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hb2802 enr
AN ACT to amend and reenact §8-11-5 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended; to amend and reenact §17E-1-2, §17E-1-3; §17E-1-5, §17E-1-6, §17E-1-7, §17E-1-8, §17E-1-9, §17E-1-10, §17E-1-11, §17E-1-12, §17E-1-13, §17E-1-14, §17E-1-15, §17E-1-16, §17E-1-17, §17E-1-23 and §17E-1-24 of said code, all relating to updating provisions pertaining to commercial driver's licenses to conform with federal law.
(a) The purpose of this article is to implement 49 U.S.C et seq., The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999, 49 U.S.C. §5103a, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept or Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 and to reduce or prevent commercial motor vehicle accidents, fatalities and injuries by:
) (2) Disqualifying commercial drivers who have committed certain serious traffic offenses;
(B) Beer, ale, port or stout and other similar fermented beverages (including sake or similar products) of any name or description containing one half of one percent or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or from any substitute for malt;
(C) Distilled spirits or that substance known as ethyl alcohol, ethanol or spirits of wine in any form (including all dilutions and mixtures thereof from whatever source or by whatever process produced); or
(A) If the vehicle has a gross combination vehicle weight rating of 26,001 pounds or more inclusive of a towed unit(s) with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds;
(D) If the vehicle is of any size transporting hazardous materials as defined in this section.
(9) "Controlled substance" means any substance classified under the provisions of chapter sixty-a of this code (Uniform Controlled Substances Act) and includes all substances listed on Schedules I through V, inclusive, article two of said chapter sixty-a, as they are 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. (10) "Conviction" means an unvacated adjudication of guilt; a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or by an authorized administrative tribunal or proceeding; an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the persons appearance in court; a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court or the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail regardless of whether or not the penalty is rebated, suspended, or probated.(11) "Division" means the Division of Motor Vehicles.
(12)"Disqualification" means any of the following three actions:
(16) "Employee" means any operator of a commercial motor vehicle, including full time, regularly employed drivers; casual, intermittent, or occasional drivers; leased drivers and independent, owner-operator contractors (while in the course of operating a commercial motor vehicle) who are either directly employed by or under lease to drive a commercial motor vehicle for an employer. (17) "Employer" means any person, including the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle.
(25) "Hazardous materials" means any material that has been designated as hazardous under 49 U.S.C. §5103 and is required to be placarded under subpart F of 49 C.F.R. Part §172 or any quantity of a material listed in 42 C.F.R. Part §73.(26) "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.(27) "Motor vehicle" means every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires but not operated upon rails.
(29) "Out-of-service order" means a temporary prohibition against driving a commercial motor vehicle as a result of a determination by a law-enforcement officer, an authorized enforcement officer of a federal, state, Canadian, Mexican, county or local jurisdiction including any special agent of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pursuant to 49 C.F.R. §§386.72, 392.5, 395.13, 396.9 or compatible laws or the North American uniform out-of-service criteria that an imminent hazard exists.
(B) The operation of a commercial motor vehicle by a driver after the vehicle was placed out of service and before the required repairs are made.
(31)"Serious traffic violation" means conviction for any of the following offenses when operating a commercial motor vehicle: (A) Excessive speeding involving any single offense for any speed of fifteen miles per hour or more above the posted limits;
(B) Reckless driving as defined in section three, article five, chapter seventeen-c of this code, careless, or negligent driving, including, but not limited to, the offenses of driving a commercial motor vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property;
(H) A violation of state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, arising in connection with a fatal traffic accident.
(J ) Any other serious violations determined by the United States Secretary of Transportation.
(2) Any driver of a commercial motor vehicle holding a driver's license issued by this state, who is convicted of violating any state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control in this state or any other state or federal, provincial, territorial or municipal laws of Canada, other than parking violations, must notify his or her employer in writing and in accordance with 49 C. F. R. §383.31 (2004) of the conviction within thirty days of the date of conviction.
(2) In which the driver has more than one driver's license at one time.
(4) In violation of federal, state or local law or regulation pertaining to railroad highway grade crossings; or
(b) Military personnel, including the National Guard and Reserve, are exempt from the provisions of this article, only:
(a) No person may be issued a commercial driver's license unless that person is a resident of this state and has passed a knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle which complies with minimum federal standards established by federal regulations enumerated in 49 C.F.R. part §383, sub-parts G and H, (2004) and has satisfied all other requirements of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999 in addition to other requirements imposed by state law or federal regulations.
(b) Third party testing. The Commissioner may authorize a person, including an agency of this or another state, an employer, private individual or institution, department, agency or instrumentality of local government, to administer the skills test specified by this section: Provided, That:
(2) The party has entered into an agreement with the state which complies with the requirements of 49 C.F.R., part §383.75.
(c) Indemnification of driver examiners. No person who has been officially trained and certified by the state as a driver examiner, who administers a driving test, and no other person, firm or corporation by whom or with which that person is employed or is in any way associated, may be criminally liable for the administration of the tests, or civilly liable in damages to the person tested or other persons or property unless for gross negligence or willful or wanton injury.
(d) The Commissioner may waive the skills test specified in this section for a commercial driver license applicant who meets the requirements of 49 C.F.R. part §383.77 and those requirements specified by the Commissioner.
(e) A commercial driver's license or commercial driver's instruction permit may not be issued to a person while the person is subject to a disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or while the person's driver's license is suspended, revoked or canceled in any state; nor may a commercial driver's license be issued by any other state unless the person first surrenders all such licenses to the division.
(1) A commercial driver's instruction permit may be issued to an individual who holds a valid Class E or Class D driver's license who has passed the vision and written tests required for issuance of a commercial driver's license.
