Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:1420 Primary Sponsor:Mitchell Committee Number:15 Type of Legislation:CR Subject:Commercial drivers license, enforcement provisions Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Transportation Computer Document Number:CYY/18994.SD Introduced Date:Mar 24, 1992 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Mar 24, 1992 Last History Type:Introduced, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide All Sponsors:Mitchell Type of Legislation:Concurrent Resolution
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1420 Senate Mar 24, 1992 Introduced, referred to 15
Committee
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TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA HIGHWAY PATROL NOT TO ENFORCE FOR A PERIOD OF NINETY DAYS THE PROVISIONS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSE ACT WHICH REQUIRE A PERSON DRIVING A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE AFTER APRIL 2, 1992, TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE STIPULATED BY THAT ACT.
Whereas, the South Carolina Commercial Driver License Act in Section 56-1-2070 of the 1976 Code provides in part that: "no person may drive a commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this State after April 2, 1992, unless the person has been issued, and is in immediate possession of, a valid commercial driver license and applicable endorsements valid for the vehicle which the person is driving"; and
Whereas, in order for a person to be issued a commercial driver's license by the Department of Highways and Public Transportation under this act he must first pass a knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial motor vehicle; and
Whereas, at the present time a large number of applicants for a commercial driver's license have not been able to comply with these testing requirements due in part to a shortage of testing facilities and personnel; and
Whereas, the members of the General Assembly, by this resolution, express their belief that an additional period of ninety days beyond the April 2, 1992, deadline is needed so that all applicants will have a fair opportunity to secure the required commercial driver's license. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly hereby direct the Department of Highways and Public Transportation and the South Carolina Highway Patrol not to enforce for a period of ninety days the provisions of the South Carolina Commercial Driver License Act which require a person driving a commercial motor vehicle after April 2, 1992, to have a commercial driver's license stipulated by that act.
Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the South Carolina Department of Highways and Public Transportation and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.