NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 942

HOUSE BILL 1226

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 114 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO PROVIDE FOR COOPERATION BETWEEN THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION REGARDING MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSE AND REGISTRATION PLATES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 114 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section to be designated G.S. 114-17.1 and to read as follows:

"§ 114-17.1.  Cooperation of Department of Motor Vehicles. ‑ Notwithstanding any of the provisions of Chapter 20 of the North Carolina General Statutes, it shall be lawful for the North Carolina Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to cooperate with the Director of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation to the extent necessary to provide special agents of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation on special undercover assignments with motor vehicle operator's license and motor vehicle registration plates under assumed names using false or fictitious addresses. If such motor vehicle operator's license or motor vehicle registration plates are issued pursuant to this section, the Director of the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation shall be responsible for the use thereof and shall upon request of the North Carolina Commissioner of Motor Vehicles immediately return such motor vehicle operator's license or motor vehicle registration plates for cancellation.

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of July, 1971.