A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE REVOCATION OF THE DRIVERS LICENSE OF ANy person cONVICTED OF GIVING alcoholic beverages to, or aiding and abetting the purchase or possession of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES by, AN UNDERAGE PERSON and to allow for a limited driving privilege.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 18B‑302(g) reads as rewritten:
"(g)	Conviction Report Sent to Division of Motor Vehicles. – The court shall file a conviction report with the Division of Motor Vehicles indicating the name of the person convicted and any other information requested by the Division if the person is convicted  of any of the following:
(1)	A violation of subsection (e) or (f) of this  section.
(2)	A violation of subsection (c) of this section; or
(3)	A violation of subsection (b) of this section, if the violation occurred while the person was purchasing or attempting to purchase an alcoholic beverage.
(4)	A violation of subsection (a) of this section, if the violation occurred while the person was giving an alcoholic beverage to an underage person. 
Upon receipt of a conviction report, the Division shall revoke the person's license as required by G.S. 20‑17.3."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 20‑17.3 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑17.3.  Revocation for 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), (e), or (f); or
(2)	G.S. 18B–302(b), if the violation occurred while the person was purchasing or attempting to purchase an alcoholic beverage.
(3)	G.S. 18B‑302(a), except that this subdivision shall only apply if the violation occurred while the person was giving an alcoholic beverage to an underage person. 
If the person's license is currently suspended or revoked, then the revocation under this section shall begin at the termination of that revocation. A person whose license is revoked under this section for a violation of G.S. 18B‑302(a) or G.S. 18B‑302(c) shall be eligible for a limited driving privilege under G.S. 20‑179.3."
SECTION 3.  Chapter 18B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 18B-302.2.  Notification of penalties; loss of drivers license for certain offenses.
Each ABC Store and each person that sells alcoholic beverages shall display or cause to be displayed warning signs that inform the public that it is a crime to give an alcoholic beverage to an underage person, that it is a crime to aid and abet an underage person who purchases an alcoholic beverage, and that the punishment for these offenses includes the loss of driving privileges under G.S. 20-17.3. The Commission shall develop the warning signs which shall be similar in size and design to those required under G.S. 18B-808."
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2005, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.