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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

AB 216

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permitting third-party testers to administer driving skills tests for certain noncommercial motor vehicle drivers.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, with limited exceptions, applicants for an operator's license

are required to successfully complete a knowledge test and a driving skills (road)

test. Generally Department of Transportation (DOT) examiners must administer

road tests except that DOT may contract with third-party testers to conduct road

tests for commercial motor vehicle operators and school bus operators. However,

DOT may not contract for third-party testing with a private driver training school

or another private institution. A contract between DOT and a third-party tester

must include specified provisions.

This bill permits DOT to contract with third-party testers to conduct road tests

for "Class D" vehicle operators. "Class D" vehicles include most noncommercial

motor vehicles other than Type 1 motorcycles. The bill also removes the prohibition

on DOT contracting for third-party testing with private driver training schools or

other private institutions but requires each contract between DOT and a third-party

tester to include a provision prohibiting the third-party tester from administering

any test of a person who has received instruction in driver training from the

third-party tester or from an affiliate of the third-party tester.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , J. Fitzgerald (R) , Kerkman (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Lothian (R) , M. Williams (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Nerison (R) , Nygren (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Strachota (R) , Tauchen (R) , Townsend (R) , Van Roy (R) , Vos (R)

7 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Grothman (R) , Harsdorf (R) , Lazich (R) , Leibham (R) , S. Fitzgerald (R) , Schultz (R)

Full history

  1. Apr 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nerison, M. Williams, J. Fitzgerald, Nygren, A. Ott, Tauchen, Lothian, Townsend, Mursau, Murtha, Spanbauer, Vos, Kerkman, LeMahieu, Strachota and Van Roy;Cosponsored by Senators Leibham, Schultz, Grothman, S. Fitzgerald, Harsdorf, Cowles and Lazich

  2. Apr 17, 2009 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation

  3. May 21, 2009 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1