A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that CERTAIN personS convicted of leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death may lose their license for a period of TWO years.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑166 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(e)	A person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this section shall have his or her drivers license revoked for a minimum period of one year. The judge may revoke the license for up to one additional year. Upon a first conviction only for a violation of subsection (a) of this section, a trial judge may allow limited driving privileges in the manner set forth in G.S. 20-179.3(b)(2) during any period of time during which the drivers license is revoked."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2003, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date. Prosecutions for offenses committed before the effective date of this act are not abated or affected by this act, and the statutes that would be applicable but for this act remain applicable to those prosecutions.