Bill Summaries: S315 (2021)

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  • Summary date: Mar 17 2021 - View summary

    Amends GS 20-279.33 to deem a certificate of self-insurance issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as evidence of insurance to satisfy the financial responsibility requirements for the issuance or restoration of a drivers license or the allowance of limited driving privileges under GS 20-7, GS 20-13.2, GS 20-16.1, GS 20-19, and GS 20-179.3. 

    Amends GS 20-279.33A, which qualifies certain religious organizations as self-insurers if seven specified conditions are met, to no longer require that the organization's members operate five or more registered vehicles owned or leased by them, but rather generally require that the members operate registered vehicles owned or leased by them.

    Amends GS 20-7 to prohibit the Division of Motor Vehicles from restricting a person from operating a nonfleet motor vehicle solely because the person furnished proof of liability in the form of a certificate of self-insurance issued under GS 20-279.33 or GS 20-279.33A.