Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 2407 - FAILURE TO PAY TOWING CHARGES - Ervin, Doug

Allows for recovery of reasonable towing and storage fees associated with towing an abandoned vehicle and the suspension of driver's licenses and vehicle registrations for failure to pay towing charges
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 2388 - SAFETY BELTS - Roorda, Jeff

Requires all drivers and passengers in cars or trucks to wear a seat belt, with certain exceptions, and allows law enforcement officers to make traffic stops of certain persons solely for this violation
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - HCS Reported Do Pass (H)

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HB 2366 - DRIVER'S LICENSE FRAUD - Parkinson, Mark A.

Prohibits a person from assisting an alien in committing fraud during a driver's license exam or when applying for a license or engaging in a conspiracy to commit these acts
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 2314 - DRIVER'S LICENSE PHOTOGRAPHS - Hobbs, Steve

Allows certain individuals who have religious objections to having their photograph taken to receive a driver's license or nondriver's license without a photograph
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

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SB 1284 - This act creates an administrative procedure in which a towing company may seek to recoup reasonable towing and storage fees associated with towing an abandoned vehicle from public property. The towing company may submit an affidavit within 30 days, but no more than 45 days of the tow to recoup the towing company's towing and storage fees. In addition to the affidavit, the towing company must submit an application which shall include an itemized accounting of the towing and storage fees. The application shall also be accompanied by a copy of the crime and inquiry inspection report (the DOR 4569 Form) and the applicant shall attest that the towing company has complied with all the statutory procedural requirements. Within five days of receiving the application, the Department of Revenue shall send notice to the registered owner of the abandoned motor vehicle that a claim for reasonable towing and storage charges has been filed with the department. The notice shall further state [...]

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Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)

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HB 2306 - CELL PHONE USEAGE BY TEENAGE DRIVERS - Baker, Judy

Prohibits an individual with a temporary instruction permit or an intermediate driver's license from operating a motor vehicle while using a cell phone except under certain conditions
Latest Action: 03/03/2008 - Second Read and Referred S Transportation Committee

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SB 1265 - This act applies to contract carriers that transport railroad employees under the terms of a contractual agreement with a railroad corporation on a road or highway of this state in a vehicle designed to carry 8 or fewer passengers, including the driver. Under the act, a contract carrier that transports railroad employees shall: (1) Require each driver who transports railroad employees to have a valid chauffeur's license; (2) Provide drug and alcohol screening for each driver who transports railroad employees; (3) Conduct a background investigation of each person who transports railroad employees; (4) Require an application for employment from each prospective driver; (5) Conduct an annual review of the driving record of each driver who transports a railroad employee; and (6) Maintain a personnel file that includes a driving record for each driver who transports railroad employees.A contract carrier shall limit the hours of service by a driver who transports [...]

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Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Hearing Scheduled S Transportation Committee

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SB 1239 - This act requires any applicant for a driver's license or a temporary permit who is 15 to 18 years of age and attends public school to present a certificate from his or her school stating that he or she has complied with the school district's standards for eligibility for a driver's license or temporary permit. A school district's standards must ensure that a student continues to make educational progress. If an applicant does not achieve the school district's standards, his or her driver's license test will be postponed until he or she demonstrates that the standards have been achieved. Any person who is emancipated and does not meet the qualification may request his or her district's school board to grant a waiver from the requirements. School boards will grant a waiver if it determines that possessing a license is in the best interest of the individual. Any person who drops out of school and earns a general educational development (GED) diploma will be granted, upon request,[...]

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Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - SCS Voted Do Pass S Pensions, Veterans' Affairs and General Laws Committee (5291S.02C)

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SCS/SB 1195 - This act requires the written test for a commercial driver's license or any endorsement to be administered in English. The act also prohibits the use of language interpreters in connection with the written and driving tests required for a commercial driver's license or any endorsement to such a license.

STEPHEN WITTE

Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 2251 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES - St. Onge, Neal C.

Changes the laws regarding commercial driver's licenses and the transport of hazardous materials
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 2252 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES - St. Onge, Neal C.

Changes the laws regarding commercial driver's licenses
Latest Action: 05/16/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 2090 - DRIVER'S LICENSE PHOTOGRAPHS - Oxford, Jeanette Mott

Prohibits the Director of the Department of Revenue from taking a photograph or digital image of any qualified applicant for a driver's license who objects due to his or her religious affiliation
Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Second Read/Referred: Education (S)

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HB 2078 - DRIVER'S LICENSES - Hubbard, Rodney R.

Prohibits the issuance of a driver's license or termporary permit to any person 15 to 18 years of age if a school submits information that the student is not in compliance with the eligibility standards
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 2046 - DRIVER'S EDUCATION COURSES - Baker, Judy

Requires school districts to offer a driver's education course to students 15 years of age or older and allows certain students who complete the course to apply for a license at 17 years of age
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 1841 - DRIVERS' LICENSES - Low, Beth

Allows a temporary exemption from the proof of lawful presence requirement when victims of domestic violence apply for a driver's license or instruction permit
Latest Action: 05/07/2008 - Public Hearing Scheduled, Bill not Heard (S)

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HCR 15 - COMMERCIAL MOTOR CARRIERS - Kuessner, J. C.

