Report Title:

Commercial Driver's License; Insulin Users; Waiver

Description:

Authorizes the director of transportation to grant an intrastate waiver for insulin users to obtain a commercial driver's license.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

51

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to commercial driver's licenses.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 286-236, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) No person shall be issued a commercial driver's license unless that person meets the qualification standards of 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 391, Subparts B and E, has passed a knowledge and driving skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle which complies with minimum federal standards established by federal regulation enumerated in 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 383, Subparts G and H, and has satisfied all other requirements of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act (CMVSA) of 1986 (Title XII, Public Law 99-570) in addition to other requirements imposed by state law or federal regulation. The tests shall be prescribed by the director and administered by the respective county examiner of drivers. A person who is not physically qualified to drive under 49 Code of Federal Regulations §391.41(b)(1), [or] (2), or (3) and who is otherwise qualified to drive a motor vehicle may be granted an intrastate waiver by the director. The process for granting intrastate waivers shall be the same as that for interstate waivers in 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 391.49, except that the intrastate waiver requests shall be submitted to the director[.]; provided that the director shall adopt rules under chapter 91 to establish a screening process, including approval by a licensed physician, for granting an intrastate waiver to persons who are not physically qualified under 49 Code of Federal Regulations §391.41(b)(3)."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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