Commercial driver's license-compact agreement.

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ORIGINAL
House
JOINT RESOLUTION
.
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ENROLLED JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 1,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-F
OURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

A JOINT RESOLUTION requesting Congress to enact legislation permitting western states to enter into a voluntary compact to establish a graduated commercial driver licensing program that would allow commercial drivers between eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years of age to operate a commercial motor vehicle in a consenting, contiguous state.

WHEREAS,
federal law requires drivers to be at least twenty-one (21) years
of age
to operate a commercial
motor vehicle
between states
; and

WHEREAS, drivers who are
between
eighteen (18)
and
twenty-one (21) years o
f age
may operate a commercial motor vehicle intrastate
within the states of
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming; and

WHEREAS, the trucking industry delivers goods across state lines and faces a severe shortage of drivers because of increased shipping demand and a high number of retiring drivers; and

WHEREAS, it is difficult to recruit drivers who are twenty-one (21) years o
f age
or older into the trucking industry because they have
already
entered another career path; and

WHEREAS, the unemployment rate for persons between eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years o
f age
is higher than that of other age groups; and

WHEREAS, the safety performance statistics for
non-commercial
drivers who are
between
eighteen (18)
and
twenty-one (21) years o
f age
do not necessarily reflect the safety performance of the same group
who hold a commercial driver
'
s license
; and

WHEREAS, the safety benefits of graduated licensing for
non
commercial
vehi
cle drivers are well documented
and similar safety benefits may be possible with a graduated commercial licensing program
that expands commercial driving privileges
; and

WHEREAS,
legislation allowing
a voluntary compact between Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming
could include a conditional lowering of the twenty-one (21) year

old
commercial driver
age requirement and
w
ould
allow these contiguous states to establish a graduated
commercial driver licensing program to allow drivers between eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years o
f age
to operate a commercial motor vehicle in a consenting, contiguous state
.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING:

Section 1.

That Congress enact legislation

permitting Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming to enter into a voluntary compact to establish a graduated commercial driver licensing program to allow drivers who are between eighteen (18) and twenty-one (21) years o
f age and who hold
a commercial driver
'
s
license
issued by
a co
mpact
state to operate a commercial motor vehicle in a consenting, contiguous
compact
state.

Section 2.
That the Secretary of State of Wyoming transmit copies of this resolution to
the President
and the Majority Leader
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, the
Wyoming Congressional Delegation and to the

c
ongressional
d
elegations and the
legislative bodies of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota and Utah.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the
House
.

Chief Clerk

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