GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 798

HOUSE BILL 1326

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW A LIMITED DRIVING PRIVILEGE UPON CONVICTION OF SPEEDING VIOLATIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-16 is amended by adding a new subsection (e1) to read:

"(e1)    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, if the Division suspends the license of an operator pursuant to subdivisions (a)(9), (a)(10), or (a)(10a) of this section, upon the first suspension only, a district court judge may allow the licensee a limited driving privilege or license for a period not to exceed 12 months, provided he has not been convicted of any other motor vehicle moving violation within the previous 12 months. The limited driving privilege shall be issued in the same manner and under the terms and conditions prescribed in G.S. 20-16.1(b)(1), (2), (3), (4), and (5)."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of July, 1983.