Urges the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to establish a controlled pilot program allowing 19 to 21 year-olds to obtain a CDL for interstate commerce
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 1800 - INTERMEDIATE DRIVER'S LICENSES - Smith, Joe

Establishes additional requirements for individuals younger than 18 years of age to obtain an intermediate driver's license
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 1708 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES - Pollock, Darrell

Increases the penalty for certain commercial drivers who are convicted of operating a commercial vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs from a class B to a class A misdemeanor
Latest Action: 05/14/2009 - Taken Up for Third Reading (S)

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HB 1716 - FEDERAL REAL ID ACT OF 2005 - Guest, Jim

Prohibits the violation of a person's privacy rights in order to obtain or renew a driver's license
Latest Action: 02/14/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 1717 - DRIVER'S LICENSES - Guest, Jim

Requires a driver's license applicant younger than 18 years of age to show documentation that he or she is enrolled in school, has at least a 90% attendance rate, and at least a 1.75 grade point average
Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Hearing Conducted S Judiciary and Civil & Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

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HB 1649 - DRIVER'S LICENSES - Franz, Ward

Restricts the driver's license of a registered sexual offender to no more than one year and revokes the license if the offender fails to register as required by law
Latest Action: 04/17/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 1641 - DRIVER'S LICENSE SUSPENSIONS - Burnett, John P.

Repeals the requirement that the Director of the Department of Revenue, upon order of the court, suspend the driver's license of a person who fails to appear on any moving traffic violation charge
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 1605 - PROOF OF LAWFUL PRESENCE - Bringer, Rachel

Allows an applicant to present a photocopy of his or her birth certificate, along with another form of approved identification, in order to prove lawful presence for driver's license purposes
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 1563 - DRIVING REGULATIONS - LeVota, Paul

Sets the speed limits for certain motor vehicles and the number of consecutive hours a driver may operate a motor vehicle within the state
Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Executive Session - No Action Taken

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HB 1538 - NONRESIDENT DRIVER'S LICENSES - Jones, Timothy W.

Exempts certain nonresidents from the state driver's license requirements as long as they entered and are in this country legally
Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 1543 - DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWALS - Jones, Timothy W.

Allows full-time students attending out-of-state colleges to renew driver's licenses by mail
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 1519 - MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION NOTICES - Nance, Bob

Prohibits commercial inserts or other forms of advertising from accompanying motor vehicle registration renewal notices
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Transportation (H)

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HB 1492 - LEGAL DRIVING AGE - Smith, Joe

Raises the legal driving age from 16 to 18 years of age and the age to obtain an instruction permit from 15 to 17 years of age
Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Public Hearing Completed (H)

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HB 1420 - COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TEST - St. Onge, Neal C.

Requires commercial driver's license tests to be given in the English language
Latest Action: 02/21/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)

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HB 1409 - IGNITION INTERLOCK REQUIREMENTS - Deeken, Bill

Allows persons who have been convicted more than twice of driving while intoxicated to obtain an ignition interlock restricted license for a one-year period if the person meets certain requirements
Latest Action: 02/28/2008 - Referred: Crime Prevention and Public Safety (H)

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HB 1396 - SEXUAL OFFENDERS - Dusenberg, Gary

Requires the Department of Revenue to put a unique code or identifier on the driver's license, nondriver's license, or driver's permit of anyone who is required to register as a sexual offender
Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Executive Session Completed (H)

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HB 1353 - SCHOOL BUS ENDORSEMENTS - Fallert, Joseph Jr.

Waives the renewal fee for a school bus endorsement for an individual who is 70 years of age or older
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - S Consent Calendar--HCS for HB 1309 (Crowell)

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HB 1309 - TEMPORARY DRIVER'S PERMITS - Day, David

Allows any family member older than 21 years of age to give written permission for a temporary instruction permit application and to occupy the seat beside the driver with a temporary permit
Latest Action: 03/26/2008 - Bill Combined w/(SCS/SBs 858, 750, 751, 927, 1186, 1255, 1268 & 1269)

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SPECIAL NOTE: This bill has been combined with other bills. Please refer to lead bill (SB 858) for more information
Latest Action: 05/06/2008 - HCS Voted Do Pass H Transportation Committee

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SS/SCS/SB 761 & 774 - This act modifies several provisions relating to transportation and the regulation of motor vehicles.ANNUAL BID BOND - This act provides that the commission is authorized to accept an annual bid bond for its construction and maintenance projects. The commission shall prescribe the form and content of an annual bid bond. This portion of the act is similar to HB 596 and SCS/SB 52 (2007)(Section 227.103).SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS - Under this act, the director of revenue shall not issue or renew a school bus endorsement to any applicant whose driving record shows that the applicant has been convicted of an intoxication-related traffic offense while operating a school bus. A person convicted of an intoxication-related offense while operating a school bus will have his or her school bus endorsement permanently denied by the court, beginning on the date of the court?s order (Section 302.272). The act requires school bus drivers to notify the school district or the driver's [...]

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Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Bill Combined w/SCS/SBs 761 & 774

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SPECIAL NOTE: This bill has been combined with other bills. Please refer to lead bill (SB 761) for more information
Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Hearing Scheduled S Financial & Governmental Organizations and Elections Committee

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SB 808 - Under this act, the Department of Revenue is required to develop a procedure with respect to awarding fee office contracts. The Department of Revenue may only award fee office contracts to:

(1) Municipalities, counties, fire districts, or school districts or coalitions of school districts;

(2) Charitable organizations and other entities that are exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Such organizations and entities include, but are not limited to, chambers of commerce, veterans' organizations, and local school foundations; or

(3) Individuals or for-profit entities, provided that such fee office contracts are awarded through a competitive bidding process.

The fee office contract requirements apply to all contracts awarded on or after August 28, 2008.

STEPHEN WITTE