GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 131

Short Title:  Licenses Suspensions/Convicted Minors. 	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Cromer; Ligon and Justus.
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Referred to:  Judiciary.
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February 1, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SUSPEND THE DRIVERS LICENSES OF MINORS CONVICTED OF OFFENSES INVOLVING DRUGS OR ALCOHOL.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-11 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( d)	(1) Whenever a person who is 18 years of age or younger, is convicted of any crime, violation, infraction, or other offense involving the possession, use, or abuse of alcohol or controlled substances or is determined by a juvenile court to have committed one of the described offenses, the clerk of the court in which the person is convicted shall prepare and send to the Division, within 24 hours of the conviction or determination, an order requiring the Division to suspend the drivers license of that person for a period of six months.  If this is the person's second or subsequent conviction or determination, the court shall order the suspension for a period of one year for each conviction after the first conviction or determination."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1989.