GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
H 2
HOUSE BILL 607
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/2/11
Short Title: Habitual DWI Restoration Clarification. |
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April 5, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify when a person may apply for a restoration of the person's license after a habitual DWI conviction.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-19(e4) reads as rewritten:
"(e4) When Except as
otherwise provided in this subsection, when a person's license is revoked
under G.S. 20-138.5(d), the Division may conditionally restore the license
of that person after it has been revoked for at least 10 years after conviction.
If the offense resulting in revocation under this section involved serious
injury to or the death of another person, the Division may conditionally
restore the license of that person after it has been revoked for at least 10
years after the completion of any sentence imposed by the court,court.
The license may be conditionally restored if the person provides the
Division with satisfactory proof of all of the following:
(1) In the 10 years immediately preceding the person's application for a restored license, the person has not been convicted in North Carolina or in any other state or federal court of a motor vehicle offense, an alcohol beverage control law offense, a drug law offense, or any other criminal offense.
(2) The person is
not currently a user of alcohol, unlawfully using any controlled substance, orIn
the 10 years immediately preceding the person's application for a restored
license, the person has not used alcohol or unlawfully used controlled
substances since the person's conviction and is not currently an excessive
user of prescription drugs."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.