NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 453

HOUSE BILL 530

AN ACT TO PERMIT DRIVERS WITH LIMITED DRIVING PERMITS TO HAVE A JUDGE OF THE COUNTY OF ISSUANCE MODIFY THEIR PERMITS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  A new sentence is added to the end of G.S. 20-179(b)(1) to read as follows:

"The holder of a limited driver's privilege or license may petition either the superior court, if the limited driver's privilege or license was granted in superior court, or the district court, if the limited driver's privilege or license was granted in district court, of the county of issuance of his limited permit to modify his permit at its discretion."

Sec. 2.  The first sentence of G.S. 20-179(b)(4) is rewritten to read as follows:

"Any violation of the restricted driving privileges as set forth in the judgment of the court allowing such privileges shall constitute the offense of driving while license has been revoked as set forth in G.S. 20-28."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of April, 1979.