(2) The commercial instruction permit may not be issued for a period to exceed six months. Only one renewal or reissuance may be granted within a two-year period. The holder of a commercial driver's instruction permit may drive a commercial motor vehicle on a highway only when accompanied by the holder of a commercial driver's license valid for the type of vehicle driven who is twenty-one years of age or older and who occupies a seat beside the individual for the purpose of giving instruction or testing.
(3) A commercial driver's instruction permit may only be issued to a person who is at least eighteen years of age and has held an graduated Class E, Class E or Class D license for at least two years.
(b) When a licensee changes his or her name, mailing address or residence, the licensee shall submit an application for a duplicate license and obtain a duplicate driver's license displaying the updated information.
The commercial driver's license shall be marked "commercial driver's license" or "CDL" and shall be, to the maximum extent practicable, tamper proof. It must include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(3) Class C Small Vehicle - Any single vehicle or combination vehicle that does not fall under either Class A or Class B but are: (A) Vehicles designed to transport sixteen or more passengers, including the driver; and
(B) Vehicles used in the transportation of hazardous materials which requires the vehicle to be placarded under 49 C.F.R., Part §172, subpart F (2004).
(b) Endorsements and restrictions. -- The commissioner upon issuing a commercial driver's license may impose endorsements and or restrictions determined by the commissioner to be appropriate to assure the safe operation of a motor vehicle and to comply with 49 U.S.C., et seq., and 49 C.F.R. §383.93 (2004) including, but not limited to:
(4) Vehicles used for the transportation of hazardous materials as defined in section three of this article which shall require the completion of a knowledge test and a background security risk check in accordance with 49 C.F.R. 1572.5 (2004);or
(c) Applicant record check. -- Before issuing a commercial driver's license, the Commissioner shall obtain driving record information through the commercial driver's license information system, the national driver register and from each state in which the person has been licensed.
(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 and 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.
(g) If the applicant wishes to obtain or retain a hazardous materials endorsement, the applicant shall comply with a background check in accordance with 49 U.S.C., § 5103a and 49 C.F.R. Part §1572 (2004) and subject to the following:
(5) The applicant has not committed a disqualifying criminal offense as described in 49 C.F.R. §1572.103 (2004);
(b) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle for the following offenses and time periods if convicted of: (1) Driving a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance;
(5) Using a motor vehicle in the Commission of any felony as defined in section three, article one of this chapter: Provided, That the Commission of any felony involving the manufacture, distribution or dispensing of a controlled substance, or possession with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance falls under the provisions of subdivision(8)of this subsection;
(8) Using a motor vehicle in the commission of any felony involving the manufacture, distribution or dispensing of a controlled substance, or possession with intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense a controlled substance, a driver shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for life and shall not be eligible for reinstatement.
(c) Any person is disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle if convicted of;(1) Speeding excessively involving any speed of fifteen miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit;
(D) For a third or subsequent conviction of any combination of offenses in this subsection in a separate incident within a three-year period while operating a noncommercial motor vehicle, if the conviction results in the suspension, revocation or cancellation of the commercial driver's license holder's privilege to operate any motor vehicle, a commercial driver's license holder shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of one hundred twenty days.(2) Reckless driving as defined in section three, article five, chapter seventeen-c of this code, careless, or negligent driving including, but not limited to, the offenses of driving a motor vehicle in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property;
(D) For a third or subsequent conviction of any combination of offenses in this subsection in a separate incident within a three-year period while operating a noncommercial motor vehicle, if the conviction results in the suspension, revocation or cancellation of the commercial driver's license holder's privilege to operate any motor vehicle, a commercial driver's license holder shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for a period of one hundred twenty days.(3) Making improper or erratic traffic lane changes;
(d) Any person convicted of operating a commercial motor vehicle in violation of any federal, state or local law or ordinance pertaining to any of the railroad crossing violations described in subdivisions (1) through (6) of this subsection shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for the period of time specified;
(B) For a second conviction in a separate incident within a ten-year period for violating an out of service order while operating a commercial motor vehicle, a driver shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for one year.
(C) For a third or subsequent conviction in a separate incident within a ten-year period for violating an out-of-service order while operating a commercial motor vehicle, a driver shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for three years.
(B) For a second conviction in a separate incident within a ten-year period for violating an out-of-service order while operating a commercial motor vehicle, a driver shall be disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle for three years.
(c) In addition to any other penalties provided by this code, a person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle having any measurable alcohol in such person's system or who refuses to take a preliminary breath test to determine such person's blood alcohol content as provided by section fifteen of this article, shall be placed out of service for twenty-four hours by the arresting law-enforcement officer.
(a) The commissioner shall notify the licensing authority of the state where the driver is licensed within thirty days of the date of conviction of any holder of a commercial driver license or any person operating a commercial motor vehicle for any violation of state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, committed in a commercial motor vehicle. (b) The commissioner shall notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state where the driver is licensed within ten days of the date of disqualification of any holder of a commercial driver license or any person operating a commercial motor vehicle.(c) Beginning on the thirtieth day of September, two thousand eight, the commissioner shall notify the driver licensing authority in the licensing state where the driver is licensed within ten days of the date of conviction of any holder of a commercial driver's license or any person operating a commercial motor vehicle for any violation of state law or local ordinance relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking violations, committed in a commercial motor vehicle.
(d) To the driver.
(a) Each application for a commercial driver's license shall be accompanied by the fees provided in this section and the fees shall be deposited in a special revolving fund for the operation by the division of its functions established by this chapter.