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281A.130 Requirements for issuance of license.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
A person shall not be issued a commercial driver's license unless that person:
(a) Is a resident of this state;
(b) Holds a valid operator's license;
(c) Has complied with the provisions of KRS 281A.300;
(d) Except as provided in KRS 281A.165, has passed the knowledge and
skills tests for driving a commercial motor vehicle which comply with
minimum federal standards established by federal regulation enumerated
in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 383, as adopted by the
cabinet; and
(e) Has satisfied all other safety requirements including those requirements
imposed by state law or federal regulation. The tests shall be prescribed
and conducted as set forth in KRS 281A.160.
A commercial driver's license, or commercial driver's instruction permit shall
not be issued to a person while the person is subject to a disqualification from
driving a commercial motor vehicle, or while the person's driver's license or
driving privilege is suspended, revoked, or canceled in any state or jurisdiction.
A commercial driver's license shall not be issued to a person who has a
commercial driver's license issued by any other state unless the person first
surrenders all such licenses, which shall be returned to the issuing jurisdiction
for cancellation.
To ensure that an applicant for a commercial driver's license or instruction
permit complies with the requirements of subsections (2) and (3) of this section,
the circuit clerk shall verify through the commercial driver's license information
system and national driver register that the person applying for a Kentucky
CDL does not currently have his or her operator's license or driving privilege
suspended or revoked in another licensing jurisdiction. If the person's
operator's license or driving privilege is currently suspended or revoked in
another licensing jurisdiction, the circuit clerk shall not issue the person a
Kentucky CDL until the person resolves the matter in the other licensing
jurisdiction and complies with the provisions of this chapter and KRS Chapter
186.
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Amended 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 20, sec. 2, effective June 8, 2011. -Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 204, sec. 5, effective April 5, 2002. -- Created 1990
Ky. Acts ch. 455, sec. 13, effective July 1, 1991.
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