GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 961

 
 
Short Title:	Driving While License Revoked Flexibility.	()	
Sponsors:	Senator Ballance.	
Referred to:	Judiciary II.	
April 5, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ADDED DRIVING WHILE LICENSE REVOKED FLEXIBILITY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑28(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Driving While License Revoked. – Except as provided in subsection (a1) of this section, any person whose drivers license has been revoked who drives any motor vehicle upon the highways of the State while the license is revoked is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the person's license may be revoked for an additional period of one year for the first offense, and shall be revoked for an additional period of two years for the second offense, and permanently for a third or subsequent offense.
The restoree of a revoked drivers license who operates a motor vehicle upon the highways of the State without maintaining financial responsibility as provided by law shall be punished as for driving without a license."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.