NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 705
HOUSE BILL 1175

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR WAIVER OF COLOR PHOTO REQUIREMENT OF DRIVER'S LICENSE WHEN IN CONFLICT WITH LICENSEE'S RELIGIOUS CONVICTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-7(n) as same appears in the 1971 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina is hereby amended by inserting the following proviso in line 8 thereof immediately following the word "thereon":
"provided the requirement that a color photograph of the licensee appear on the license may be waived by the Commissioner upon satisfactory proof that the taking of such photograph violates the religious convictions of the licensee."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of May, 1973.