GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1997 SESSION

S.L. 1997-33
HOUSE BILL 178

AN ACT TO INCREASE FROM ONE YEAR TO TWO YEARS THE RENEWAL PERIOD FOR LICENSES ISSUED BY THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS AND INSTRUCTORS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-324 reads as rewritten:
"§ 20-324.  Expiration and renewal of licenses; fees.
(a)	Renewal. – A license issued under this Article expires two years after the date the license is issued.  To renew a license, the license holder must file an application for renewal with the Division.
(b)	Fees. – An application for an initial license or the renewal of a license must be accompanied by the application fee for the license.  The application fee for a school license is eighty dollars ($80.00).  The application fee for an instructor license is sixteen dollars ($16.00).  The application fee for a license is not refundable.  Fees collected under this section must be credited to the Highway Fund."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 1997.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 15th day of April, 1997.

s/	Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

s/	Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives

s/	James B. Hunt, Jr.
Governor

Approved 2:00 p.m. this 23rd day of April, 1997