Bill Summaries: H780 (2023-2024 Session)

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  • Summary date: May 3 2023 - View summary

    House committee substitute amends the 2nd edition as follows. 

    Requires the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), in conjunction with the State Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the governing bodies of public school units with high schools in Anson, Gaston, Mecklenburg, and Union Counties, to establish and implement the pilot program to issue special identification cards to eligible public high school students located in the four identified counties by October 1, 2025 (previously did not require the students to be located in the identified counties and required implementation by December 31, 2024). Makes technical and clarifying changes to the specified requirements of the pilot program. Deems the DMV responsible for the expense of the State Registrar in issuing certified copies of a student's birth certificate to a governing body of a public high school or the DMV upon a student's request in connection with a special identification card application. Postpones expiration of the pilot program to December 31, 2027 (was, December 31, 2026). Adds a new provision providing for GS 20-37.7 to supersede any conflict arising from the pilot program. Revises the applicability of the pilot program to only identify the four counties rather than include public high schools located in the counties. 


  • Summary date: Apr 25 2023 - View summary

    House committee substitute amends the 1st edition as follows. 

    Amends GS 20-37.7, exempting applicants who are at least 16 years old from the fee charged for special identification cards (existing law exempts applicants who are at least 17).

    Changes the captions for the provisions relating to the pilot program that the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), in conjunction with the State Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the governing bodies of public school units with high schools in Anson, Gaston, Mecklenburg, and Union Counties, are directed to implement with regard to issuing special identification cards to eligible public high school students pursuant to GS 20-37.7. Refers to North Carolina special identification cards rather than State identification cards. Eliminates pilot program requirements that the DMV issue identification cards upon request to any eligible student, with cards issued at no cost to students eligible to receive free or reduced price lunch and those in foster care, or any student that establishes a financial inability to pay a required fee for issuance. Makes conforming changes.

    Changes the act's titles.


  • Summary date: Apr 20 2023 - View summary

    Requires by December 31, 2024, that the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), in conjunction with the State Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and the governing bodies of public school units with high schools in Anson, Gaston, Mecklenburg, and Union Counties, implement a pilot program to issue a State Identification Card (a special identification card, as described, that is also Real ID Act compliant) to eligible public high school students. Sets out minimum standards for the pilot program concerning eligibility, who can receive the card for free, required notification to parents and students, obtaining the cards, providing information to the DMV, and issuance and use of a certified copy of a student's birth certificate. Sets the pilot to expire on December 31, 2026. Limits applicability to public high schools in Anson, Gaston, Mecklenburg, and Union counties.