NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 348

SENATE BILL 222

AN ACT TO CLARIFY G.S. 20-28.1 RELATING TO REVOCATION OF DRIVING PRIVILEGES OF PERSONS WHO DRIVE WHILE LICENSES ARE REVOKED OR SUSPENDED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-28.1, as the same appears in the 1965 Replacement Volume 1C of the General Statutes, is rewritten to read as follows:

"Section 20-28.1  Conviction of moving offense committed while driving during period of suspension or revocation of license. (a) Upon receipt of notice of conviction of any person of a motor vehicle moving offense, such offense having been committed while such person's driving privilege was in a state of suspension or revocation, the Department shall revoke such person's driving privilege for an additional period of time as set forth in subsection (b) hereof.

(b)        When a driving privilege is subject to revocation under this section, the addi- tional period of revocation shall be as follows:

(1)        A first such revocation shall be for one (1) year;

(2)        A second such revocation shall be for two (2) years; and

(3)        A third or subsequent such revocation shall be permanent.

(c)        Any person whose driving privilege has been permanently revoked under this section may apply for a new license after three (3) years from the commencement of the permanent revocation. Upon the filing of such application, the Department may, with or without a hearing, issue a new license upon satisfactory proof that the former licensee has been of good behavior for a minimum of three (3) years from the last date of revocation and that his conduct and attitude are such as to entitle him to favorable consideration."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall become effective July 1, 1969.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 30th day of April, 1969.