RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 686 (HB 303) 2018 Regular Session Gisclair
Prior law allowed an applicant regularly employed within the last 90 days in a military
position requiring operation of a commercial motor vehicle to waive the skills test required
to obtain a commercial driver's license.
New law authorizes a person regularly employed within the last 12 months in a military
position requiring operation of a commercial motor vehicle to waive the skills test required
to obtain a commercial driver's license.
New law specifies that only a Class "E" driver's license is required for an employee of the
Dept. of Transportation and Development who is operating a bus, in the course and scope
of his employment, during a gubernatorially declared state of emergency or disaster.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 32:408(A)(5)(b)(i); Adds R.S. 32:402(C)(6))