GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 650
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/8/89

Short Title:  Kids Who Don't Say No Won't Drive.	(Public)
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March 16, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT MINORS UNDER EIGHTEEN HAVE A DRUG FREE RECORD TO OBTAIN A DRIVERS LICENSE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-11(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	The Division shall not grant the application of any minor between the ages of 16 and 18 years for a driver's license or a  learner's permit unless such application is signed both by the applicant and by the parent, guardian, husband, wife or employer of the applicant, or, if the applicant has no parent, guardian, husband, wife or employer residing in this State, by some other responsible adult person. It shall be unlawful for any person to sign the application of a minor under the provisions of this section when such application misstates the age of the minor and any person knowingly violating this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The Division shall not grant the application of any minor between  the ages of 16 and 18 years for a driver's license unless such minor presents evidence of having satisfactorily completed the driver training and safety education courses offered at the public high schools as provided in G.S. 20-88.1 or upon having satisfactorily completed a course of driving instruction offered at a licensed commercial driver training school or an approved nonpublic secondary school, provided instruction offered in such schools shall be approved by the State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and all expenses for such instruction shall be paid by the persons enrolling in such courses and/or by the schools offering them.
The Division shall not grant the application of any minor between the ages of 16 and 18 years for a drivers license unless such minor presents certification by the clerk of court for each county in which he has resided, indicating that the minor has not been convicted nor been found delinquent for any act that would constitute a violation of the laws regulating the use, possession, and consumption of alcohol or controlled substances if committed by an adult. The copy of the record shall be confidential and shall not be available for inspection by the general public."
Sec. 2. This act shall become effective October 1, 1989, and shall apply to applications filed on or after that date.