NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 1070

HOUSE BILL 1282

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 20 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO RECORDS OF THE REGISTRATION DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO PROVIDE GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND EFFICIENCY IN RECORD KEEPING.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-43 is amended by deleting all of paragraph "(b)" and renumbering paragraph "(c)" as paragraph "(b)".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-55 is amended by deleting the words "against the indexes" appearing in line 4 and inserting in lieu thereof the words "with its record".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 20-56 is amended by deleting the words "in suitable books or on index cards" appearing in line 5.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 20-78(b) is amended by deleting the words "and may, after three (3) years from year of issue, at its discretion, destroy such records" appearing in lines 1, 2, and 3.

Sec. 5.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of July, 1971.