A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 5612080, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A A COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE AND DRIVER INSTRUCTION PERMIT, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON MAY NOT BE ISSUED A COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE OR HAVE HIS RENEWED DRIVER’S LICENSE BEFORE HE COMPLETES A HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COURSE. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Section 5612080(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: A person may “(A)(1) not be issued a commercial driver’s license unless that 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 C.F.R. Part 383, subparts F, G, and H and has satisfied all other requirements of the CMVSA as well as any other requirements imposed by state law or federal regulation. The tests must be prescribed and conducted by the department. The first commercial skills test administered by the department to an driver’s license individual is free of charge; thereafter, the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to charge a fee of twentyfive dollars for each subsequent commercial administered to driver’s license skills test that individual. State agency and school district employees who are required to possess a commercial in the course of driver’s license their normal job duties are exempt from this requirement. This fee must be placed into the State Highway Fund as established by
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 5612080, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF A COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE AND A COMMERCIAL DRIVER INSTRUCTION PERMIT, SO AS TO PROVIDE A PERSON MAY NOT BE ISSUED A COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSE OR HAVE HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE RENEWED BEFORE HE COMPLETES A HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COURSE. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina: SECTION 1. Section 5612080(A) of the 1976 Code is amended to read: “(A)(1) A person may not be issued a commercial driver’s license unless that 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 C.F.R. Part 383, subparts F, G, and H and has satisfied all other requirements of the CMVSA as well as any other requirements imposed by state law or federal regulation. The tests must be prescribed and conducted by the department. The first commercial driver’s license skills test administered by the department to an individual is free of charge; thereafter, the Department of Motor Vehicles is authorized to charge a fee of twentyfive dollars for each subsequent commercial driver’s license skills test administered to that individual. State agency and school district employees who are required to possess a commercial driver’s license in the course of their normal job duties are exempt from this requirement. This fee must be placed into the State Highway Fund as established by
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