GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 368

Short Title:  Sell Alcohol to Underage–Lose NCDL.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Warner; Beall, Buchanan, Capps, Carpenter, Clary, Cocklereece, Cummings, Davis, Eddins, Ellis, Grady, Kiser, Locke, McAllister, McCrary, McMahan, Morgan, Nichols, Oldham, Pate, Rayfield, Reynolds, Sexton, Shubert, Snowden, Sutton, Thompson, and Weatherly.

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Referred to:  Judiciary I.

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March 7, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY A PERSON SELLING OR GIVING ALCOHOL TO AN UNDERAGE PERSON SHALL HAVE HIS DRIVERS LICENSE SUSPENDED FOR ONE YEAR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Chapter 18B  of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 18B-302.1.  License revocations for selling or giving alcoholic beverages to underage person.
When a person is convicted of violating G.S. 18B-302(a)(1) or G.S. 18B-302(a)(2), in addition to any other action taken by the court, the court shall notify the Division of Motor Vehicles of the conviction, pursuant to G.S. 18B-302(g).
Upon receipt of a conviction report issued under this section, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall revoke the person's license as required by G.S. 20-17.3."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-17.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-17.3.  Revocation for sellers and providers to underage persons and underage purchasers of alcohol.
The Division shall revoke for one year the driver's license of any person who has been convicted of violating any of the following:
(1)	G.S. 18B-302(c)(1), (e), or (f); 
(2)	G.S. 18B-302(b), if the violation occurred while the person  was purchasing or attempting to purchase an alcoholic beverage; or
(3)	G.S. 18B-302(a)(1) or (a)(2).
If the person's license is currently suspended or revoked, then the revocation under this section shall begin at the termination of that revocation."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1995.