AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT CERTAIN PERSONS CONVICTED OF LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING PERSONAL 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)	The Division of Motor Vehicles shall revoke the drivers license of a person convicted of violating subsection (a) of this section for a period of one year, unless the court makes a finding that a longer period of revocation is appropriate under the circumstances of the case. If the court makes this finding, the Division of Motor Vehicles shall revoke that person's drivers license for two years. 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.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 17th day of July, 2003.

	s/	 Beverly E. Perdue
	 President of the Senate

	s/	 James B. Black
	 Speaker of the House of Representatives

	s/	 Michael F. Easley
	 Governor

Approved 5:28 p.m. this 7th day of August, 2003