GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

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HOUSE BILL 84

 

 

Short Title:      Drivers License/Hearing Impaired Designation.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Insko, Ball, and Butler (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary III

February 13, 2017

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to direct the division of motor vehicles to develop a designation for drivers licenses that may be granted upon request to a person with a hearing impairment.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑7 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(q2)    Hearing Impaired Designation. – The Division shall develop, in consultation with the Department of Public Safety and the State Highway Patrol, a designation for drivers licenses that may, upon request, be granted to North Carolina residents with a hearing impairment. An applicant requesting a designation under this subsection must provide the Division with a letter from the applicant's primary care provider certifying that the applicant has a hearing impairment. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as authorizing the issuance of a drivers license to a person ineligible under G.S. 20‑9."

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