A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO provide that notice of a suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of a license under the MOTOR VEHICLE dealers and MANUFACTURERS licensing law shall be given in ACCORDANCE with rule 4 of the rules of civil PROCEDURE, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE TRANSPORTATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑296 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20‑296.  Notice and hearing upon denial, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew license.
No license shall be suspended or revoked or denied, or renewal thereof refused, until a written notice of the complaint made has been furnished to the licensee against whom the same is directed,  and a hearing thereon has been had before the Commissioner, or a person designated by him. At least 10 days' written notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given to the licensee by certified mail with return receipt requested to his last known address as shown on his license or other record of information in possession of the Division. At any such hearing, the licensee shall have the right to be heard personally or by counsel. After hearing, the Division shall have power to suspend, revoke or refuse to renew the license in question. Immediate notice of any such action shall be given to the licensee in  accordance with G.S. 1A‑1, Rule 4 of the Rules of Civil Procedure."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective October 1, 2014, and applies to notices given on or after that date.