GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1993 SESSION
CHAPTER 490
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 20-37.7(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d) A special
identification card issued to a person for the first time under this
section shall expire on the birth date of the holder in the fourth year of
issuance. The expires when a drivers license issued on the same day to
that person would expire. A special identification card renewed under
this section expires when a drivers license renewed by the card holder on the
same day would expire.
The fee for the issuance or reissuance of a
special identification card is the same as the fee set in G.S. 20-14 for issuing
a duplicate license. A special identification card may be issued
without fee The fee does not apply to a special identification card
issued to a resident of North Carolina this State who is
legally blind or has attained the age of 70. blind, is at least 70
years old, or is homeless. To obtain a special identification card
without paying a fee, a homeless person must present a letter to the Division
from the director of a facility that provides care or shelter to homeless
persons verifying that the person is homeless.
The fees collected for the issuance of special
identification cards to persons under the age of 16 shall be placed in a
reserve fund to cover the cost of the operation of the program required by this
Article."
Sec. 2. Section 3 of Chapter 368 of the 1993 Session Laws is repealed.
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 23rd day of July, 1993.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives