GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
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HOUSE BILL DRH30282-ML-156 (03/21)
Short Title: Drivers License/Reciprocity W/Foreign Nation. |
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Representative Boles. |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify that the commissioner of motor vehicles of north carolina may enter into motor vehicle registration and licensing reciprocity agreements with foreign nations.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20‑4.4 reads as rewritten:
"(a) The Commissioner may
enter into an agreement or arrangement for interstate or intrastatemotor
vehicle operations with the duly authorized representatives of another
jurisdiction, granting to vehicles or to owners of vehicles which are properly
registered or licensed in such jurisdiction and for which evidence of
compliance is supplied, benefits, privileges and exemptions from the payment,
wholly or partially, of any taxes, fees, or other charges imposed upon such
vehicles or owners with respect to the operation or ownership of such vehicles
under the laws of this State. Such an agreement or arrangement shall provide
that vehicles properly registered or licensed in this State when operated upon
highways of such other jurisdiction shall receive exemptions, benefits and
privileges of a similar kind or to a similar degree as are extended to vehicles
properly registered or licensed in such jurisdiction when operated in this
State. Each such agreement or arrangement shall, in the judgment of the
Commissioner, be in the best interest of this State and the citizens thereof
and shall be fair and equitable to this State and the citizens thereof, and all
of the same shall be determined on the basis and recognition of the benefits
which accrue to the economy of this State from the uninterrupted flow of
commerce."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.