| 12 | 13 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1 |
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| 13 | 14 | | AN ACT TO ALLOW CONSECUTIVE REMOTE LICENSE RENEWALS FOR NON-REAL 2 |
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| 14 | 15 | | ID COMPLIANT DRIVERS LICENSES . 3 |
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| 15 | 16 | | The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4 |
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| 16 | 17 | | SECTION 1. G.S. 20-7(f) reads as rewritten: 5 |
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| 17 | 18 | | "(f) Duration and Renewal of Licenses. – Drivers licenses shall be issued and renewed 6 |
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| 18 | 19 | | pursuant to the provisions of this subsection: 7 |
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| 19 | 20 | | … 8 |
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| 20 | 21 | | (6) Remote renewal or conversion. – Subject to the following requirements and 9 |
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| 21 | 22 | | limitations, the Division may offer remote renewal of a drivers license or 10 |
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| 22 | 23 | | remote conversion of a full provisional license issued by the Division: 11 |
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| 23 | 24 | | a. Requirements. – To be eligible for remote renewal or conversion under 12 |
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| 24 | 25 | | this subdivision, a person must meet all of the following requirements: 13 |
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| 25 | 26 | | … 14 |
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| 26 | 27 | | 4. For a remote renewal, renewal: 15 |
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| 27 | 28 | | I. Of a license that complies with regulations adopted 16 |
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| 28 | 29 | | pursuant to the REAL ID Act of 2005, 49 U.S.C. § 17 |
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| 29 | 30 | | 30301, the most recent renewal was an in-person 18 |
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| 30 | 31 | | renewal and not a remote renewal under this 19 |
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| 31 | 32 | | subdivision. 20 |
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| 32 | 33 | | II. Of a drivers license that is not REAL ID compliant, a 21 |
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| 33 | 34 | | person may remotely renew a license on two 22 |
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| 34 | 35 | | consecutive occasions. After two consecutive remote 23 |
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| 35 | 36 | | renewals, a non-REAL ID compliant license shall be 24 |
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| 36 | 37 | | renewed in person. 25 |
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| 37 | 38 | | …." 26 |
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| 38 | 39 | | SECTION 2. This act becomes effective January 1, 2026, and applies to licenses 27 |
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| 39 | 40 | | renewed on or after that date. 28 |
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