Source: http://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb328%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=328
Timestamp: 2018-03-22 08:13:56
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AN ACT to amend and reenact §17E-1-3, §17E-1-6, §17E-1-9, §17E-1-10, §17E-1-11, §17E-1-12, §17E-1-13, §17E-1-17 and §17E-1-20 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated §17E-1-14a, all relating to the issuance, disqualification, suspension and revocation of driver’s licenses and privilege to operate a commercial motor vehicle; adding definitions; creating the offense of operating a commercial motor vehicle while texting; providing penalties and exceptions; establishing disqualification penalties for 2nd, 3rd or subsequent offenses; providing civil penalties for motor carriers who require or allow a driver to operate a commercial motor vehicle while texting; providing that a driver is disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle upon conviction for operating a commercial motor vehicle when texting; clarifying that out-of-service orders may pertain to a driver, commercial motor vehicle or a motor carrier operation; providing that the licensed driver accompanying a driver holding an instruction permit must be alert and unimpaired; adding additional certifications to the application and the face of a commercial driver’s license; providing for additional requirements related to maintenance and verification of medical certification status; including the United Mexican States as an entity that the commissioner is required to provide driving record information; and prohibiting the division from issuing or renewing a commercial driver’s license to a person who does not possess a valid medical certification status.
(9) "Controlled substance" means any substance classified under the provisions of chapter sixty-a of this code, the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, and includes all substances listed on Schedules I through V, inclusive, of article two of said chapter, as revised. The term “controlled substance” also has the meaning such term has under 21 U.S.C. §802.6 and includes all substances listed on Schedules I through V of 21 C.F.R. §1308 as they may be amended by the United States Department of Justice.
(19) “Endorsement” means an authorization to a person to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles.
(23)“Felony” means an offense under state or federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year.
(27) “Imminent hazard” means existence of a condition that presents a substantial likelihood that death, serious illness, severe personal injury or a substantial endangerment to health, property or the environment may occur before the reasonably foreseeable completion date of a formal proceeding begun to lessen the risk of that death, illness, injury or endangerment.
(28) “Issuance of a license” means the completion of a transaction signifying that the applicant has met all the requirements to qualify for, including, but not limited to: The initial issuance of a driver’s license, the renewal of a driver’s license, the issuance of a duplicate license as a replacement to a lost or stolen driver’s license, the transfer of any level of driving privileges including the privilege of operating a commercial motor vehicle from another state or jurisdiction, the changing of driver’s license class, restrictions or endorsements or the change of any other information pertaining to an applicant either appearing on the face of a driver’s license or within the driver record of the licensee maintained by the division.
(30) “Noncommercial motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles not defined by the term “commercial motor vehicle”.
)(32) “Violation of an out-of-service order" means:
(33) “School bus” means a commercial motor vehicle used to transport preprimary, primary or secondary school students from home-to-school, from school-to-home or to and from school sponsored events. School bus does not include a bus used as a common carrier.
(G) Driving a commercial motor vehicle without the proper class of commercial driver’s license or endorsements for the specific vehicle group being operated or for the passengers or type of cargo being transported;
(36)“State of domicile” means the state where a person has his or her true, fixed and permanent home and principle residence and to which he or she has the intention of returning whenever absent in accordance with chapter seventeen-a, article three, section one-a.
(37) “Suspension, revocation or cancellation” of a driver’s license or a commercial driver’s license means the privilege to operate any type of motor vehicle on the roads and highways of this state is withdrawn.
(38) “Tank vehicle" means any commercial motor vehicle that is designed to transport any liquid or gaseous materials within a tank that is either permanently or temporarily attached to the vehicle or the chassis. These vehicles include, but are not limited to, cargo tanks and portable tanks as defined in 49 C. F. R. Part 171 (1998). This definition does not include portable tanks having a rated capacity under one thousand gallons.
(40) “Transportation Security Administration” means the United States Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration.
(41) “United States” means the fifty states and the District of Columbia.
(43)“Vehicle Group” means a class or type of vehicle with certain operating characteristics.
(1) Every commercial driver's license issued to persons who have attained their twenty-first birthday expires on the applicant's birthday in those years in which the applicant's age is evenly divisible by five. Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, no commercial driver's license may be issued for less than three years nor more than seven years. The commercial driver's license shall be renewed by the applicant's birthday and is valid for a period of five years, expiring on the applicant's birthday and in a year in which the applicant's age is evenly divisible by five. No commercial driver’s license with a hazardous materials endorsement may be issued for more than five years.
(g) In accordance with the provisions of 49 U.S.C. §313119(a)(19)(2004), and 49 C.F.R §384.226 (2004), notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-five, article eleven, chapter sixty-one of this code, no record of conviction, revocation, suspension or disqualification related to any type of motor vehicle traffic control offense, other than a parking violation, of a commercial driver’s license holder or a person operating a commercial motor vehicle may be masked, expunged, deferred or be subject to any diversion program.