Sec. 14-44e. Limitations on issuance of commercial driver's license. Qualification standards. Waiver of skills test. Requirements for license endorsement to operate vehicle transporting hazardous
Sec. 14-44e. Limitations on issuance of commercial driver's license. Qualification standards. Waiver of skills test. Requirements for license endorsement to operate vehicle transporting hazardous materials. Commercial driver's instruction
permit. (a) The commissioner shall not issue a commercial driver's license to any person
unless such person is a resident of this state and has passed a knowledge and skills
test for driving a commercial motor vehicle which complies with the minimum federal
standards established by 49 CFR 383, Subparts G and H, as amended, and has satisfied
all other requirements of this section and sections 14-44b, 14-44c and 14-44g, in addition
to other requirements for an operator's license imposed by the general statutes and
regulations of the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner shall not issue a commercial driver's license or a commercial
driver's instruction permit to any person who has a physical or psychobehavioral impairment that affects such person's ability to operate a commercial motor vehicle safely. In
determining whether to issue a commercial driver's license in any individual case, the
commissioner shall apply the standards set forth in 49 CFR 391.41, as amended. Any
person who is denied a commercial driver's license or a commercial driver's instruction
permit, or whose license or permit is suspended, revoked or cancelled pursuant to this
subsection shall be granted an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(c) The commissioner may waive the skills test required under subsection (a) of
this section in the case of an applicant for a commercial driver's license who meets the
requirements of 49 CFR 383.77, as amended or, in the case of an applicant for a school
bus endorsement who meets the requirements of 49 CFR 383.123, as amended.
(d) A commercial driver's license shall not be issued to any person subject to disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle or subject to suspension, revocation or cancellation of operating privileges in any state. Each applicant for an endorsement to drive a vehicle transporting hazardous materials shall be subject to the
requirements of 49 USC 5103a, as administered by the United States Transportation
Security Administration. The commissioner may refuse to issue a hazardous materials
endorsement, or may suspend or revoke any such endorsement, held by any person who
is the subject of a notification received from the Transportation Security Administration,
in accordance with the provisions of 49 CFR 1572.5, as amended.
(e) An operator's license shall not be issued to any person who holds an operator's
license issued by any other state, unless such person first surrenders such license or
licenses to the commissioner. The commissioner shall return every license surrendered
hereunder to the issuing state for cancellation.
(f) The commissioner may refuse to issue a commercial driver's license, or may
issue a commercial driver's license subject to compliance with such condition as the
commissioner may prescribe, to any person whose motor vehicle operator's license,
privilege to operate a motor vehicle in this state or license endorsement is under suspension or is subject to any pending action by the commissioner that may result in suspension.
(g) The commissioner may issue a commercial driver's instruction permit to any
person who holds a valid operator's license. Said permit may not be issued for a period
to exceed six months. Only one renewal or reissuance may be granted within a two-year
period. The holder of a commercial driver's instruction permit, may, unless otherwise
disqualified or suspended, drive a commercial motor vehicle only when accompanied
by the holder of a commercial driver's license of the appropriate class and bearing
endorsements for the type of vehicle being driven who occupies a seat beside the individual for the purpose of giving instruction in driving the commercial motor vehicle.
(P.A. 90-263, S. 34, 74; P.A. 04-217, S. 8; P.A. 06-130, S. 18; P.A. 07-167, S. 9; P.A. 08-150, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 04-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (a), amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change and afford
person whose commercial driver's license has been cancelled an opportunity for hearing, amended Subsec. (c) to make a
technical change and permit commissioner to waive skills test for applicant for school bus endorsement meeting specified
requirements and amended Subsec. (d) to prohibit issuance of commercial driver's license to person subject to cancellation
of operating privileges in any state and added provisions re endorsement to drive a vehicle transporting hazardous materials,
effective January 1, 2005; P.A. 06-130 added new Subsec. (f) re commissioner's discretionary power to issue commercial
driver's license to driver whose license or endorsement is under suspension or is subject to pending action that may result
in suspension and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (g), effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-167 amended Subsec.
(b) by adding references to commercial driver's instruction permit and deleting provision re standards applicable when
person will operate vehicle only in this state; P.A. 08-150 amended Subsec. (g) to insert "or suspended" and replace "with
appropriate endorsements" with "of the appropriate class and bearing endorsements".