REPORT TITLE:
Commercial Driver License


DESCRIPTION:
Authorizes the State to license a driver with a valid commercial
license from another state or Canadian province, without
requiring the driver to pass a knowledge or skills test.  (HD1)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           S.D. 1
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                H.D. 2        
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 286-236, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended to read as follows:
 
 3      "§286-236  Commercial driver's license qualification
 
 4 standards.(a)  No person shall be issued a commercial driver's
 
 5 license unless that person meets the qualification standards of
 
 6 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 391, Subparts B and E, has
 
 7 passed a knowledge and driving skills test for driving a
 
 8 commercial motor vehicle which complies with minimum federal
 
 9 standards established by federal regulation enumerated in 49 Code
 
10 of Federal Regulations, Part 383, Subparts G and H, and has
 
11 satisfied all other requirements of the Commercial Motor Vehicle
 
12 Safety Act (CMVSA) of 1986 (Title XII, Public Law 99-570) in
 
13 addition to other requirements imposed by state law or federal
 
14 regulation.  The tests shall be prescribed by the director and
 
15 administered by the respective county [examiner] examiners of
 
16 drivers.  A person who is not physically qualified to drive under
 
17 49 Code of Federal Regulations §391.41(b)(1) or (2) and who is
 
18 otherwise qualified to drive a motor vehicle may be granted an
 
19 intrastate waiver by the director.  The process for granting
 
20 intrastate waivers shall be the same as that for interstate
 

 
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 1 waivers in 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 391.49, except
 
 2 that the intrastate waiver requests shall be submitted to the
 
 3 director.
 
 4      (b)  Pursuant to chapter 91, the director may authorize a
 
 5 third party examiner to administer the driving skills test
 
 6 specified in this section, provided:
 
 7      (1)  The test is the same as that administered by the
 
 8           respective county examiners of drivers; and
 
 9      (2)  The third party examiner has entered into an agreement
 
10           with the State which complies with requirements of 49
 
11           Code of Federal Regulation, §383.75.
 
12      (c)  The examiner of drivers may waive the driving skills
 
13 test specified in this section for a commercial driver's license
 
14 applicant who meets the requirements of 49 Code of Federal
 
15 Regulations, §383.77.
 
16      (d)  A commercial driver's license or commercial driver's
 
17 instruction permit shall not be issued to a person while the
 
18 person is subject to a disqualification from driving a commercial
 
19 motor vehicle, or while the person's driver's license is
 
20 suspended, revoked, or canceled in any state; or while the person
 
21 holds a driver's license issued by any other state unless the
 
22 person first surrenders that license.
 
23      (e)  A commercial driver's instruction permit may be issued
 

 
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 1 to an individual who holds a valid driver's license, meets the
 
 2 qualification standards of 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part
 
 3 391, Subparts B and E, and has passed the written tests required
 
 4 for the desired class of a commercial driver's license.
 
 5      (f)  The commercial driver's instruction permit shall not be
 
 6 valid for a period in excess of six months.  When driving a
 
 7 commercial motor vehicle, the holder of a commercial driver's
 
 8 instruction permit shall be accompanied by a person licensed to
 
 9 operate that category of commercial motor vehicle.  The licensed
 
10 person shall occupy the seat beside the individual for the
 
11 purpose of giving instruction in driving the commercial motor
 
12 vehicle.
 
13      (g)  The examiner of drivers may waive the knowledge and
 
14 skills tests specified in this section for any person who is at
 
15 least twenty-one years of age and who possesses a valid
 
16 commercial driver's license issued by any other state of the
 
17 United States or a province of the Dominion of Canada that issues
 
18 licenses in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the
 
19 issuance of commercial driver's licenses.  If the applicant
 
20 desires to retain a hazardous materials endorsement, the
 
21 knowledge test for a hazardous materials endorsement must be
 
22 taken and passed."
 
23      SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 

 
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 1 New statutory material is underscored.
 
 2      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.