PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 397 PRINTER'S NO. 1263
No. 347 Session of 2007
INTRODUCED BY COSTA, BELFANTI, BIANCUCCI, CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI,
CARROLL, CREIGHTON, ELLIS, FABRIZIO, GERGELY, GOODMAN,
GRUCELA, HUTCHINSON, JAMES, KOTIK, MAHONEY, McILHATTAN,
M. O'BRIEN, PETRONE, RAPP, RAYMOND, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY,
YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK, BARRAR, PICKETT, GEIST, SIPTROTH,
HORNAMAN, MURT, LONGIETTI, HARPER AND KORTZ, FEBRUARY 9, 2007
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, APRIL 17, 2007
AN ACT
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(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
8 § 1607. Commercial driver's license qualification standards.
9 * * *
10 (b) Waiver of test.--The department shall waive the skills
11 test specified in this section for a commercial driver's license
12 applicant [holding]:
13 (1) Holding a valid Class 2, 3 or 4 license who meets
14 the requirements of Federal regulations. If permitted by
15 Federal regulation, the department may waive the written test
16 requirement for a commercial driver's license applicant
1 holding a valid Class 2, 3 or 4 license.
2 (2) Holding a valid driver's license issued by an active <--
3 or reserve component of a branch of the United States Armed
4 Forces.
5 (2) WHO, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF <--
6 49 CFR 383.77 (RELATING TO SUBSTITUTE FOR DRIVING SKILLS
7 TESTS), MEETS ALL CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED FOR WAIVER UNDER 49
8 CFR 383.77 AND WHO CERTIFIES ALL OF THE FOLLOWING:
9 (I) THAT THE APPLICANT IS A MEMBER OF THE ACTIVE OR
10 RESERVE COMPONENTS OF ANY BRANCH OR UNIT OF THE ARMED
11 FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OR A VETERAN WHO RECEIVED AN
12 HONORABLE DISCHARGE FROM ANY BRANCH OR UNIT OF THE ACTIVE
13 OR RESERVE COMPONENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
14 STATES.
15 (II) THAT THE APPLICANT IS OR WAS REGULARLY EMPLOYED
16 IN A POSITION IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES
17 REQUIRING OPERATION OF A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE.
18 (III) THAT THE APPLICANT HAS LEGALLY OPERATED, FOR
19 AT LEAST TWO YEARS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING APPLICATION FOR
20 A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE, A VEHICLE REPRESENTATIVE
21 OF THE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE THE DRIVER APPLICANT
22 OPERATES OR EXPECTS TO OPERATE, EITHER UNDER THE
23 EXEMPTION FROM THIS COMMONWEALTH'S COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S
24 LICENSE REQUIREMENT PROVIDED BY SECTION 1606(B)(2)
25 (RELATING TO REQUIREMENT FOR COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE)
26 OR THE EQUIVALENT EXEMPTION OF ANOTHER STATE OR WHILE ON
27 ACTIVE DUTY IN A FOREIGN JURISDICTION.
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29 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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