GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

H	1 

HOUSE BILL 678

Short Title:  DWI Bumper Stickers.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Representatives Starnes; Capps and Wood.

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Referred to:  Transportation, if favorable, Judiciary I.

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March 31, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE PERSONS CONVICTED OF DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED TO MARK THEIR MOTOR VEHICLES WITH AN IDENTIFYING BUMPER STICKER.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-179.3 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( h1)	Mandatory Identifying Bumper Sticker.  In a limited driving privilege, the court shall include the requirement that the applicant shall have affixed to the rear bumper or rear window of any vehicle driven by him a prominently displayed identifying official bumper sticker stating ‘CONVICTED OF DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED'. The Division of Motor Vehicles shall obtain a sufficient supply to provide bumper stickers to all persons punished pursuant to this section and shall make these bumper stickers available to the convicted person for a fee of five dollars ($5.00) each."
Section 2.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1997.