GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL 336

Committee Substitute Favorable 3/28/17

Short Title:      Ltd. License/Drive to School Event Past 9:00.	(Public)
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March 15, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to authorize a holder of a limited provisional license to drive past 9:00 p.m. when driving to or from an extracurricular or athletic activity that the holder's high school or postsecondary school is sponsoring or participating in or when driving to or from a class the holder is enrolled in that is held at a high school or postsecondary school.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑11(e)(2) reads as rewritten:

"(2)      The license holder may drive without supervision in any of the following circumstances:

a.         From 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

b.         When driving directly to or from work.

c.         When driving directly to or from an activity of a volunteer fire department, volunteer rescue squad, or volunteer emergency medical service, if the driver is a member of the organization.

d. When driving to or from an extracurricular or athletic activity that a high school or postsecondary school sponsors or participates in, if the driver is enrolled in the sponsoring or participating high school or postsecondary school.

e. When driving to or from a class held at a high school or postsecondary school, if the driver is enrolled in the class."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.