GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

 

 

SESSION LAW 2010-131

SENATE BILL 181

 

 

AN ACT to increase the age cap of persons receiving an eight-year drivers license.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20-7(f)(2) reads as rewritten:

"(2)      Duration of original license for persons at least 18 years of age or older. - A drivers license issued to a person at least 18 years old but less than 54 66 years old expires on the birthday of the licensee in the eighth year after issuance. A drivers license issued to a person at least 54 66 years old expires on the birthday of the licensee in the fifth year after issuance. A commercial drivers license that has a vehicles carrying passengers (P) and school bus (S) endorsement issued pursuant to G.S. 20-37.16 shall expire on the birth date of the licensee three years after the date of issuance, if the licensee is certified to drive a school bus in North Carolina."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 20-7(f)(2a) reads as rewritten:

"(2a)     Duration of renewed licenses. - A renewed drivers license that was issued by the Division to a person at least 18 years old but less than 54 66 years old expires eight years after the expiration date of the license that is renewed. A renewed drivers license that was issued by the Division to a person at least 54 66 years old expires five years after the expiration date of the license that is renewed."

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2011, and applies to any drivers license issued on or after that date.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 2010.

 

 

                                                                    s/  Walter H. Dalton

                                                                         President of the Senate

 

 

                                                                    s/  Joe Hackney

                                                                         Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

                                                                    s/  Beverly E. Perdue

                                                                         Governor

 

 

Approved 5:08 p.m. this 21st day of July, 2010