Chapter
380
2007 -- H 6094 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/07/07
A N A C T
RELATING
TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- DRIVERS FOR COMPENSATION
Introduced
By: Representatives Crowley, and Jackson
Date
Introduced: March 06, 2007
It is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
SECTION 1. Section
31-10-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10 entitled "Operators'
and Chauffeurs' Licenses" is hereby amended
to read as follows:
31-10-5.
Special restrictions for drivers for compensation. -- (a) No person who
is
under the age of twenty-one (21) years shall
drive any school bus transporting school children or
any motor vehicle when in use for the
transportation of persons or property for compensation nor
in either event until he or she has been
licensed as a chauffeur for either purpose and the license
so indicates. Colleges and universities shall be
exempt from the requirement for a public plate for
vehicles used to shuttle only students or
employees to various points within the college or
university campus or if a college or
university owned or leased vehicle is used for the occasional
transportation of college or university
employees or students either on or off campus provided
that the vehicle is operated by a college or
university employee possessing a valid Rhode Island
chauffeur’s license or a commercial drivers
license with a passenger endorsement. Provided,
however, that the college or university shall own
and operate the shuttle service and there shall be
no specific charge for the transportation of
students or employees. The division of motor vehicles
shall not issue a chauffeur's license for either
purpose unless the applicant has had at least one
year of driving experience prior to the
application, and has filed with the division of motor
vehicles one or more certificates signed by a
total of at least three (3) responsible people to whom
he or she is well known certifying to the
applicant's good character and habits and the
administrator of the division of motor vehicles
is fully satisfied as to the applicant's competency
and fitness to be so employed.
(b) In addition
to the requirements provided in subsection (a) of this section, any person
attempting to obtain a chauffeur's license to
drive a school bus transporting school children shall,
prior to being certified:
(1) Successfully
complete a ten (10) hour school bus driver training course conducted by
the department of administration and file a certificate
of successful completion with the division
of motor vehicles. The curriculum of that course
and the accreditation of courses offered shall be
pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by
the division of motor vehicles;
(2) Pass a written
examination prepared and given by the department of administration.
(3) Pass a
driving test in a school bus of a like type which that person will be employed
to drive. The test will be prepared and given by
the department of administration.
(c) Prior to
issuing a certificate to any person who intends to drive a school bus, the
division of motor vehicles shall conduct a
search of that person's motor vehicle record. Any
violation of any safety regulation or conviction
of any motor vehicle law in this or any other state
shall be grounds for refusing to issue a
certificate.
SECTION 2. This
act shall take effect upon passage.
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