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ACT No. 440
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 685
BY REPRESENTATIVE WHITE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 32:408(B)(2)(a)(ii) and to enact R.S. 32:408(B)(8), relative to
3 test results submitted to the office of motor vehicles; to provide for the electronic
4 submission of the driving skills test to the office of motor vehicles; to remove a
5 requirement identifying the vehicle used in the driving skills test; and to provide for
6 related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 32:408(B)(2)(a)(ii) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
9 32:408(B)(8) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 ยง408. Examination of applicants required; classes of licenses
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12 B.
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14 (2) A commercial driver's license shall be required when a vehicle is used
15 in commerce as defined in this Chapter, and is a commercial motor vehicle as
16 defined in this Chapter. A farmer shall not need a commercial driver's license when
17 operating a motor vehicle as provided for in Subparagraph (e) of this Paragraph. The
18 department may elect to or, if required by the Federal Highway Administration, shall
19 change the weight and passenger limits expressed herein to conform to regulations
20 by the Federal Highway Administration. The department shall do so by regulations
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1 promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act subject to
2 oversight by the Joint Legislative Committee on Transportation, Highways and
3 Public Works. A commercial learner's permit issued to an individual of this state or
4 another jurisdiction, in accordance with rules and regulations of the Federal Motor
5 Carrier Safety Administration, when carried with a valid driver's license issued by
6 the same state or jurisdiction, authorizes the permittee to operate a class of
7 commercial motor vehicle when accompanied by a holder of a valid commercial
8 driver's license for purposes of behind-the-wheel training. When issued to the holder
9 of a commercial driver's license, a commercial learner's permit serves as
10 authorization to take part in behind-the-wheel training in a commercial motor vehicle
11 for which the driver is not licensed to drive. The different classes of drivers' licenses
12 to be issued shall be as follows:
13 (a)
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15 (ii) Restriction. An individual who takes a skills test for a Class "A"
16 Commercial Driver's License in a motor vehicle other than a tractor-trailer
17 combination, sometimes referred to as an "eighteen wheeler", shall be issued a
18 license with a restriction prohibiting the operation of a tractor-trailer combination.
19 This restriction shall be lifted only if the individual successfully completes a skills
20 test in a tractor-trailer combination. In all cases, the party completing the skills test
21 certificate shall fully describe on the face of the certificate the vehicle in which the
22 skills test was administered. For purposes of this Item, a power unit with a gross
23 vehicle weight rating of less than twenty-six thousand one pounds shall not qualify
24 as the tractor portion of a tractor-trailer combination. An individual who takes a
25 skills test for a Class "A" commercial driver's license in a motor vehicle with the
26 power unit and towed unit connected with a pintel hook or other non-fifth wheel
27 connection, shall be issued a license with a restriction prohibiting the operation of
28 a tractor-trailer combination connected by a fifth wheel that requires a Class "A"
29 commercial driver's license.
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1 (8) Results of skills tests of applicants for Class "A", "B", or "C" driver's
2 licenses shall be submitted to the department electronically. The department may
3 promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement
4 the requirement set forth in this Paragraph.
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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