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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PERRY, BARRAR, BOYD, CREIGHTON, EVERETT, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, GEIST, GOODMAN, GROVE, HARRIS, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KORTZ, MARSICO, MICCARELLI, MOUL, O'NEILL, RAPP, READSHAW, ROAE, ROCK, ROHRER, SAYLOR, SOLOBAY AND SWANGER, JANUARY 27, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JANUARY 27, 2009 |
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| AN ACT |
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1 | Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated |
2 | Statutes, further providing for commercial driver's license |
3 | qualification standards. |
4 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
5 | hereby enacts as follows: |
6 | Section 1. Section 1607(a)(6) of Title 75 of the |
7 | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read: |
8 | § 1607. Commercial driver's license qualification standards. |
9 | (a) Testing.-- |
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11 | (6) The department shall provide applicants for |
12 | commercial driver's licenses with the choice of selecting a |
13 | knowledge test administered in either a written or an oral |
14 | format: |
15 | (i) The department shall administer the knowledge |
16 | tests only in [both] the English [and Spanish language] |
17 | language. |
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1 | (ii) An applicant requesting the oral [or Spanish] |
2 | version of the knowledge test must schedule for the |
3 | examination at a testing site authorized by the |
4 | department. |
5 | (iii) The department shall offer alternate testing |
6 | formats to avoid discrimination against drivers with |
7 | limited literacy or verbal comprehension skills. |
8 | (iv) The alternative of an oral version of the |
9 | knowledge test shall not be available to persons seeking |
10 | a hazardous materials endorsement on a commercial |
11 | driver's license. |
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13 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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