A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that the actual concentration results of an alcohol screening test may be used for determining if there are reasonable grounds for believing a driver consumed alcohol or committed an implied consent offense.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑16.3(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Use of Screening Test Results or Refusal by Officer. – The actual alcohol concentration result of an alcohol screening test or a driver's refusal to submit may be used by a law‑enforcement officer, is admissible in a court, or may also be used by an administrative agency in determining if there are reasonable grounds for believing:
(1)	That the driver has committed an implied‑consent offense under G.S. 20‑16.2; and
(2)	That the driver had consumed alcohol and that the driver had in his or her body previously consumed alcohol. Negative or low results on the alcohol screening test may be used in factually appropriate cases by the officer, a court, or an administrative agency in determining whether a person's alleged impairment is caused by an impairing substance other than alcohol."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 2013, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.