Bill Text: NJ S1681 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Permits chief administrator of MVC to waive CDL skills test for certain applicants with military experience operating commercial motor vehicles.*
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-07 - Substituted by A2555 (1R) [S1681 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S1681-Introduced.html
Sponsored by:
Senator JAMES BEACH
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Permits transfer of certain military commercial drivers licenses to commercial driver license.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the transfer of certain military commercial driver licenses to a commercial driver license and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 39 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
"Commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used or designed to transport passengers or property that has a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds or displays a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds or a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds.
"Military commercial driver license" means an authorization from any branch of the active duty or the reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state authorizing a person to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
b. An applicant for a commercial driver license to operate a commercial motor vehicle, as defined by subsection a. of this section, who holds a military commercial driver license shall submit to the chief administrator, in addition to the application and the applicant's military commercial driver license:
(1) documentation that the chief administrator deems necessary to determine that the requirements to obtain the military commercial driver license are at least as stringent as the requirements to obtain a commercial driver license pursuant to R.S.39:3-10.12; and
(2) documentation that the chief administrator deems necessary to determine the equivalent class of commercial motor vehicle, as defined in subsection a. of this section, that the applicant's military commercial driver license authorizes the applicant to operate.
c. The commission shall treat an application for a commercial driver license, authorizing the operation of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined by subsection a. of this section, that is submitted with a military commercial driver license and other related documentation the same as an application submitted by a person holding a commercial driver license from another jurisdiction pursuant to R.S.39:3-10.17.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the sixth month following enactment, but the Chief Administrator of the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission may take such anticipatory acts in advance of that date as may be necessary for the timely implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill would allow the transfer of certain military commercial driver licenses to a commercial driver license. The bill would apply to military driver licenses that allow a person to operate vehicles that the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission determines are equivalent to a commercial motor vehicle that has a gross weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds or displays a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds or a vehicle that has a gross combination weight of 26,001 or more pounds inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds. This bill would not apply to applicants for a commercial driver license to operate school buses or vehicles used to transport hazardous material.
An applicant for a commercial driver license who holds a military driver license would be required to submit an application and the military commercial driver license to the chief administrator. In addition, the applicant would be required to submit documentation that the chief administrator deems necessary to determine that the requirements to obtain the military commercial driver license are at least as stringent as the requirements to obtain a commercial driver license in this State and documentation that the chief administrator deems necessary to determine the equivalent class of commercial motor vehicle in this State that the applicant's military commercial driver license authorizes the applicant to operate.
The application would be treated the same as an application submitted by a person holding a commercial driver license from another jurisdiction.
