NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1445
SENATE BILL 1320

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-19 PERTAINING TO PERIOD OF SUSPENSION FOR D.U.I.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-19(d) as the same appears in the 1973 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by striking from lines 14, 15 and 16 the words "been of good behavior for the past two years and that his conduct and attitude are such as to entitle him to favorable consideration" beginning immediately after the word "has" in line 14 and ending immediately before the words "and upon" in line 16 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not been convicted within the past two years with a violation of any provision of the motor vehicle laws, liquor laws or drug laws of North Carolina or any other state and is not an excessive user of alcohol or drugs".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-19(e) as the same appears in the 1973 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by striking from lines 13, 14 and 15 the words "been of good behavior for the past three years and his conduct and attitude are such as to entitle him to favorable consideration" beginning on line 14 immediately after the word "has" and ending on line 15 immediately before ". When"; and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not been convicted within the past three years with a violation of any provision of the motor vehicle laws, liquor laws or drug laws of North Carolina or any other state and is not an excessive user of alcohol or drugs".
Sec. 3.  G.S. 20-19(d) as the same appears in the 1973 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by striking from lines 6, 7, and 8 the words "been of good behavior for the past two years and that his conduct and attitude are such as to entitle him to favorable consideration" beginning immediately after the word "has" in line 6 and ending immediately before the words "and upon" in line 8 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not been convicted within the past two years with a violation of any provision of the motor vehicle laws, liquor laws or drug laws of North Carolina or any other state and is not an excessive user of alcohol or drugs."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 20-19(e) as the same appears in the 1973 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by striking from lines 6, 7 and 8 the words "been of good behavior for the past three years and his conduct and attitude are such as to entitle him to favorable consideration" beginning on line 6 immediately after the word "has" and ending on line 8 immediately before the word "provided" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not been convicted within the past three years with a violation of any provision of motor vehicle laws, liquor laws or drug laws of North Carolina or any other state and is not an excessive user of alcohol of drugs".
Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of April, 1974.