Bill Summary for H 359 (2021-2022)

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Bill: DRIVER ELIGIBILITY CERT. WAIVER & RESTORE. (NEW)

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Mar 22 2021

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House Bill 359 (Public) Filed Monday, March 22, 2021
AN ACT TO TEMPORARILY WAIVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT RELATE TO DRIVING ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATES AND TO RESTORE CERTAIN PERMITS AND PROVISIONAL LICENSES REVOKED DUE TO CERTIFICATE INELIGIBILITY.
Intro. by Winslow, Moffitt, Torbett, Elmore.

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Requires the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV), for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years, to waive the requirement that an applicant for a limited learner's permit or provisional license have a driving eligibility certificate or a high school diploma or its equivalent, so long as the applicant meets all other requirements for the limited learner's permit or provisional license. Waives the following requirements for the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years: GS 115C-12(28) (concerning the State Board of Education's duty to develop rules for the issuance of driving eligibility certificates), GS 115C-218.70 (concerning the duties of a designee of a charter school's board of directors for driving eligibility certificates), GS 115C-288(k) (requiring school principals to sign driving eligibility certificates and to notify the DMV), GS 115C-566 (concerning nonpublic school duties related to driving eligibility certificates), and GS 115D-5(a3) (concerning the State Board of Community Colleges' duties related to driving eligibility certificates).