GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1993 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 490

SENATE BILL 836

 

AN ACT TO WAIVE THE FEE FOR SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS FOR HOMELESS PERSONS AND TO ABOLISH THE RESERVE FUND FOR FEES COLLECTED FOR SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

 

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  Section 3 of Chapter 368 of the 1993 Session Laws is repealed.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