Bill Summary for H 780 (2023-2024)

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Apr 25 2023

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 780 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 18, 2023
AN ACT TO ALLOW NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENTS WHO ARE AT LEAST SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE TO OBTAIN A NORTH CAROLINA SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARD FOR FREE AND TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM TO ISSUE SPECIAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS TO STUDENTS IN PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN ANSON, GASTON, MECKLENBURG, AND UNION COUNTIES.
Intro. by Budd, Torbett, Pickett.

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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.