GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 629 
SENATE BILL 298 

AN ACT TO ALLOW ISSUANCE OF FICTITIOUS DRIVERS' LICENSES AND REGISTRATION PLATES FOR ALCOHOL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS AND DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 18B-500, as the same appears in the 1981 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by adding subsection (f) which reads as follows: 
"(f)	Cooperation with the Division of Motor Vehicles. 
Notwithstanding any provisions of Chapter 20 of the North Carolina General Statutes, the North Carolina Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may lawfully cooperate with the Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety to the extent necessary to provide Alcohol Law Enforcement agents on special undercover assignments with motor vehicle operators' licenses and motor vehicle registration plates under assumed names using false or fictitious addresses. The Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety shall be responsible for the request for issuance and the use thereof. Upon request of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, the Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety shall immediately return any operator's license or registration plate issued pursuant to this section." 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-39 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection to be designated as subsection (g) and to read as follows: 
"(g)	The Commissioner, notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, may lawfully to the extent necessary provide law enforcement officers of the Division on special undercover assignments with motor vehicle operator's licenses and motor vehicle registration plates under assumed names using false or fictitious addresses. The Commissioner shall be responsible for the request for issuance and use thereof. The Commissioner may direct the immediate return of any operator's license or registration plate issued pursuant to this section." 
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of June, 1984.