Bill Text: NC H607 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Habitual DWI Restoration Clarification
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-06-06 - Ref To Com On Judiciary II [H607 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2011-H607-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
H 2
HOUSE BILL 607
Committee Substitute Favorable 6/2/11
Short Title: Habitual DWI Restoration Clarification. |
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April 5, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify when a person may apply for a restoration of the person's license after a habitual DWI conviction.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20‑19(e4) reads as rewritten:
"(e4) When Except as otherwise provided in
this subsection, when a person's license is revoked under G.S. 20‑138.5(d),
the Division may conditionally restore the license of that person after it has
been revoked for at least 10 years after conviction. If the offense
resulting in revocation under this section involved serious injury to or the
death of another person, the Division may conditionally restore the license of
that person after it has been revoked for at least 10 years after the
completion of any sentence imposed by the court,court. The license
may be conditionally restored if the person provides the Division with
satisfactory proof of all of the following:
(1) In the 10 years immediately preceding the person's application for a restored license, the person has not been convicted in North Carolina or in any other state or federal court of a motor vehicle offense, an alcohol beverage control law offense, a drug law offense, or any other criminal offense.
(2) The person is not currently a user of alcohol,
unlawfully using any controlled substance, orIn the 10 years immediately
preceding the person's application for a restored license, the person has not
used alcohol or unlawfully used controlled substances since the person's
conviction and is not currently an excessive user of prescription drugs."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.