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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' | |
LICENSES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Phillips, Perez, Casey, Corvese, Costantino, Noret, | |
Date Introduced: February 13, 2025 | |
Referred To: House State Government & Elections | |
(Dept. of Revenue) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-10-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10 entitled "Operators’ |
2 | and Chauffeurs’ Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 31-10-7. Temporary driver’s permit — Persons over the age of eighteen (18). |
4 | The division of motor vehicles may in its discretion issue a temporary driver’s permit to an |
5 | applicant for a full operator’s license who has attained the age of eighteen (18). A temporary |
6 | driver’s permit shall permit the applicant to operate a motor vehicle while the division of motor |
7 | vehicles is completing its investigation and determination of all facts relative to the applicant’s |
8 | right to receive a full operator’s license. The temporary driver's permit shall be held for no less than |
9 | thirty (30) days prior to the applicant being eligible to take a road test. The temporary driver’s |
10 | permit must be in the applicant’s immediate possession while operating a motor vehicle, and it shall |
11 | be invalid when the applicant’s license has been issued or for good cause has been refused. The |
12 | temporary driver's permit shall expire, unless sooner cancelled, revoked, or suspended, one year |
13 | following the date of issuance, and may only be renewed for one additional year. |
14 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' | |
LICENSES | |
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1 | This act would implement a thirty (30) day waiting period following the issuance of a |
2 | learners permit and the waiting period must expire before the person is permitted to take the road |
3 | test in order to obtain a full license. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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