| Chapter 019 |
| 2025 -- S 0624 Enacted 06/06/2025 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES |
Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Ciccone, and Tikoian |
| Date Introduced: March 06, 2025 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-10-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10 entitled "Operators’ |
| and Chauffeurs’ Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-10-7. Temporary driver’s permit — Persons over the age of eighteen (18). |
| The division of motor vehicles may in its discretion issue a temporary driver’s permit to an |
| applicant for a full operator’s license who has attained the age of eighteen (18). A temporary |
| driver’s permit shall permit the applicant to operate a motor vehicle while the division of motor |
| vehicles is completing its investigation and determination of all facts relative to the applicant’s |
| right to receive a full operator’s license. The temporary driver's permit shall be held for no less than |
| thirty (30) days prior to the applicant being eligible to take a road test. The temporary driver’s |
| permit must be in the applicant’s immediate possession while operating a motor vehicle, and it shall |
| be invalid when the applicant’s license has been issued or for good cause has been refused. The |
| temporary driver's permit shall expire, unless sooner cancelled, revoked, or suspended, one year |
| following the date of issuance, and may only be renewed for one additional year. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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