Title: S.L. 1983-538
Category: Session Law

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1983 SESSION

CHAPTER 538 
HOUSE BILL 605 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-13 AND G.S. 20-16 RELATING TO SUSPENSION OF DRIVERS' LICENSES OF PROVISIONAL LICENSEES AND LICENSEES HOLDING MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATORS' LICENSES. 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 20-13(a) is amended by deleting from the first sentence the words "with or without" and substituting the words "after providing an opportunity for". 
Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-13(b)(1) is hereby amended by striking the entire second sentence thereof. 
Sec. 3.  G.S. 20-16(a) is amended by deleting from the first sentence the words "with or without" and substituting the words "after providing an opportunity for". 
Sec. 4.  G.S. 20-16(c) is hereby amended by: 
(a)	Deleting the entire first sentence of the sixth paragraph which reads as follows: "Whenever a licensee accumulates as many as four points hereunder, the Division shall mail a letter of warning to the licensee at his last known address, but failure to receive such a warning letter shall not prevent a suspension under this subsection." 
(b)	Striking the figure "10" in the last sentence of the sixth paragraph and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "5". 
Sec. 5.  G.S. 20-16(d) as it appears in Volume 1C, 1978 Replacement is hereby amended by: 
(a)	Striking the figure "20" appearing in line 5 immediately after the word "exceed" and before the word "days" and inserting in lieu thereof the figure "30". 
(b)	Entering a period in line 5 after the word "request" and deleting the phrase "in the county wherein the licensee resides" and inserting in lieu thereof "The hearing shall be conducted in the judicial district wherein the licensee resides. Hearings shall be rotated among all the counties within the judicial district if the judicial district contains more than one county". 
(c)	Striking the word "county" appearing in line 7 immediately after the word "other" and before the word "and" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "judicial district". 
Sec. 6.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1983. 
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 16th day of June, 1983.

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