A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify when a person may apply for a restoration of the person's license after a habitual DWI conviction.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑19(e4) reads as rewritten:
"(e4)	Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, when a person's license is revoked under G.S. 20‑138.5(d), the Division may conditionally restore the license of that person after it has been revoked for at least 10 years after conviction. If the offense resulting in revocation under this section involved serious injury to or the death of another person, the Division may conditionally restore the license of that person after it has been revoked for at least 10 years after the completion of any sentence imposed by the court. The license may be conditionally restored if the person provides the Division with satisfactory proof of all of the following:
(1)	In the 10 years immediately preceding the person's application for a restored license, the person has not been convicted in North Carolina or in any other state or federal court of a motor vehicle offense, an alcohol beverage control law offense, a drug law offense, or any other criminal offense.
(2)	In the 10 years immediately preceding the person's application for a restored license, the person has not used alcohol or unlawfully used controlled substances since the person's conviction and is not currently an excessive user of prescription drugs."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.