A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO TEMPORARILY waive REQUIREMENTS THAT RELATE TO driving eligibility certificateS AND TO RESTORE CERTAIN PERMITS AND PROVISIONAL LICENSES REVOKED DUE TO CERTIFICATE INELIGIBILITY.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.(a)  New Applicant Waiver. – Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 20‑11(b), (d), (f), (h), and (n), the Division of Motor Vehicles shall waive the requirement that an applicant for a limited learner's permit or provisional license have a driving eligibility certificate or a high school diploma or its equivalent to obtain the limited learner's permit or provisional license if the applicant meets all other requirements.
SECTION 1.(b)  This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to applications for limited learner's permits and provisional licenses submitted on or after that date. Subsection (a) of this section expires on the last day of the 2021‑2022 school year.
SECTION 1.(c)  A person holding a limited learner's permit or provisional license obtained with a waiver under subsection (a) of this section on the date subsection (a) of this section expires is not required to have a driving eligibility certificate for the permit or license to remain valid until its expiration or until the person applies for the next applicable level of provisional license.
SECTION 2.(a)  Performance Revocation Waiver. – Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 20‑13.2(c1), the Division of Motor Vehicles shall not revoke the permit or provisional license of a person upon receipt of notification from the proper school authority that the person no longer meets the requirements for a driving eligibility certificate under G.S. 20‑11(n)(1).
SECTION 2.(b)  This section is effective when it becomes law and expires on the last day of the 2021‑2022 school year.
SECTION 3.(a)  Past Performance Revocation Restoration. – The Division of Motor Vehicles shall restore the permit or license of any person whose permit or license was revoked by the Division under G.S. 20‑13.2(c1) due to ineligibility for a driving eligibility certificate under G.S. 20‑11(n)(1). For restorations granted under this section, the Division shall not charge a restoration fee and the Division must expunge any record of revocation from the person's driving record.
SECTION 3.(b)  This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to revocations resulting from notifications of ineligibility received by the Division dated on or after the first day of the 2020‑2021 school year through the effective date of this section.
SECTION 4.  School Notification Modifications. – Notwithstanding G.S. 115C‑12(28), 115C‑218.70, 115C‑288(k), 115C‑566, and 115D‑5(a3), the requirement that a proper school authority provide notifications to the Division of Motor Vehicles that a person no longer meets the eligibility requirements or conditions for a driving eligibility certificate under G.S. 20‑11(n)(1) is waived for the 2020‑2021 and 2021‑2022 school years.
SECTION 5.  Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law.