Report Title:

Commercial Driver Licensing; Exemptions

 

Description:

Exempts law enforcement officers driving authorized emergency vehicles from commercial driver licensing provisions. (HB2158 HD2)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2158

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

H.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING.

 

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

SECTION 1. Section 286-235.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§286-235.5 Persons exempt from license. The following persons shall be exempt from licensure under this part:

(1) Any active duty military personnel while operating a commercial motor vehicle in the service of the United States Department of Defense, provided that the driver has a current valid license or permit from the Department of Defense to drive the commercial motor vehicle; and

(2) Federal, state, and county firefighters, and law enforcement officers who drive federal, state, or county fire trucks[,] or authorized emergency vehicles; provided that they are trained by the federal, state, or county government. For purposes of this section, "authorized emergency vehicle" shall have the same meaning as in section 291C-1."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.