GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 521

SENATE BILL 259

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-7.1 RELATING TO CHANGE OF ADDRESS ON OPERATOR'S LICENSE, LEARNER'S PERMITS AND SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-7.1 is amended by adding the following proviso at the end:

"Provided, that if the licensee's mailing address has been changed by governmental action and there has been no actual change of residence location, upon giving notice in writing to the Division of Motor Vehicles in Raleigh within 60 days of this change of address, the licensee may use his current license or permit until its expiration or obtain a duplicate license or permit showing the new address upon payment of the required fee. No person shall be charged with having violated this section when only his mailing address has been changed by governmental action."

Sec. 2.  Article 2B of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 20-37.9.  Notification of change of address. - Whenever the holder of a special identification card issued under the provisions of G.S. 20-37.7 has a change in the address as shown on such special identification card, he or she shall apply for reissuance of a special identification card within 60 days after the address has been changed. The fee for reissuance of the special identification card shall be five dollars ($5.00). Provided that in those instances in which the change of address is through governmental action and there is no actual change of geographical location, no change of address on the card shall be required until the expiration thereof or reissuance is applied for by the holder thereof."

Sec. 3.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 14th day of May, 1983.