Bill Text: NC S595 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pedestrian Safety Improvements
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Ch. SL 2010-37 [S595 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2010-S595-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
S 2
SENATE BILL 595
Health Care Committee Substitute Adopted 5/13/09
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Short Title: Advanced Directives on Drivers License. |
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March 16, 2009
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide loved ones with clear certainty of a loved one's end of life decisions by notating living will decisions on drivers licenses.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20‑7(n) reads as rewritten:
"(n) Format. – A drivers license issued by the Division must be tamperproof and must contain all of the following information:
(1) An identification of this State as the issuer of the license.
(2) The license holder's full name.
(3) The license holder's residence address.
(4) A color photograph, or a properly applied laser engraved picture on polycarbonate material, of the license holder, taken by the Division.
(5) A physical description of the license holder, including sex, height, eye color, and hair color.
(6) The license holder's date of birth.
(7) An identifying number for the license holder assigned by the Division. The identifying number may not be the license holder's social security number.
(8) Each class of motor vehicle the license holder is authorized to drive and any endorsements or restrictions that apply.
(9) The license holder's signature.
(10) The date the license was issued and the date the license expires.
(11) A living will designation that identifies applicants that have a living will on file in the Secretary of State's Advance Healthcare Directive Registry.
In taking photographs of license holders, the Division must distinguish between license holders who are less than 21 years old and license holders who are at least 21 years old by using different color backgrounds or borders for each group. The Division shall determine the different colors to be used. The Commissioner shall ensure that applicants 21 years old or older are issued drivers licenses and special identification cards that are printed in a horizontal format. The Commissioner shall ensure that applicants under the age of 21 are issued drivers licenses and special identification cards that are printed in a vertical format, that distinguishes them from the horizontal format, for ease of identification of individuals under age 21 by members of industries that regulate controlled products that are sale restricted by age and law enforcement officers enforcing these laws.
At the request of an applicant for a drivers license, a license issued to the applicant must contain the applicant's race."
SECTION 2. This act becomes effective October 1, 2009, and applies to licenses issued on or after that date.
