NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1144

SENATE BILL 1078

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-316 CONCERNING DEPARTMENTAL HEARINGS UPON LAPSE OF LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-316 is hereby amended by rewriting the first sentence thereof to read as follows: "Any person whose registration plate has been revoked under G.S. 20-309(e) or G.S. 20-311 may request a hearing."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-316 is further amended by rewriting the fourth sentence thereof to read as follows:

"If it appears that continuous financial responsibility existed for the vehicle involved, or if it appears the lapse of financial responsibility is not reasonably attributable to the neglect or fault of the person whose registration plate was revoked, the Department shall withdraw its order of revocation and such person may retain the registration plate."

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of April, 1974.