A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to establish a military drivers license expiration procedure within the Division of Motor Vehicles.	
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑7 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(q)	Military Expiration and Renewal. – The Division of Motor Vehicles shall develop a 'military' designation for drivers licenses. These licenses shall:
(1)	Be issued, upon request, to North Carolina residents on active duty and to their spouses and dependent children.
(2)	Be renewed by mail no more than two times under this subsection.
(3)	Be renewed up to one year prior to expiration upon the presentation of military or Department of Defense credentials.
(4)	Be renewed without a vision test if the member is deployed to a combat zone or a qualified hazardous duty zone."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑7 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(r)	National Guard and Reserve. – A license holder who is a member of the National Guard or of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States shall be exempt from any required eye exam when renewing a drivers license if, at the time of renewal, the license holder is serving in a combat or qualified hazardous duty zone."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2004.