GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2009

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SENATE BILL 181

Short Title:        Drivers Licenses Change Expir./8 yrs to 65.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senator Shaw.
Referred to:	Commerce.

February 17, 2009

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to increase the age cap of persons receiving an eight-year drivers license from FIFTY-FOUR years of age to sixty-five years of age.

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 65 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 65 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 65 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 65 years old expires five years after the expiration date of the license that is renewed."

SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective January 1, 2010, and applies to any drivers license issued on or after that date.