H.B. 875
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Apr 25, 2023
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH40436-MWa-39
Short Title: Inmate Drivers License Assistance. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Reives.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE ISSUANCE OF DRIVERS LICENSES TO INDIVIDUALS
3 WHO ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. The Division of Motor Vehicles of the Department of Transportation
6 and the Division of Rehabilitation and Reentry of the Department of Adult Correction shall
7 establish procedures and adopt rules to facilitate the issuance of drivers licenses to individuals
8 who are scheduled to be released from incarceration, in accordance with the following
9 requirements:
10 (1) Inclusion of third-year law students to assist individuals in obtaining a drivers
11 license, as part of a pro bono program.
12 (2) Scheduled drivers license tests conducted by the Division of Motor Vehicles
13 at the correctional facility.
14 (3) Issuance of the drivers license on release from custody.
15 SECTION 2. Of the funds appropriated from the Highway Fund to the Department
16 of Transportation for the 2023-2024 fiscal year, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars
17 ($200,000) in recurring funds shall be used to implement this act.
18 SECTION 3. This act becomes effective July 1, 2023.
*DRH40436-MWa-39*