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S1346.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
DRIVER TRAINING - INSTRUCTION PERMITS - Amends existing law to revise the
expiration date of a class D driver's training instruction permit; to
provide an alternative expiration date of a class D instruction permit; to
revise the fee for a class D driver's training instruction permit; to
provide that the fee shall be paid by every enrollee of a class D driver's
training course; to revise the distribution of fees; to delete the driver's
training course fee charged by a commercial business; to require the
instructor of the course to have the driver's training instruction permit
in his immediate possession during driving instruction; to provide that a
supervised instruction permit shall become a class D instruction permit
when the permittee reaches the age of seventeen years; and to clarify the
requirements for operating a class D vehicle with a class D supervised
instruction permit.
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006
IN THE SENATE
SENATE BILL NO. 1346
BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE INSTRUCTION PERMITS; AMENDING SECTION 49-110,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE THE EXPIRATION DATE OF A CLASS D DRIVER'S TRAINING
4 INSTRUCTION PERMIT, TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE EXPIRATION DATE FOR A CLASS D
5 INSTRUCTION PERMIT IF APPLICABLE AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION;
6 AMENDING SECTIONS 49-302 AND 49-303, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT CODE
7 REFERENCES; AMENDING SECTION 49-305, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATE
8 EXPIRATION DATE FOR A CLASS D INSTRUCTION PERMIT UNDER SPECIFIED CONDI-
9 TIONS; AND AMENDING SECTION 49-307, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE THE FEE FOR A
10 CLASS D DRIVER'S TRAINING INSTRUCTION PERMIT, TO PROVIDE THAT THE FEE
11 SHALL BE PAID BY EVERY ENROLLEE OF A CLASS D DRIVER'S TRAINING COURSE, TO
12 REVISE THE DISTRIBUTION OF FEES, TO DELETE THE DRIVER'S TRAINING COURSE
13 FEE CHARGED BY A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AND DISTRIBUTION OF SUCH FEE, TO PRO-
14 VIDE FOR EXPIRATION OF A CLASS D DRIVER'S TRAINING INSTRUCTION PERMIT, TO
15 REQUIRE THE INSTRUCTOR OF THE COURSE TO HAVE THE DRIVER'S TRAINING
16 INSTRUCTION PERMIT IN HIS IMMEDIATE POSSESSION DURING DRIVING INSTRUCTION,
17 TO PROVIDE THAT A SUPERVISED INSTRUCTION PERMIT SHALL BECOME A CLASS D
18 INSTRUCTION PERMIT IF THE PERMITTEE REACHES THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN WHILE
19 OPERATING ON A CLASS D SUPERVISED INSTRUCTION PERMIT AND TO PROVIDE FOR
20 EXPIRATION OF THE CLASS D INSTRUCTION PERMIT, TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS
21 FOR OPERATING A CLASS D VEHICLE WITH A CLASS D SUPERVISED INSTRUCTION PER-
22 MIT AND TO PROVIDE CORRECT CODE REFERENCES.
23 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
24 SECTION 1. That Section 49-110, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
25 amended to read as follows:
26 49-110. DEFINITIONS -- I. (1) "Identifying number" means:
27 (a) Motor number. That identifying number stamped on the engine of a
28 vehicle.
29 (b) Vehicle identification number. The numbers and letters, if any,
30 placed on a vehicle by the manufacturer for the purpose of identifying the
31 vehicle.
32 (2) "Implements of husbandry" means every vehicle including self-pro-
33 pelled units, designed or adapted and used exclusively in agricultural, horti-
34 cultural, dairy and livestock growing and feeding operations when being inci-
35 dentally operated. Such implements include, but are not limited to, combines,
36 discs, dry and liquid fertilizer spreaders, cargo tanks, harrows, hay balers,
37 harvesting and stacking equipment, pesticide applicators, plows, swathers,
38 mint tubs and mint wagons, and farm wagons. A farm tractor when attached to or
39 drawing any implement of husbandry shall be construed to be an implement of
40 husbandry. "Implements of husbandry" do not include semitrailers, nor do they
41 include motor vehicles or trailers, unless their design limits their use to
42 agricultural, horticultural, dairy or livestock growing and feeding opera-
43 tions.
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1 (3) "Incidentally operated" means the transport of the implement of hus-
2 bandry from one (1) farm operation to another.
3 (4) "Individual record" means a record containing personal information
4 about a designated person who is the subject of the record as identified in a
5 request for information.
