HOUSE BILL No. 5656

May 17, 2016, Introduced by Reps. Lane and Pettalia and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 312j.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 312j. (1) The department shall establish a pilot program

 

that, as determined by the department, provides for the vehicle

 

group designation testing of an individual who is the holder of a

 

valid commercial license permit issued by a state other than this

 

state.

 

     (2) An individual who is the holder of a valid commercial

 

license permit issued by a state other than this state is not

 

eligible for vehicle group designation testing in this state as

 

described in subsection (1) unless all of the following are

 

satisfied:

 

     (a) The individual has successfully completed a truck driver


training curriculum that has been approved by the department and

 

provided by a person that has been approved to provide truck driver

 

training under the driver education provider and instructor act,

 

2006 PA 384, MCL 256.621 to 256.705.

 

     (b) The state that issued the commercial license permit is a

 

participant in an electronic national commercial driver examination

 

reporting system in which this state is also a participant on the

 

effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.

 

     (3) The pilot program described in subsection (1) shall

 

continue until the department adopts official commercial driver

 

license curriculum requirements for a person providing education to

 

individuals seeking to obtain a vehicle group designation described

 

in section 312e to qualify to provide the testing required for

 

those individuals under section 309.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.