NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1362
HOUSE BILL 1924

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-17.1 PERTAINING TO REVOCATION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE OF MENTAL INCOMPETENTS, ALCOHOLICS AND HABITUAL USERS OF NARCOTIC DRUGS TO PROVIDE DUE PROCESS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-17.1(a) as same appears in the 1973 Cumulative Supplement to Volume 1C of the General Statutes is hereby amended by striking the last full sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"Provided that if such person requests, in writing, a hearing, he shall retain his license until after the hearing, and if the revocation is sustained after such hearing, the person whose driving privilege has been revoked under the provisions of this section, shall have the right to a review by the Review Board as provided in G.S. 20-9(g)(4) upon written request filed with the Department."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of April, 1974.