A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide active duty military personnel who are not residents of North Carolina and who have a valid military identification an exemption from having a valid DRIVERS license so long as the person has been previously licensed and the license is not in a state of suspension or revocation.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑8 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(8)	A nonresident who is at least 16 years of age, who is a member of the Armed Forces or a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, and who has in his or her immediate possession a valid military identification card issued by the United States Department of Defense showing the member to be on active duty, and a valid or expired drivers license issued to the member in the member's home state or country if the nonresident is operating a motor vehicle in this State in accordance with the license restrictions and vehicle classifications that would be applicable to the member under the laws and regulations of the home state or country if the nonresident were driving in his or her home state or country. The exemption granted by this subdivision shall not apply if the member's drivers license or privileges to drive have been rescinded, suspended, revoked, or otherwise invalidated under some other provision of law by the member's home state or country or this State." 
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.