GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
SENATE BILL 181
RATIFIED BILL
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.
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Walter H. Dalton
President of the Senate
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Joe Hackney
Speaker of the House of Representatives
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Beverly E. Perdue
Governor
Approved __________.m. this ______________ day of ___________________, 2010