6 (5) "Infraction" means a civil public offense, not constituting a crime,
7 which is not punishable by incarceration and for which there is no right to a
8 trial by jury or right to court-appointed counsel, and which is punishable by
9 only a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100) and no imprisonment.
10 (6) "Instruction permits":
11 (a) "Class A, B or C instruction permit" means a temporary privilege to
12 operate a motor vehicle for which a commercial driver's license is
13 required; is available only to a person who is eighteen (18) years of age
14 or older; is issued pursuant to the provisions of section 49-305, Idaho
15 Code; and the permittee is subject to the conditions specified therein.
16 (b) "Class D driver's training instruction permit" means a temporary
17 privilege to operate a class D motor vehicle while attending classes as an
18 enrollee of a public or private driver's training course only; is avail-
19 able to a person aged fourteen and one-half (14 1/2) years; is issued to
20 the instructor of the driver's training course; expires one (1) year from
21 the date of issue; is issued and expires pursuant to the provisions of
22 section 49-307, Idaho Code; and the permittee is subject to the conditions
23 specified therein.
24 (c) "Class D instruction permit" means a temporary privilege to operate a
25 class D motor vehicle which is available to a person under the age of sev-
26 enteen (17) years who has successfully completed an approved driver's
27 training course and has satisfied the requirements of a class D supervised
28 instruction permit, or to any person seventeen (17) years of age or older;
29 is valid for a period of one hundred eighty (180) days or as provided in
30 section 49-307, Idaho Code, if applicable; privileges are limited to driv-
31 ing with a person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age who holds a
32 valid class D driver's license and is actually occupying a seat beside the
33 permittee; is issued pursuant to the provisions of section 49-305, Idaho
34 Code; and the permittee is subject to the conditions specified therein.
35 (d) "Class D supervised instruction permit" means a temporary privilege
36 to operate a class D motor vehicle which is available to a person who is
37 at least fourteen and one-half (14 1/2) years of age who has successfully
38 completed an approved driver's training course, and is valid for a minimum
39 of four (4) months. No person may apply for a class D driver's license
40 until he has attained the age of at least fifteen (15) years and has suc-
41 cessfully satisfied the requirements of this permit, as specified and
42 issued pursuant to the provisions of section 49-307, Idaho Code.
43 (7) "Instructor" means any person, whether acting for himself as operator
44 of a commercial driver training school or for such a school for compensation,
45 who teaches, conducts classes of, gives demonstrations to, or supervises prac-
46 tice of, persons learning to operate or drive motor vehicles.
47 (8) "Insurer" means any insurer, public or private, which shall include,
48 but not be limited to, insurance companies domiciled in the state of Idaho,
49 agents, adjuster or any other person acting on behalf of any insurance not
50 domiciled in the state of Idaho and any self-insured entity operating under
51 Idaho insurance laws or rules.
52 (9) "International registration plan" means a registration reciprocity
53 agreement among the states of the United States and provinces of Canada pro-
54 viding for payment of registration and licensing fees on a proportional basis
55 determined by the fleet miles operated in the various jurisdictions.
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1 (910) "Intersection" means:
2 (a) The area embraced within the prolongation or connection of the lat-
3 eral curb lines, or, if none, then the lateral boundary lines of the road-
4 ways of two (2) highways which join one another at, or approximately at,
5 right angles, or the area within which vehicles traveling upon different
6 highways joining at any other angle may come in conflict.
7 (b) Where a highway includes two (2) roadways thirty (30) feet or more
8 apart, then every crossing of each roadway of the divided highway by an
9 intersecting highway shall be regarded as a separate intersection. In the
10 event an intersecting highway also includes two (2) roadways thirty (30)
11 feet or more apart, then every crossing of two (2) roadways of the high-
12 ways shall be regarded as a separate intersection.
13 (c) The junction of an alley with a street or highway shall not consti-
14 tute an intersection.
15 SECTION 2. That Section 49-302, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
16 amended to read as follows:
17 49-302. WHAT PERSONS ARE EXEMPT FROM LICENSE. The following persons are
18 exempt from licensing if driving privileges are not suspended, canceled,
19 revoked, disqualified, denied or refused:
20 (1) Any person while driving or operating any farm tractor or implement
21 of husbandry when incidentally operated on a highway.
22 (2) Farmers are exempt from obtaining a class A, B or C driver's license
23 to operate a commercial motor vehicle which is:
24 (a) Controlled and operated by a farmer, including operation by employees
25 or family members; and
26 (b) Used to transport either agricultural products, farm machinery, farm
27 supplies, or both, to or from a farm; and
28 (c) Not used in the operations of a common or contract motor carrier; and
29 (d) Used within one hundred fifty (150) miles of the person's farm.
