NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 664

SENATE BILL 140

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-11(b) RELATIVE TO LEARNERS' PERMITS FOR MINORS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 20-11(b) is hereby amended by rewriting the same to read as follows:

"(b)      The Department may grant an application for a limited learner's permit of any minor under the age of 16, who otherwise meets the requirements of licensing under this section, when such application is signed by both the applicant and his or her parent or guardian or some other responsible adult with whom the applicant resides and is approved by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Such limited learner's permit shall entitle the applicant, while having such permit in his immediate possession, to drive a motor vehicle upon the highways for a period of six months, while such minor is accompanied by a parent, guardian, or other person approved by the Department, who is licensed under this Chapter to operate a motor vehicle and who is actually occupying a seat beside the driver. Provided, however, a limited learner's permit as herein provided shall be issued only to those applicants who have reached the age of 15 years. In the event a minor who has been issued a limited learner's permit under this subsection operates a motor vehicle in violation of any provision herein, the permit shall be cancelled."

Sec. 2.  Provided a driver who holds a learner's permit only shall not be deemed a male operator under age 25 for the purpose of determining the insurance premium rate for persons insured under automobile property damage and bodily injury liability insurance policies.

Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 22nd day of May, 1973.