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SENATE BILL NO. 1130 – Driver license, commercial

SENATE BILL NO. 1130

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S1130.....................................................by TRANSPORTATION
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES - Amends existing law relating to commercial
driver's licenses to provide for disqualification if a person submits to
and fails a test to determine the driver's concentration of alcohol, drug
or other intoxicating substances.
                                                                        
02/12    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/13    Rpt prt - to Transp
02/28    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/01    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/02    3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
      AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
      Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
      Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
      Little, Lodge, Malepeai, McGee, McKague, McKenzie, Pearce,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - McGee
    Title apvd - to House
03/05    House intro - 1st rdg - to Transp
03/07    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/12    3rd rdg - PASSED - 69-0-1
      AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bilbao, Black,
      Block, Bock, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez, Chew,
      Collins, Crane, Durst, Edmunson, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart, Harwood,
      Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, Lake,
      LeFavour, Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer,
      Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould,
      Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2),
      Shepherd(8), Shirley, Shively, Smith(30), Smith(24), Snodgrass,
      Stevenson, Thayn, Trail, Vander Woude, Wills, Wood(27), Wood(35), Mr.
      Speaker
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Clark
    Floor Sponsor - Wills
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/13    To enrol
03/14    Rpt enrol - Pres signed - Sp signed
03/15    To Governor
03/20    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 100
         Effective: 07/01/07

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-ninth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2007
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1130
                                                                        
                                BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSES; AMENDING SECTION 49-335, IDAHO CODE,
  3        TO PROVIDE FOR DISQUALIFICATION IF A PERSON SUBMITS TO AND FAILS A TEST TO
  4        DETERMINE THE DRIVER'S CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL, DRUG OR OTHER  INTOXICAT-
  5        ING SUBSTANCES.
                                                                        
  6    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  7        SECTION  1.  That  Section  49-335, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
  8    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  9        49-335.  DISQUALIFICATIONS AND PENALTIES -- COMMERCIAL  DRIVER'S  LICENSE.
 10    (1) Any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle or who holds a class A,
 11    B  or  C  driver's  license  is disqualified from operating a commercial motor
 12    vehicle for a period of not less than one (1) year if convicted in the form of
 13    a judgment or withheld judgment of a first violation under any state  or  fed-
 14    eral law of:
 15        (a)  Operating  a  motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or a
 16        controlled substance;
 17        (b)  Operating a commercial motor vehicle while the alcohol  concentration
 18        of the person's blood, breath or bodily substance is 0.04 or more;
 19        (c)  Leaving  the scene of an accident involving a motor vehicle driven by
 20        the person;
 21        (d)  Using a motor vehicle in the commission of any felony.
 22        (2)  Any person who operates a commercial motor vehicle  or  who  holds  a
 23    class  A,  B or C driver's license is disqualified from operating a commercial
 24    motor vehicle for a period of not less than one (1) year if the person refuses
 25    to submit to or submits to and fails a test to determine the driver's alcohol,
 26    drug or other intoxicating substances concentration while  operating  a  motor
 27    vehicle.
 28        (3)  If  any  of  the  offenses specified in subsection (1) or (2) of this
 29    section occurred while  transporting  a  hazardous  material  required  to  be
 30    placarded,  the person is disqualified for a period of not less than three (3)
 31    years.
 32        (4)  A person is disqualified for the period of time specified in  49  CFR
 33    part  383  if  found  to have committed two (2) or more of any of the offenses
 34    specified in subsection (1) or (2) of this  section,  or  any  combination  of
 35    those offenses, arising from two (2) or more separate incidents.
 36        (5)  A  person  is disqualified for the period of time specified in 49 CFR
 37    part 383 from operating a commercial motor vehicle who uses a motor vehicle in
 38    the commission of any felony involving the manufacture, distribution, or  dis-
 39    pensing  of  a  controlled  substance, or possession of a controlled substance
 40    with the intent to manufacture, distribute or dispense  such  controlled  sub-
 41    stance.
 42        (6)  A  person  is  disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle
 43    for a period of not less than sixty (60) days if convicted of two (2)  serious
                                                                        
