Bill Summaries: S588 (2015-2016 Session)

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  • Summary date: Mar 30 2015 - View summary

    Amends GS 20-28, concerning unlawful driving while license revoked, making technical changes and adding a new subsection (a1), Aggravated Driving While License Revoked, expanding the circumstances for when driving with a revoked license is considered a Class 1 misdemeanor, providing that if a person is convicted of a Class 3 misdemeanor pursuant to subsection (a) and the person's license was originally revoked for one of the following reasons, then that person is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor: (1) an impaired driving revocation as defined in GS 20-28.2, (2) an accumulation of driver's points in violation of GS 20-16(a)(5), (3) a violation of any restriction of GS 20-179.3, (4) a violation of any restriction of GS 20-17.8, or (5) a violation of a limited driving privilege issued under GS 20-20.1. Makes conforming and technical changes. 

    Amends GS 20-28(c1), providing that for the purposes of that subsection, a violation of subsection (a) is not considered to be a moving violation. 

    Amends GS 20-28.1(a) to provide that for the purposes of this subsection, none of the following is considered to be a "motor vehicle moving offense," meaning they are not subject to additional periods of revocation: (1) a violation of GS 20-28(a) that does not require an additional period of license revocation, (2) a violation of  GS 20-28(a2), and (3) a violation of GS 20-7 for driving a motor vehicle without a regular driver's license.

    Amends GS 20-20.1, 20-17.8(f), 20-179.3(j), and 20-179(c) making conforming changes. 

    Effective June 1, 2015, applying to offenses committed on or after that date.