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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY PERRY, BOYD, CREIGHTON, FLECK, GEIST, GRELL, HARHAI, HESS, HUTCHINSON, KORTZ, O'NEILL, READSHAW, SCHRODER AND SWANGER, MARCH 23, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, MARCH 23, 2011 |
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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 languages] |
17 | language. |
18 | (ii) An applicant requesting the oral [or Spanish] |
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1 | version of the knowledge test must schedule for the |
2 | examination at a testing site authorized by the |
3 | department. |
4 | (iii) The department shall offer alternate testing |
5 | formats to avoid discrimination against drivers with |
6 | limited literacy or verbal comprehension skills. |
7 | (iv) The alternative of an oral version of the |
8 | knowledge test shall not be available to persons seeking |
9 | a hazardous materials endorsement on a commercial |
10 | driver's license. |
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12 | Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days. |
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