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DRIVER LICENSE AMENDMENTS

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2014 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Stephen G. Handy

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Senate Sponsor: Jerry W. Stevenson

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             7      LONG TITLE
             8      General Description:
             9          This bill modifies Title 53, Chapter 3, Uniform Driver License Act, by amending
             10      provisions relating to driver licenses.
             11      Highlighted Provisions:
             12          This bill:
             13          .    provides that a person who is 17 years of age or younger is eligible for a driver
             14      license certificate if the person has held an equivalent learner permit issued by
             15      another state or branch of the United States Armed Forces for six months; and
             16          .    makes technical corrections.
             17      Money Appropriated in this Bill:
             18          None
             19      Other Special Clauses:
             20          None
             21      Utah Code Sections Affected:
             22      AMENDS:
             23           53-3-204 , as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 176 and 335
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             25      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             26          Section 1. Section 53-3-204 is amended to read:
             27           53-3-204. Persons who may not be licensed.
             28          (1) (a) The division may not license a person who:
             29          (i) is younger than 16 years of age;


             30          (ii) if the person is 18 years of age or younger, has not completed a course in driver
             31      training approved by the commissioner;
             32          (iii) if the person is 19 years of age or older has not completed:
             33          (A) a course in driver training approved by the commissioner; or
             34          (B) the requirements under Subsection 53-3-210.5 (6)(c);
             35          (iv) if the person is a minor as defined in Section 53-3-211 , has not completed the
             36      driving requirement under Section 53-3-211 ;
             37          (v) is not a resident of the state, unless the person is issued a temporary CDL under
             38      Subsection 53-3-407 (2)(b); or
             39          (vi) if the person is 17 years of age or younger, has not held a learner permit issued
             40      under Section 53-3-210.5 or an equivalent by another state or branch of the United States
             41      Armed Forces for six months.
             42          (b) Subsections (1)(a)(i), (ii), (iii), [and] (iv), and (vi) do not apply to a person:
             43          (i) who has been licensed before July 1, 1967; or
             44          (ii) who is 16 years of age or older making application for a license who has been
             45      licensed in another state or country.
             46          (2) The division may not issue a license certificate to a person:
             47          (a) whose license has been suspended, denied, cancelled, or disqualified during the
             48      period of suspension, denial, cancellation, or disqualification;
             49          (b) whose privilege has been revoked, except as provided in Section 53-3-225 ;
             50          (c) who has previously been adjudged mentally incompetent and who has not at the
             51      time of application been restored to competency as provided by law;
             52          (d) who is required by this chapter to take an examination unless the person
             53      successfully passes the examination;
             54          (e) whose driving privileges have been denied or suspended under:
             55          (i) Section 78A-6-606 by an order of the juvenile court; or
             56          (ii) Section 53-3-231 ; or
             57          (f) beginning on or after July 1, 2012, who holds an unexpired Utah identification card


             58      issued under Part 8, Identification [Cards] Card Act, unless:
             59          (i) the Utah identification card is canceled; and
             60          (ii) if the Utah identification card is in the person's possession, the Utah identification
             61      card is surrendered to the division.
             62          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(c), the division may not grant a motorcycle
             63      endorsement to a person who:
             64          (i) has not been granted an original or provisional class D license, a CDL, or an
             65      out-of-state equivalent to an original or provisional class D license or a CDL; and
             66          (ii) if the person is under 19 years of age, has not held a motorcycle learner permit for
             67      two months unless Subsection (3)(b) applies.
             68          (b) The division may waive the two month motorcycle learner permit holding period
             69      requirement under Subsection (3)(a)(ii) if the person proves to the satisfaction of the division
             70      that the person has completed a motorcycle rider education program that meets the
             71      requirements under Section 53-3-903 .
             72          (c) The division may grant a motorcycle endorsement to a person under 19 years of age
             73      who has not held a motorcycle learner permit for two months if the person was issued a
             74      motorcycle endorsement prior to July 1, 2008.
             75          (4) The division may grant a class D license to a person whose commercial license is
             76      disqualified under Part 4, Uniform Commercial Driver License Act, if the person is not
             77      otherwise sanctioned under this chapter.


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