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Representative Matthew Winslow(R)
Representative George G. Cleveland(R)
Representative Edward C. Goodwin(R)
Representative Jeff Zenger(R)
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Ch. SL 2021-89House | 2021-07-22Signed by Gov. 7/22/2021House | 2021-07-22Pres. To Gov. 7/15/2021House | 2021-07-15RatifiedHouse | 2021-07-14Ordered EnrolledSenate | 2021-07-13Passed 3rd ReadingSenate | 2021-07-13Passed 2nd ReadingSenate | 2021-07-13Reptd FavSenate | 2021-07-12Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-06-23Reptd FavSenate | 2021-06-23Re-ref Com On JudiciarySenate | 2021-06-09Reptd FavSenate | 2021-06-09Re-ref to Transportation. If fav, re-ref to Judiciary. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-05-27Withdrawn From ComSenate | 2021-05-27Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the SenateSenate | 2021-05-10Passed 1st ReadingSenate | 2021-05-10Regular Message Received From HouseSenate | 2021-05-10Regular Message Sent To SenateHouse | 2021-05-07Passed 3rd ReadingHouse | 2021-05-06Passed 2nd ReadingHouse | 2021-05-06Placed On Cal For 05/06/2021House | 2021-05-05Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)House | 2021-05-05Reptd Fav Com Sub 3House | 2021-05-05Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2021-05-05Reptd Fav Com Sub 2House | 2021-05-05Re-ref Com On TransportationHouse | 2021-04-13Reptd Fav Com SubstituteHouse | 2021-04-13Ref to the Com on Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs, if favorable, Transportation, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the HouseHouse | 2021-03-16Passed 1st ReadingHouse | 2021-03-16FiledHouse | 2021-03-15
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ARMED FORCES
CRIMES
DMV
DRIVERS LICENSES
FEES
ID SYSTEMS
LICENSES & PERMITS
MOTOR VEHICLES
PRESENTED
PUBLIC
RATIFIED
TITLE CHANGE
CHAPTERED
TRAFFIC OFFENSES
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20 (Chapters); 20-35
20-7
20-88.03 (Sections)
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No counties specifically cited.
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H297: DMV Deployed Armed Forces Exemptions. Latest Version
Session: 2021 - 2022
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
SESSION LAW 2021-89
HOUSE BILL 297
AN ACT directing the division of motor vehicles to offer remote conversion of full provisional licenses to persons deployed out‑of‑state as members of the armed forces of the united states, providing an additional defense to driving with an expired license, and waIving the late fee for renewing an expired registration for persons DEPLOYED AS MEMBERs OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20‑7 reads as rewritten:
§ 20‑7. Issuance and renewal of drivers licenses.
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(f) Duration and Renewal of Licenses. – Drivers licenses shall be issued and renewed pursuant to the provisions of this subsection:
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(6a) Remote conversion for active duty military. – The Division shall offer remote conversion to the holder of a full provisional license issued under G.S. 20‑11 to a resident of this State if the provisional license holder is deployed out‑of‑state as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. The Division shall adopt rules to implement this subdivision.
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SECTION 2.(a) G.S. 20‑35 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
(d) Defense for Deployed Member of the Armed Forces of the United States. – A person may not be found responsible for driving a motor vehicle with an expired drivers license if, when tried for that offense, the person provides verifiable written proof of deployment and establishes the following:
(1) The person was deployed as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States when the drivers license expired.
(2) The person obtained a renewed drivers license within 30 days after returning from deployment.
SECTION 2.(b) This section becomes effective December 1, 2021, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.
SECTION 3. G.S. 20‑88.03 reads as rewritten:
§ 20‑88.03. Late fee; motor vehicle registration.
(a) Late Fee. – In addition to the applicable fees required under this Article for the registration of a motor vehicle and any interest assessed under G.S. 105‑330.4, the Division shall charge a late fee according to the following schedule to a person who pays the applicable registration fee required under this Article after the registration expires:
(1) If the registration has been expired for less than one month, a late fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00).
(2) If the registration has been expired for one month or greater, but less than two months, a late fee of twenty dollars ($20.00).
(3) If the registration has been expired for two months or greater, a late fee of twenty‑five dollars ($25.00).
(a1) Waiver. – The Division shall waive the late fee assessed under subsection (a) of this section against a person who establishes the following:
(1) The person was deployed as a member of the Armed Forces of the United States when the registration expired.
(2) The person obtained a renewed registration within 30 days after the deployment ended.
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SECTION 4. Except as otherwise provided, this act becomes effective October 1, 2021, and Section 1 applies to any application to remotely convert a provisional license submitted on or after that date.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 14th day of July, 2021.
s/ Bill Rabon
Presiding Officer of the Senate
s/ Tim Moore
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Roy Cooper
Governor
Approved 3:00 p.m. this 22nd day of July, 2021