30 (3) Any person is exempt from obtaining a class A, B or C driver's
31 license for the operation of commercial motor vehicles which are necessary to
32 the preservation of life or property or the execution of emergency governmen-
33 tal functions, are equipped with audible and visual signals, and are not sub-
34 ject to normal traffic regulations.
35 (4) Any person is exempt from obtaining a class A, B or C license to
36 operate a commercial vehicle which is exclusively used to transport personal
37 possessions or family members for nonbusiness or recreational purposes.
38 (5) A nonresident who is at least fifteen (15) years of age and who has
39 in his immediate possession a valid driver's license issued to him in his home
40 state or country may operate a motor vehicle in Idaho only as a class D opera-
41 tor with driving privileges restricted to daylight hours only except as pro-
42 vided in section 49-307(76), Idaho Code, and with full privileges at sixteen
43 (16) years of age, and only if Idaho residency is not established.
44 (6) A nonresident who is at least fifteen (15) years of age and who has
45 in his possession a valid driver's license with a motorcycle endorsement or
46 who has a valid motorcycle driver's license issued to him in his home state or
47 country may operate a motorcycle in Idaho with driving privileges restricted
48 to daylight hours only, and with full privileges at sixteen (16) years of age.
49 (7) A nonresident who has in his immediate possession a valid commercial
50 driver's license issued to him in his home state or country may operate a
51 motor vehicle in Idaho.
52 (8) A nonresident on active duty in the armed forces of the United States
53 who has a valid driver's license issued by his home jurisdiction, and such
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1 nonresident's spouse or dependent son or daughter who has a valid driver's
2 license issued by such person's home jurisdiction.
3 (9) Any active duty military personnel, active duty U.S. coast guard per-
4 sonnel, and members of the reserves and national guard on active duty includ-
5 ing personnel on full-time national guard duty, personnel on part-time train-
6 ing and national guard military technicians who as civilians are required to
7 wear military uniforms and are subject to the code of military justice, are
8 exempt from obtaining a commercial driver's license to operate military vehi-
9 cles. This exemption does not apply to U.S. reserve technicians.
10 (10) Any person with a valid driver's license issued in their name is
11 exempt from the requirement to obtain a motorcycle endorsement on the license
12 when operating a motorcycle on highways or sections of highways designated for
13 unregistered motorcycle use under section 49-426(3), Idaho Code.
14 SECTION 3. That Section 49-303, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
15 amended to read as follows:
16 49-303. WHAT PERSONS SHALL NOT BE LICENSED. The department shall not
17 issue any driver's license, any instruction permit, privileges or right to
18 drive and if issued, may revoke or cancel the driver's license of a person
19 who:
20 (1) As an operator of a vehicle requiring a class D driver's license, is
21 under the age of seventeen (17) years, except that the department may issue a
22 driver's license to any person who has successfully completed an approved
23 driver training course, has completed the requirements of a class D supervised
24 instruction permit, and who is at least fifteen (15) years of age, with driv-
25 ing privileges restricted to daylight hours only except as provided in section
26 49-307(76), Idaho Code, and with full privileges at sixteen (16) years of age.
27 The restriction of daylight hours only shall mean that period of time one-half
28 (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset. If a person who
29 is at least fifteen (15) years but is under seventeen (17) years of age has
30 successfully completed an approved driver's training course and has been
31 issued a driver's license in another state, he may be issued a class D dri-
32 ver's license in this state. Provided however, that a restricted school atten-
33 dance driving permit may be issued to those persons meeting the criteria set
34 forth in section 49-307A, Idaho Code.
35 (2) As an operator of a vehicle requiring a class D driver's license, is
36 under the age of seventeen (17) years and has not successfully completed an
37 approved driver training course and has not satisfied the requirements of a
38 class D supervised instruction permit. Provided however, that a restricted
39 school attendance driving permit may be issued to those persons meeting the
40 criteria set forth in section 49-307A, Idaho Code.
41 (3) As an operator of a commercial vehicle requiring a class A, B or C
42 driver's license is under the age of eighteen (18) years.
43 (4) Applicants with less than one (1) year of driving experience, as evi-
44 denced by a previous driver's license shall not be issued a class A, B or C
45 driver's license or a class A, B or C instruction permit.
