Senate Bill No. 124

Senate Bill No. 124-Committee on Transportation

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AN ACT relating to commercial drivers' licenses; authorizing the waiver of a certain examination for an applicant for a driver's license who is seeking to transfer a commercial driver's license issued by another jurisdiction; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

[Approved April 22, 1997]

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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Section 1. NRS 483.015 is hereby amended to read as follows:
483.015 [The] Except as otherwise provided in NRS 483.330, the provisions of NRS 483.010 to 483.630, inclusive, apply only with respect to noncommercial drivers' licenses.
Sec. 2. NRS 483.330 is hereby amended to read as follows:
483.330 1. The department may require every applicant for a driver's license , including a commercial driver's license issued pursuant to NRS 483.900 to 483.940, inclusive, to submit to an examination. The examination may include:
(a) A test of the applicant's ability to understand official devices used to control traffic;
(b) A test of his knowledge of practices for safe driving and the traffic laws of this state;
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a test of his eyesight; and
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, an actual demonstration of his ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle of the type or class of vehicle for which he is to be licensed.
The examination may also include such further physical and mental examination as the department finds necessary to determine the applicant's fitness to drive a motor vehicle safely upon the highways.
2. The department may provide by regulation for the acceptance of a report from an ophthalmologist, optician or optometrist in lieu of an eye test by a driver's license examiner.
3. If the department establishes a type or classification of driver's license to operate a motor vehicle of a type which is not normally available to examine an applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control of such a vehicle, the department may, by regulation, provide for the acceptance of an affidavit from a:
(a) Past, present or prospective employer of the applicant; or
(b) Local joint apprenticeship committee which had jurisdiction over the training or testing, or both, of the applicant,
in lieu of an actual demonstration.
4. The department may waive an examination pursuant to subsection 1 for a person applying for a Nevada driver's license who possesses a valid driver's license of the same type or class issued by another jurisdiction unless that person:
(a) Has not attained 25 years of age;
(b) Has had his license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle suspended, revoked or canceled or has been otherwise disqualified from driving during the immediately preceding 4 years;
(c) [Is seeking to transfer a commercial driver's license;
(d)] Has been convicted of the offense of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor, a controlled substance [or] , a chemical poison or an organic solvent during the immediately preceding 7 years, or the violation of a law which prohibits the same or similar conduct;
[(e)] (d) Has restrictions to his driver's license which the department must reevaluate to ensure the safe driving of a motor vehicle by that person;
[(f)] (e) Has had three or more convictions of moving traffic violations on his driving record during the immediately preceding 4 years; or
[(g)] (f) Has been convicted of any of the offenses related to the use or operation of a motor vehicle which must be reported pursuant to the provisions of Parts 1325 and 1327 of Title 23 of the Code of Federal Regulations relating to the National Driver Register Problem Driver Pointer System during the immediately preceding 4 years.
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