Bill Text: NC H322 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: CDL Requirements/Military Experience
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 14-7)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-26 - Ch. SL 2013-201 [H322 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H322-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
H 2
HOUSE BILL 322
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/8/13
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Short Title: CDL Requirements/Military Experience. |
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March 18, 2013
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to allow the division of motor vehicles to waive the commercial skills test for retired or discharged members of the armed forces who also satisfy other requirements.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 20‑37.13(c1) reads as rewritten:
"(c1) The Division may waive the skills test for applicantsany
qualified military applicant at the time they applythe applicant
applies for a commercial drivers license if the applicant is currently licensed
at the time of application and meets all of the following:
(1) The applicant has passed all required written knowledge exams.
(2) The applicant has not, and certifies that the applicant has not, at any time during the two years immediately preceding the date of application done any of the following:
a. Had any drivers license or driving privilege
suspended, revoked, or cancelled;cancelled.
b. Had any convictions involving any kind of motor
vehicle for the offenses listed in G.S. 20‑17 or had any convictions
for the offenses listed in G.S. 20‑17.4;G.S. 20‑17.4.
c. Been convicted of a violation of military, StateState,
or local laws relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking
violation, which violation arose in connection with any reportable traffic accident;
oraccident.
d. Refused to take a chemical test when charged with an implied consent offense, as defined in G.S. 20‑16.2.
e. Had more than one drivers license, except for a drivers license issued by the military.
(3) The applicant certifies, and provides satisfactory
evidence on the date of application, that the applicant is a retired, discharged,
or current member of an active or reserve component of the Armed Forces of
the United States and is regularly employed or was regularly employed within
the 90‑day period immediately preceding the date of application in a jobmilitary
position requiring the operation of a commercial motor vehicle, and the
applicant either:meets either of the following requirements:
a. Has previously taken and successfully completed
a skills test that was administered by a state with a classified licensing and
testing system and the test was behind the wheel in a vehicle representative of
the class and, if applicable, the type of commercial motor vehicle for which
the applicant seeks to be licensed; or
b. Has operated for the two‑year period immediately preceding the date of application a vehicle representative of the class and, if applicable, the type of commercial motor vehicle for which the applicant seeks to be licensed, and has taken and successfully completed a skills test administered by the military.
c. For an applicant who is a retired or discharged member of an active or reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States, the applicant (i) has operated for the two‑year period immediately preceding the date of retirement or discharge a vehicle representative of the class and, if applicable, the type of commercial motor vehicle for which the applicant seeks to be licensed, and has taken and successfully completed a skills test administered by the military, (ii) has retired or received either an honorable or general discharge, and (iii) has retired or been discharged from the Armed Forces for no more than 90 days prior to the date of application."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
