GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 951

Short Title:  Felony Driving W/O License.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Nichols; Bowman and Decker.
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Referred to:  Judiciary III.
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April 15, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE IT A FELONY TO DRIVE WITHOUT A LICENSE AFTER A LICENSE HAS BEEN SUSPENDED OR REVOKED FOR AN IMPAIRED DRIVING OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE VIOLATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-28 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( b1)	Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any person whose drivers license, including a commercial drivers license, has been suspended or revoked, for a limited time or permanently, due to a conviction for an impaired driving or controlled substance violation, who drives any motor vehicle on the highways or public vehicular areas of this State, while their license is suspended or revoked, shall be guilty of a Class J felony and shall be imprisoned for not less than 90 days and fined not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000).  A person sentenced under this subsection may not receive a suspended sentence or be placed on probation.  The actual time of the sentence imposed under this subsection shall not be reduced for good time, gain time, or by early parole.  Upon receipt of a record of conviction under this subsection, the Division shall impose an additional disqualification period equal to the period for which the drivers license was suspended or revoked when this subsection was violated."
Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective January 1, 1994, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.