GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION
CHAPTER 610
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 20-279.7(3) is amended by deleting all the language following the first semicolon and substituting the following:
"provided, if there is a default in the payment of any installment or sum under a duly acknowledged written agreement, the Commissioner shall, upon notice of the default, immediately suspend the license or nonresident's operating privilege of the defaulting person and may not restore it until:
a. That person deposits and thereafter maintains security as required under G.S. 20-279.5 in an amount determined by the Commissioner; or
b. That person files evidence satisfactory to the Commissioner of a new duly acknowledged written agreement or a settlement."
Sec. 2. G.S. 20-279.31 is amended by relettering subsection (d) as (e) and adding a new subsection (d) to read:
"(d) Any person who makes a false affidavit or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter under G.S. 20-279.5, 20- 279.6, or 20-279.7 is guilty of perjury and shall be punished as provided in G.S. 14-209."
Sec. 3. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall print on all forms provided to drivers covered by G.S. 20-279.5, 20-279.6, or 20-279.7 that a false affidavit or falsely sworn or affirmed statement constitutes perjury and may be punished by imprisonment for up to 10 years or a fine or both.
Sec. 4. This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of June, 1983.