AN ACT TO TEMPORARILY waive CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT RELATE TO driving eligibility certificateS AND TO RESTORE CERTAIN PERMITS AND PROVISIONAL LICENSES REVOKED DUE TO CERTIFICATE INELIGIBILITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Notwithstanding G.S. 20‑11(n), 115C‑12(28), 115C‑218.70, 115C‑288(k), 115C‑566, and 115D‑5(a3), a person required to sign a driving eligibility certificate shall issue the driving eligibility certificate without requiring the person to whom it is issued to be making progress toward obtaining a high school diploma or its equivalent, and no school authority shall notify the Division of Motor Vehicles that a person no longer meets the requirements for a driving eligibility certificate because the person is not making progress toward obtaining a high school diploma or its equivalent.

SECTION 1.(b)  This section is effective when it becomes law and expires June 30, 2022.

SECTION 2.(a)  Past Performance Revocation Restoration. – The Division of Motor Vehicles shall restore the permit or license of any person whose permit or license was revoked by the Division under G.S. 20‑13.2(c1) due to ineligibility for a driving eligibility certificate under G.S. 20‑11(n)(1). For restorations granted under this section, the Division shall not charge a restoration fee and the Division must expunge any record of revocation from the person's driving record.

SECTION 2.(b)  This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to revocations resulting from notifications of ineligibility received by the Division dated on or after March 1, 2020, through the effective date of this section.

SECTION 3.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.