HB2158

Report Title:

Commercial Driver Licensing; Exemptions

 

Description:

Exempts law enforcement officers driving rescue vehicles from commercial driver licensing provisions.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2158
TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002
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 rescue vehicles, provided that they are trained by the federal, state, or county government."

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 Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.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.

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