PRINTER'S NO. 3298
No. 2279 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY SCHRODER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, CONKLIN, GEORGE,
GINGRICH, GRELL, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HORNAMAN,
M. KELLER, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, MENSCH, MOUL, MUSTIO, MYERS,
PETRI, PETRONE, PICKETT, PYLE, READSHAW, ROHRER, SIPTROTH,
YOUNGBLOOD, RAPP AND THOMAS, MARCH 5, 2008
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 5, 2008
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.
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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
17 holding a valid Class 2, 3 or 4 license.
1 (2) Who, subject to the limitations and requirements of
2 49 CFR 383.77 (relating to substitute for driving skills
3 tests), meets all certifications required for waiver under 49
4 CFR 383.77 and who certifies all of the following:
5 (i) That the applicant is a member of the active or
6 reserve components of any branch or unit of the armed
7 forces of the United States or a veteran who received an
8 honorable discharge from any branch or unit of the active
9 or reserve components of the armed forces of the United
10 States or is or was employed by a United States
11 Department of State or Department of Defense contractor
12 supplementing military efforts in a foreign jurisdiction.
13 (ii) That the applicant is or was regularly employed
14 in a position in the armed forces of the United States or
15 in a position with a United States Department of State or
16 Department of Defense contractor supplementing military
17 efforts in a foreign jurisdiction requiring the operation
18 of a commercial motor vehicle.
19 (iii) That the applicant has legally operated, for
20 at least two years immediately preceding application for
21 a commercial driver's license, a vehicle representative
22 of the commercial motor vehicle the driver applicant
23 operates or expects to operate, under the exemption from
24 this Commonwealth's commercial driver's license
25 requirement provided by section 1606(b)(2) (relating to
26 requirement for commercial driver's license) or the
27 equivalent exemption of another state, while on active
28 duty in a foreign jurisdiction or while employed by a
29 United States Department of State or Department of
30 Defense contractor supplementing military efforts in a
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1 foreign jurisdiction.
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3 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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