46 (5) As a driver has had his license, class D instruction permit,
47 restricted school attendance driving permit, privileges or right to drive sus-
48 pended for the duration of the suspension, nor to any person who has had his
49 class D driver's training instruction permit or class D supervised instruction
50 permit canceled for the duration of the cancellation, nor to any person whose
51 license has been revoked, suspended, canceled or disqualified by this state or
52 any other jurisdiction; provided however, where a driver's license has been
53 revoked, suspended, canceled or disqualified in any other jurisdiction, and
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1 the driver has completed the period of revocation, suspension, cancellation or
2 disqualification as specified by the jurisdiction, that person may be granted
3 a class D driver's license in this state if five (5) years have elapsed from
4 the time of eligibility for reinstatement in the other jurisdiction, even
5 though the driver has not fulfilled the requirements for reinstatement in the
6 other jurisdiction.
7 (6) Is an habitual drunkard, or is addicted to the use of narcotic drugs.
8 (7) Has previously been adjudged to be afflicted with or suffering from
9 any mental disability or disease and who has not at the time of application
10 been restored to competency by the methods provided by law.
11 (8) Is required by the provisions of this chapter to take an examination,
12 unless that person shall have successfully passed such examination.
13 (9) May be required under any law of this state to furnish proof of
14 financial responsibility and who has not furnished that proof.
15 (10) The department has good cause to believe that the operation of a
16 motor vehicle on the highways by that person would be harmful to public safety
17 or welfare.
18 (11) Is disqualified for a class A, B or C license, except he may be
19 issued a class D driver's license.
20 (12) Is under eighteen (18) years of age and is not enrolled in school,
21 has not received a waiver pursuant to or has not satisfactorily completed
22 school as provided in section 49-303A, Idaho Code.
23 (13) Is not a resident of the state of Idaho.
24 SECTION 4. That Section 49-305, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
25 amended to read as follows:
26 49-305. INSTRUCTION PERMITS -- TEMPORARY LICENSES -- TEMPORARY DRIVER'S
27 TRAINING INSTRUCTION PERMIT. (1) Upon passage of the required knowledge tests
28 appropriate for the vehicle being operated, the department may issue a class
29 A, B or C instruction permit for the type of vehicle(s) the person will be
30 operating, or a class D instruction permit for a class D motor vehicle, enti-
31 tling the applicant, while having the permit in his immediate possession, to
32 drive a motor vehicle upon the highways for a period of up to one hundred
33 eighty (180) days; provided however, if a person reaches the age of seventeen
34 (17) years while operating a class D vehicle with a class D supervised
35 instruction permit, and such class D supervised instruction permit becomes a
36 class D instruction permit as provided in section 49-307, Idaho Code, then
37 such class D instruction permit shall expire five (5) days after the
38 permittee's eighteenth birthday. That person must be accompanied by an adult
39 driver eighteen (18) years of age or older who holds a driver's license appro-
40 priate for the vehicle being operated and who is actually occupying a seat
41 beside the driver.
42 (a) Any person who has reached the age of seventeen (17) years may apply
43 for a class D instruction permit. Any person applying for any class D
44 instruction permit or driving privileges who is under the age of eighteen
45 (18) years shall be in compliance with school attendance requirements of
46 section 49-303A, Idaho Code.
47 (b) Any person who has reached the age of eighteen (18) years, holds a
48 valid Idaho class D driver's license and has at least one (1) year of
49 driving experience, may apply for a class A, B or C instruction permit.
50 (c) The department shall not issue a hazardous material endorsement on
51 any instruction permit.
52 (2) The department may, at its discretion, issue a temporary class D dri-
53 ver's license to an applicant for a class D driver's license permitting him to
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1 operate a motor vehicle while the department is completing its investigation
2 and determination of all facts relative to the applicant's right to receive a
3 driver's license. The temporary license may be canceled at the department's
4 discretion at any time after issuance. The temporary license must be in the
5 applicant's immediate possession while operating a motor vehicle, and it shall
6 be invalid when the applicant's driver's license has been issued or for good
7 cause has been refused.
8 (3) If an applicant for a class D driver's training instruction permit
9 cannot provide a certified copy of his birth certificate at the time of appli-
10 cation, the department may issue a temporary driver's training instruction
11 permit upon receipt of both a photo identification and a letter from the
12 school verifying the applicant's enrollment in a driver training course. The
13 certified copy of his birth certificate shall be required before a class D
14 driver's license or class D instruction permit will be issued.
