Bill Text: NC H322 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
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-Chaptered.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
SESSION LAW 2013-201
HOUSE BILL 322
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 within the 90‑day period immediately preceding the date of application."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 18th day of June, 2013.
s/ Tom Apodaca
Presiding Officer of the Senate
s/ Thom Tillis
Speaker of the House of Representatives
s/ Pat McCrory
Governor
Approved 4:35 p.m. this 26th day of June, 2013
