Proposed Committee Substitute - Senate Bill 69, DMV Licensing Req/Outsource Road Tests (North Carolina, 2021)

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A proposed committee substitute, S69-CSBB-3 [v.1], dated 03/09/2021, for Senate Bill 69 of the General Assembly of North Carolina, Session 2021, with the notation Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 2/17/21. The short title is DMV Licensing Req/Outsource Road Tests. The act is titled to revise Division of Motor Vehicles permit and license requirements and to authorize the Division to utilize commercial driver training schools to administer road tests. Section 1 rewrites G.S. 20-11 on the limited provisional license for a person at least 16 years old but less than 18 years old, including a road test administered by the Division or by a commercial driver training school certified by the Division. Section 3 makes the act effective when it becomes law.

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                          GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
                                      SESSION 2021
     S                                                                                                  D
                                      SENATE BILL 69
                      Transportation Committee Substitute Adopted 2/17/21
                    PROPOSED COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE S69-CSBB-3 [v.1]
                                            03/09/2021 09:10:18 AM
     Short Title:   DMV Licensing Req/Outsource Road Tests.                                       (Public)
     Sponsors:
     Referred to:
                                              February 9, 2021

 1                                         A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 2   AN ACT TO REVISE DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES PERMIT AND LICENSE
 3       REQUIREMENTS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION TO UTILIZE COMMERCIAL
 4       DRIVER TRAINING SCHOOLS TO ADMINISTER ROAD TESTS.
 5   The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
 6               SECTION 1. G.S. 20-11 reads as rewritten:
 7   "§ 20-11. Issuance of limited learner's permit and provisional drivers license to person who
 8               is less than 18 years old.
 9       …
10       (d)     Level 2. – A person who is at least 16 years old but less than 18 years old may obtain
11   a limited provisional license if the person meets all of the following requirements:
12               (1)      Has held a limited learner's permit issued by the Division for at least 12 nine
13                        months.
14               (2)      Has not been convicted of a motor vehicle moving violation or seat belt
15                        infraction or a violation of G.S. 20-137.3 during the preceding six months.
16               (3)      Passes a road test administered by the Division.Division or by a commercial
17                        driver training school certified by the Division to administer road tests.
18               (4)      Has a driving eligibility certificate or a high school diploma or its equivalent.
19               (5)      Has completed a driving log, on a form approved by the Division, detailing a
20                        minimum of 60 hours as the operator of a motor vehicle of a class for which
21                        the driver has been issued a limited learner's permit. The log must show at
22                        least 10 hours of the required driving occurred during nighttime hours. No
23                        more than 10 hours of driving per week may be counted toward the 60-hour
24                        requirement. The driving log must be signed by the supervising driver and
25                        submitted to the Division at the time the applicant seeks to obtain a limited
26                        provisional license. If the Division has cause to believe that a driving log has
27                        been falsified, the limited learner's permit holder shall be required to complete
28                        a new driving log with the same requirements and shall not be eligible to
29                        obtain a limited provisional license for six months.
30       …."
31               SECTION 2.(a) In addition to administering road tests at Division of Motor Vehicles
32   offices, the Division may certify commercial driver training schools to administer road tests
33   required by Article 2 of Chapter 20 of the General Statutes pursuant to all of the following:
34               (1)      In order to be certified to administer road tests, a school must be licensed as a
35                        commercial driver training school under Article 14 of Chapter 20 of the



                                         *S69-CSBB-3*
     General Assembly Of North Carolina                                                    Session 2021
 1                        General Statutes. A licensed commercial driver training school is authorized
 2                        to administer road tests required for licensure only as provided under this
 3                        section.
 4               (2)      Each commercial driver training school shall obtain a certification from the
 5                        Division that the road test administered by the school complies with criteria
 6                        and training developed by the Division.
 7               (3)      The Division shall maintain oversight of road tests administered by certified
 8                        commercial driver training schools.
 9               (4)      If an applicant takes a road test required for licensure that is administered by
10                        a certified commercial driver training school, documentation that the applicant
11                        passed the road test must be submitted in a format specified by the Division
12                        prior to issuance of the license.
13               SECTION 2.(b) No later than November 1, 2021, the Division shall report to the
14   Joint Legislative Transportation Oversight Committee on implementation of this section,
15   including the number of commercial driver training schools certified, the change in the number
16   of available road tests and the change in the number of days an applicant must wait to take a road
17   test, and the effect on customer service within the Division. If the Division has not certified any
18   commercial driver training schools as authorized by this section by November 1, 2021, the
19   Division shall report, no later than that date, the reasons for not implementing this section, all
20   other measures undertaken by the Division to reduce wait times and improve customer service
21   with regard to road testing, and the effects of those measures.
22               SECTION 3. Section 1 of this act is effective when it becomes law and applies to
23   applications for licenses submitted on or after that date. The remainder of this act is effective
24   when it becomes law.




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