15 (4) The department may issue a motorcycle endorsement instruction permit
16 to an applicant who has a valid driver's license and who has successfully com-
17 pleted the motorcycle rider's knowledge test and paid the appropriate fees.
18 The permit entitles the applicant, while having the permit in his immediate
19 possession, to operate a motorcycle upon the highways for a period not to
20 exceed one hundred eighty (180) days. If the permittee passes the skills test
21 for a motorcycle endorsement within one hundred eighty (180) days of issuance
22 of the motorcycle endorsement instruction permit, he shall not be required to
23 pay the motorcycle endorsement fee. A person holding a motorcycle instruction
24 permit shall not carry any passenger while operating a motorcycle, shall not
25 operate a motorcycle except during the hours of daylight only and shall not
26 operate a motorcycle upon any interstate highway system.
27 A violation of the conditions of a motorcycle endorsement instruction per-
28 mit is an infraction. The department shall cancel the permit whether or not
29 such violation results in conviction of the infraction.
30 SECTION 5. That Section 49-307, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
31 amended to read as follows:
32 49-307. FEE FOR CLASS D DRIVER'S TRAINING INSTRUCTION PERMIT -- CLASS D
33 SUPERVISED INSTRUCTION PERMIT. (1) Every enrollee of a class D driver training
34 course in a public school shall pay a nonrefundable fee of thirty twenty-six
35 dollars and fifty cents ($30.0026.50). Twenty-five Eighteen dollars and fifty
36 cents ($25.0018.50) of each fee so imposed shall be deposited in the driver
37 training account, three dollars ($3.00) shall be deposited in the state high-
38 way account, and five dollars ($5.00) will shall be deposited in the county
39 current expense fund.
40 (2) Every enrollee of a class D driver's training course offered by a
41 commercial business shall pay a nonrefundable fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
42 Five dollars ($5.00) of the fee so imposed shall be deposited in the driver
43 training account and five dollars ($5.00) shall be deposited in the county
44 current expense fund.
45 (3) Each enrollee of a class D driver training course shall provide the
46 type of information required for a driver's license or instruction permit, but
47 the class D driver's training instruction permit shall be issued to the
48 instructor of the course, and the class D driver training instruction permit
49 shall expire one (1) year from the issue date five (5) days after the
50 permittee's eighteenth birthday. No enrollee of any class D driver training
51 course shall be allowed to attend classes or participate in driving instruc-
52 tion unless he has obtained a class D driver's training instruction permit.
53 The class D driver's training instruction permit shall be in the instructor's
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1 immediate possession while the permittee is operating a vehicle during driving
2 instruction.
3 (43) Upon successful completion of the class D driver's training course,
4 the driver's training instructor shall date and sign the class D driver's
5 training instruction permit over to the parent or legal guardian of the per-
6 mittee, and the parent or legal guardian shall also date and sign the class D
7 driver's training permit and in so doing agrees to assume responsibility for
8 ensuring that the permittee complies with the requirements of operating a
9 vehicle with a class D supervised instruction permit. The signed and dated
10 class D driver's training instruction permit shall then serve as a class D
11 supervised instruction permit. In the event the permittee reaches the age of
12 seventeen (17) years while operating a class D vehicle with a class D super-
13 vised instruction permit, the supervised instruction permit shall become a
14 class D instruction permit, and such class D instruction permit shall expire
15 five (5) days after the permittee's eighteenth birthday.
16 (54) No permittee may apply for a class D driver's license sooner than
17 fifteen (15) years of age and no sooner than four (4) months after completing
18 a class D driver's training course, during which time the permittee shall sat-
19 isfy all requirements for operation of a class D vehicle with a class D super-
20 vised instruction permit as follows:
21 (a) The permittee shall not operate a vehicle unless he is accompanied by
22 a driver who holds a valid driver's license, is twenty-one (21) years of
23 age or older, and who is actually occupying a seat beside the permittee
24 driver. The supervising driver and the permittee shall be the only occu-
25 pants of the front passenger section of the vehicle.
26 (b) Over a period of time no less than four (4) months, tThe permittee
27 shall accumulate at least fifty (50) hours of supervised driving time, ten
28 (10) hours of which shall be during hours of darkness.
29 (c) The permit shall be in the permittee's immediate possession at all
30 times while operating a vehicle.
31 (d) In addition to the permittee driver and the supervising driver, all
32 other occupants of the vehicle shall wear a seat belt or be restrained by
33 child passenger restraints as required by law.
