Bill Summary for H 1013 (2023-2024)

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May 3 2024

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View NCGA Bill Details2023-2024 Session
House Bill 1013 (Public) Filed Thursday, May 2, 2024
AN ACT TO PERMIT TEACHERS LICENSED IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO OBTAIN A CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR LICENSURE IN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES.
Intro. by Quick, Harrison, von Haefen, Liu.

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Part I.

Amends GS 115C-270.25, as amended, to allow granting a continuing professional license to a teacher licensed in a foreign county who has at least three years of teaching experience and is in good standing with the outside jurisdiction. Effective July 1, 2024, appropriates $100,000 for 2024-25 from the General Fund to the Department of Public Instruction for administrative changes necessary to implement this provision and to advertise these new criteria.

Part II.

Amends GS 20-88.1 to require the Division of Motor Vehicles to make copies of the driver license handbook, when requested, available in nine specified languages, in addition to English. Amends GS 20-7 by adding the requirement that the Division of Motor Vehicles provide an option for license applicants to (1) receive the driver license handbook prepared under GS 20-88.1 and (2) take the written test required for licensure in all of the 9 specified languages, in addition to English. Effective January 1, 2025.

Appropriates $10,000 for 2024-25 from the Highway Fund to the Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, to produce these materials. Effective July 1, 2024.