NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 243

HOUSE BILL 72

 

 

AN ACT TO REPEAL THE MOTOR VEHICLE HABITUAL OFFENDER STATUTES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Article 8 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, consisting of G.S. 20-220 through G.S. 20-231, is hereby repealed.

Sec. 2.  Any person whose driver's license has been revoked under the habitual offender statutes repealed by this act may apply to the Division of Motor Vehicles for a new license after three years from the commencement of the revocation. Upon the filing of such application, the division may, with or without a hearing, issue a new license upon satisfactory proof that the former licensee has been of good behavior for a minimum of three years from the date the revocation became effective and that his conduct and attitude are such as to entitle him to favorable consideration. The division must reissue a license to any person adjudged a habitual offender after five years from the commencement of the revocation if the person is otherwise eligible to be licensed under Article 2 of G.S. Chapter 20. If a person's license has been revoked for five years under the statutes repealed by this act (Article 8 of G.S. Ch. 20), his previous status as a habitual offender may not be used as a basis for denying him a license.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of April, 1977.