34 (e) The permittee is subject to the provisions of sections 18-1502 and
35 18-8004, Idaho Code, relating to violation of age restrictions on consump-
36 tion of beer, wine, and alcohol and driving under the influence of alco-
37 hol, drugs or any other intoxicating substances, respectively.
38 (f) The permittee shall not have been convicted of any moving traffic
39 violation, or have had driving privileges suspended by the department or
40 the court for any offense, or found to be in violation of any of the
41 restrictions on the class D supervised instruction permit, for a period of
42 at least four (4) months from the date the driver's training instructor
43 signed the permit over to the parent or legal guardian, or from the date a
44 canceled class D supervised instruction permit was reissued, or until the
45 permittee reaches seventeen (17) years of age.
46 (g) If the permittee is under seventeen (17) years of age and is con-
47 victed of a violation of any traffic law, or section 18-1502, Idaho Code,
48 or section 18-8004, Idaho Code, or is found to be in violation of any of
49 the restrictions on the class D supervised instruction permit, the depart-
50 ment shall cancel the class D supervised instruction permit, and the can-
51 cellation shall not be used to establish rates of motor vehicle insurance
52 charged by a casualty insurer. If tThe permittee is under seventeen (17)
53 years of age, he may reapply for and be issued a new class D supervised
54 instruction permit upon payment of the appropriate fees, and shall again
55 be required to operate with the class D supervised instruction permit for
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1 at least four (4) months from the date of reissue without a conviction or
2 suspension, accumulate the required hours of driving time and adhere to
3 the requirements as specified in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this sub-
4 section (54).
5 (65) Upon completion of the requirements in subsection (54) of this sec-
6 tion, the permittee shall take the knowledge test and skills test administered
7 by a person certified by the Idaho transportation department to administer
8 knowledge and skills tests.
9 (76) Upon passage of the knowledge and skills tests, the permittee may
10 apply for a class D driver's license with driving privileges restricted to
11 daylight hours for persons under sixteen (16) years of age, and with full
12 privileges at sixteen (16) years of age or older. Provided however, the
13 restriction on daylight hours only driving privileges for persons under six-
14 teen (16) years of age shall not apply if:
15 (a) The person under sixteen (16) years of age has a valid class D dri-
16 ver's license; and
17 (b) Is accompanied by a driver who holds a valid driver's license and is
18 twenty-one (21) years of age or older and is actually occupying a seat
19 beside the licensee who is under sixteen (16) years of age; and
20 (c) The two (2) licensed drivers are the only occupants of the front pas-
21 senger section of the vehicle.
22 The restriction of daylight hours only shall mean that period of time one-half
23 (1/2) hour before sunrise to one-half (1/2) hour after sunset.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 15359c1
This legislation (1) equalizes fees and fee distribution for both public and commercial school
driver education permits, making the driver's training permits interchangeable between
commercial schools and public schools; (2) increases funding to the driver's training account;
(3) provides funding for a digitized Supervised Instruction Permit; (4) provides clarification
that the class D Driver's training instruction permit must be in the instructor's immediate
possession while the permittee is operating a vehicle during driving instruction; and (5) changes
the expiration date for a driver training instruction permit to age 18.
FISCAL NOTE
With the approval of the proposed legislation, a single type of driver education permit would be
issued for a fee of $26.50 with the following fee distribution:
$5.00 to the county current expense fund
$3.00 to the state highway account and
$18.50 to the driver training account.
REVENUE
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL ANNUAL REVENUE :
DRIVER'S TRAINING ACCOUNT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,333
(Based on approx. 20,000 driver training students per year)
STATE HIGHWAY FUND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60,000
(Based on approx. 20,000 driver training students per year)
COUNTY CURRENT EXPENSE FUND (no change). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- 0-
TOTAL ANNUAL REVENUE INCREASE:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $63,333
COSTS
ITD ONE-TIME PROGRAMMING COSTS {$71 per hour) :
Fee and expiration date changes (approx. 40 hours):. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$2,800
Develop digitized instruction permit (approx. 80 hours) : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$5,700
TOTAL ONE-TIME COSTS: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$8,500
ITD ON-GOING CARD PRODUCTION COSTS {$2.467 EACH) :
Approximately 20,000 cards generated per year:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50,000
ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL COSTS TO CONSUMERS:
Driver training permit for commercial
driving school students:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16.50 Each
ESTIMATED DECREASED COSTS TO CONSUMERS:
Driver training permit for public driving school students:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3.50
CONTACT
Name: Lynn Rhodes
Agency: Idaho Transportation Department
Phone: 334-8727
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE S 1346