Commercial driver license-hazardous materials endorsement.

Plain English Breakdown

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Commercial Driver License - Hazardous Materials Endorsement

This law allows drivers who are at least 18 years old to get a hazardous materials endorsement for their commercial driver's license.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the age requirement for getting a hazardous materials endorsement on a commercial driver's license from an unspecified older age to 18 years old.
• Requires the Department of Transportation to make rules that help follow this new law.

Who It Names or Affects

• Drivers who want a hazardous materials endorsement for their commercial driver’s license.
• The Department of Transportation which needs to make new rules.

Terms To Know

Hazardous Materials Endorsement

A special part added to a commercial driver's license that lets someone drive vehicles carrying dangerous goods like chemicals or explosives.

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact rules for getting the hazardous materials endorsement will be made by the Department of Transportation after this law is passed.
• It’s not clear how many drivers under 18 were previously prevented from getting this endorsement and how many might now apply because of the age change.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0246

Bill No.:

HB0008

Effective:

Multiple Dates

LSO No.:

24LSO-0246

Enrolled Act No.:

HEA No. 0013

Chapter No.:

21

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee

Catch Title:

Commercial driver license-hazardous materials endorsement.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Commercial driver license hazardous materials endorsement.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act specifies that a driver who has attained eighteen (18) years of age may receive a hazardous materials endorsement for a commercial driver's license.

This act provides that the department of transportation shall promulgate any rules necessary to implement this act.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0246

ORIGINAL House

Bill No
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HB0008

ENROLLED ACT NO. 13,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; specifying that a driver who has attained eighteen (18) years of age may receive a hazardous materials endorsement for a commercial driver's license; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 31
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304(a)(ii)(A) is amended to read:

31
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304.

Issuance; classifications and endorsements.

(a)

Commercial driver's licenses may be issued with the following classifications and endorsements.

The holder of a valid commercial driver's license may drive all vehicles in the class for which that license is issued and all lesser classes of vehicles except motorcycles and vehicles which require a separate endorsement, unless the proper endorsement appears on the license:

(ii)

The following driver's license endorsements are special authorizations permitting the driver to operate certain types of motor vehicles or transport certain types of cargo if the endorsement is displayed on the driver's license:

(A)

"H" authorizes the operation of a vehicle transporting hazardous materials
, provided that the licensed driver has attained the age of eighteen (18) years
;

Section 2.

The department of transportation shall promulgate any rules necessary to implement this act.

Section 3.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2024.

(b)

Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(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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