North Carolina SB 786: Restricted Instruction Permit Vision Tests.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2021
S 1
SENATE BILL 786

Short Title: Restricted Instruction Permit Vision Tests. (Public)
Sponsors: Senator Hise (Primary Sponsor).
Referred to: Appropriations/Base Budget
May 26, 2022
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT AUTHORIZING DRIVER EDUCATION AND LICENSED COMMERCIAL 2
DRIVING TRAINING SCHOOL INSTRUCTORS TO ADMINISTER VISION TESTING 3
OR EYE EXAMS REQUIRED FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A RESTRICTED 4
INSTRUCTION PERMIT. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1. G.S. 20-7 reads as rewritten: 7
"§ 20-7. Issuance and renewal of drivers licenses. 8
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(m1) Restricted Instruction Permit Vision Tests. – A driver training instructor qualified 10
under G.S. 115C-215(e) or G.S. 20-323(b) may also administer the vision test required for the 11
issuance of a restricted instruction permit if both of the following apply: 12
(1) The instructor demonstrates an ability to properly administer vision tests 13
pursuant to standards established by the Division. 14
(2) The tested applicant is enrolled in a driver education program that is approved 15
by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and is offered at a public 16
high school, a nonpublic secondary school, or a licensed drivers training 17
school. The Division may adopt temporary and permanent rules to implement 18
the provisions of this subsection. 19
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SECTION 2. There is appropriated from the Highway Fund to the Department of 21
Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles, the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) 22
in nonrecurring funds for the 2022-2023 fiscal year to be used to implement the provisions of 23
this act. 24
SECTION 3. Section 1 of this act becomes effective October 1, 2022. Section 2 of 25
this act becomes effective July 1, 2022. The remainder of this act is effective when it becomes 26
law. 27