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  1    traffic violations, or one hundred twenty (120) days if convicted of three (3)
  2    or  more  serious  traffic violations, committed in a commercial motor vehicle
  3    arising from separate incidents occurring within a three (3)  year  period.  A
  4    conviction  for  reckless driving shall be considered a serious traffic viola-
  5    tion if committed while operating a commercial motor vehicle or  a  noncommer-
  6    cial motor vehicle, as specified in 49 CFR part 383.
  7        (7)  A person who drives, operates, or is in physical control of a commer-
  8    cial    motor  vehicle within this state while having any detectable amount of
  9    alcohol in his system or who refuses to submit to  an  alcohol  test  must  be
 10    placed  out of service for twenty-four (24) hours and be subject to the provi-
 11    sions of section 18-8002, Idaho Code.
 12        (8)  It is unlawful for a holder of a class A, B or C license  to  violate
 13    an  out-of-service  order. A person who is convicted in the form of a judgment
 14    or withheld judgment of a violation of an out-of-service order while driving a
 15    commercial motor vehicle is disqualified for not less than:
 16        (a)  Ninety (90) days nor more than one (1) year for a first conviction;
 17        (b)  One (1) year nor more than five (5) years  for  a  second  conviction
 18        arising from separate incidents during any ten (10) year period;
 19        (c)  Three  (3)  years  nor more than five (5) years for three (3) or more
 20        convictions arising from separate  incidents  during  any  ten  (10)  year
 21        period.
 22        (9)  A person who is convicted in the form of a judgment or withheld judg-
 23    ment  of  a  violation  of  an out-of-service order while driving a commercial
 24    motor vehicle and  while  transporting  hazardous  materials  required  to  be
 25    placarded under the hazardous materials transportation act, or while operating
 26    motor vehicles designed to transport sixteen (16) or more people including the
 27    driver, is disqualified for not less than:
 28        (a)  One hundred eighty (180) days nor more than two (2) years for a first
 29        conviction;
 30        (b)  Three  (3)  years nor more than five (5) years for subsequent convic-
 31        tions arising from separate incidents in any ten (10) year period.
 32        (10) A person is disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle if
 33    convicted of a railroad grade crossing violation as specified in 49  CFR  part
 34    383  or  applicable state laws while operating a commercial motor vehicle. The
 35    disqualification shall be for a period of:
 36        (a)  Sixty (60) days for a first conviction;
 37        (b)  One hundred twenty (120) days for  a  second  conviction  during  any
 38        three (3) year period;
 39        (c)  One  (1)  year  for a third or subsequent conviction during any three
 40        (3) year period.
 41        (11) A person is additionally disqualified  from  operating  a  commercial
 42    motor  vehicle  in accordance with 49 CFR part 383 if such person is convicted
 43    of operating a commercial motor vehicle during a time when such person's class
 44    A, B or C driving privileges were revoked, suspended or canceled or  during  a
 45    time when such person was disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehi-
 46    cle.
 47        (12) A  person  is  additionally  disqualified from operating a commercial
 48    motor vehicle in accordance with 49 CFR part 383 if  convicted  of  causing  a
 49    fatality  through  the negligent operation of a commercial motor vehicle. Such
 50    negligent operation of a commercial motor vehicle may include, but is not lim-
 51    ited to, the crimes of motor vehicle manslaughter, homicide by motor  vehicle,
 52    or negligent homicide by motor vehicle.
 53        (13) In  addition  to  the disqualification periods in subsections (8) and
 54    (9) of this section, a driver who is convicted of violating an  out-of-service
 55    order  shall  be  subject to a civil penalty of not less than one thousand one
                                                                        
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  1    hundred dollars ($1,100) nor more than two thousand seven hundred  fifty  dol-
  2    lars ($2,750).

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 16869
                                 
                                 
This legislation is to bring Idaho s Commercial Drivers License (CDL)
program into closer alignment with Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration (FMCSA) regulations. In December 2006, FMCSA was prepared
to send a non compliance letter to Idaho for not addressing this issue,
which would have been the first step in the process to withhold highway
funding.

Federal disqualification periods for major offenses of CDL holders or
those required to hold a CDL must be reflected in Idaho statutes.
Idaho s administrative license suspension (ALS) is considered one of
those major offenses. While the ALS currently disqualifies CDL holders
during the period of suspension (90 days for the first ALS and one year
for any subsequent ALS), the disqualification period required by FMCSA
regulations for major offenses is a one-year disqualification for the
first major offense and a lifetime disqualification for a second major
offense (arising in separate incidents) . Thus, under the proposed
legislation, if a driver had both an administrative license suspension
and a DUI conviction in one incident, only one disqualification would be
applied.

                           FISCAL NOTE
                                 
If this legislation is not implemented and Idaho s laws are found to be
in substantial non-compliance with Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration s regulations,

All future increases in FMCSA grant funding to the Motor Carrier Safety
Assistance Program will be eliminated.

There will be a permanent 5% reduction of the department s federal aid
highway funding the first year (approximately $6.6 million) and 10% in
subsequent years (approximately $13.2 million annually). The reduction
would affect the following categories:

      -    Interstate Maintenance
      -    National Highway System
      -    Surface Transportation Program

CONTACT

Name: Edward Pemble, Driver Services Manager
Agency:   Idaho Transportation Department
Phone:    332-7830
         
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                                S 1130