NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 135

SENATE BILL 252

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-9 TO REQUIRE THE SURRENDER OF OUT-OF-STATE DRIVER LICENSES AS A PREREQUISITE TO RECEIVING A NORTH CAROLINA LICENSE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-9 is hereby amended by adding a new subsection (i) thereto, to read as follows:

"(i)        The Department shall not issue an operator's or chauffeur's license to an applicant who is the holder of any license to drive issued by another state, district or territory of the United States and currently in force, unless the applicant surrenders such license or licenses; provided, this section shall not apply to non-resident military personnel or members of their household."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective on July 1, 1973.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of April, 1973.