GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1991 SESSION

CHAPTER 362
SENATE BILL 427

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A GRACE PERIOD FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL TO RENEW OCCUPATIONAL LICENSES EXPIRING DURING DEPLOYMENT OR ACTIVE DUTY, AND TO DISCOUNT FEES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who holds a license, as defined in G.S. 93B-1, and who was, on or after August 6, 1990, deployed outside the State or ordered to active military duty as a result of "Operation Desert Shield" or "Operation Desert Storm," is allowed 90 days from the date of the person's return to the State to renew a license that expired during the deployment.  During the period of deployment or active duty and until the expiration of the 90-day period provided for in this act, expired licenses that are within the scope of this act shall remain valid, as if they had not expired.
Sec. 2.  Upon renewal of a license under Section 1 of this act, any renewal fee required by law shall be prorated over the period covered by the license and reduced in proportion to the period of time that the licensee was deployed outside the State.
Sec. 3.  This act is effective retroactively as of August 6, 1990.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 24th day of June, 1991.

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James C. Gardner
President of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives