GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 297
Committee Substitute Favorable 5/14/91

Short Title:  Differentiated Drivers License.	(Public)
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March 25, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE A DRIVERS LICENSE WITH A RESTRICTIVE CODE BE ISSUED TO A PERSON CONVICTED OF AN IMPAIRED DRIVING OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-7 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( n1)	Any person whose drivers license, commercial drivers license, or other privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this State has been revoked or canceled pursuant to G.S. 20-13.2(b)	or G.S. 20-17.4(a1) shall be reissued only a drivers or commercial drivers license with a restrictive code as determined by the Commissioner.
The Commissioner may remove the restrictive code if the person does the following and provides satisfactory proof to the Commissioner:
(1)	a.	That the person has obtained a substance abuse assessment from an area mental health agency, its designated agent, or private facility licensed by the State for the treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse.
b.	If the assessing agency recommended that the person participate in a treatment program:
1.	That the person participated in a treatment program;
2.	That the person executed a Release of Information authorizing the treatment agency to report the person's completion of the treatment program to the Commissioner; and
3.	That the treatment agency reported his completion of the treatment program to the Commissioner.
(2)	From the date the person's license was reissued with the restrictive code, the person was not convicted in North Carolina or any other state or federal jurisdiction for an offense involving the manufacture, sale, distribution, or possession of a controlled substance."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1992.