North Carolina residents would have an extra two years to renew their driver’s licenses under a bill approved by a House committee Wednesday.
The “temporary moratorium” on license expiration is designed to help the Division of Motor Vehicles deal with a backlog of people trying to get their licenses renewed in person. Lawmakers acknowledge that House Bill 821 is a stopgap measure that doesn’t really fix what ails the agency but say they want to help people who can’t get an appointment before their license expires.
“The point of it is to simply relieve the North Carolina public from the concerns they have about being unable to renew their driver’s license,” said Rep. Jay Adams, a Republican from Catawba County and one of the bill’s primary sponsors…