GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 135

Short Title:  License Photos Confidential.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives McLaughlin; Bowie, McAllister, and Yongue.

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Referred to:  Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary I.

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February 8, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE CONFIDENTIAL ALL PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES RECORDED BY THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR DRIVERS LICENSES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-43(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	All records of the Division, other than those declared by law to be confidential for the use of the Division, shall be open to public inspection during office hours.  A photographic image recorded in any format by the Division for a drivers license is confidential and shall not be released except for law enforcement purposes."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.