2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 60 MOTOR VEHICLES
60-4,144 Commercial drivers' licenses; applications; examiner's certificate; contents; application; demonstration of knowledge and skills; information and documentation required.

60-4,144. Commercial drivers' licenses; applications; examiner's certificate; contents; application; demonstration of knowledge and skills; information and documentation required.

(1)(a) This subsection applies until the implementation date designated by the director pursuant to section 60-462.02. Application for any original or renewal commercial driver's license or application for any change of class of commercial motor vehicle, endorsement, or restriction may be made in a manner prescribed by the department. Such application may be made to an examiner in any county. The examiner shall personally conduct the examination of the applicant and deliver to each successful applicant an examiner's certificate containing the statements made pursuant to subdivision (b) of this subsection.

(b) The application or examiner's certificate shall include the voter registration portion pursuant to section 32-308, the advisement language required by subsection (5) of section 60-6,197, and the following:

(i) The full name, the current mailing address, and the residential address of the applicant, except that if the applicant is a program participant under the Address Confidentiality Act, he or she need not supply his or her residential address;

(ii) A physical description of the applicant, including sex, height, weight, and eye and hair colors;

(iii) The applicant's date of birth;

(iv) The applicant's social security number;

(v) The applicant's signature;

(vi) Certification that the commercial motor vehicle in which the applicant takes any driving skills examination is representative of the class of commercial motor vehicle that the applicant operates or expects to operate;

(vii) The certification required pursuant to section 60-4,145 or 60-4,146;

(viii) Beginning September 30, 2005, the names of all states where the applicant has been licensed to operate any type of motor vehicle in the ten years prior to the date of application;

(ix) The following specific questions:

(A) Have you within the last three months (e.g. due to diabetes, epilepsy, mental illness, head injury, stroke, heart condition, neurological disease, etc.):

(I) lost voluntary control or consciousness ... yes ... no

(II) experienced vertigo or multiple episodes of dizziness or fainting ... yes ... no

(III) experienced disorientation ... yes ... no

(IV) experienced seizures ... yes ... no

(V) experienced impairment of memory, memory loss ... yes ... no

Please explain: .....................

(B) Do you experience any condition which affects your ability to operate a motor vehicle? (e.g. due to loss of or impairment of foot, leg, hand, or arm; neurological or neuromuscular disease, etc.) ... yes ... no

Please explain: .....................

(C) Since the issuance of your last driver's license/permit has your health or medical condition changed or worsened? ... yes ... no

Please explain, including how the above affects your ability to drive: .......................;

(x) Do you wish to register to vote as part of this application process?

OPTIONAL - YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO ANSWER ANY OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

(xi) Do you wish to be an organ and tissue donor?

(xii) Do you wish to receive any additional specific information regarding organ and tissue donation and the Donor Registry of Nebraska?

(xiii) Do you wish to donate $1 to promote the Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness and Education Fund?

(c) Application shall be made under oath or affirmation of the applicant.

(2) This subsection applies beginning on the implementation date designated by the director pursuant to section 60-462.02. An applicant for any original or renewal commercial driver's license or an applicant for a change of class of commercial motor vehicle, endorsement, or restriction shall demonstrate his or her knowledge and skills for operating a commercial motor vehicle as prescribed in the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act. An applicant for a commercial driver's license shall provide the information and documentation required by this section and section 60-484. Such information and documentation shall include:

(a) Certification that the commercial motor vehicle in which the applicant takes any driving skills examination is representative of the class of commercial motor vehicle that the applicant operates or expects to operate;

(b) The certification required pursuant to section 60-4,145 or 60-4,146; and

(c) The names of all states where the applicant has been licensed to operate any type of motor vehicle in the ten years prior to the date of application.

Source

Laws 1989, LB 285, § 94;
Laws 1992, LB 1178, § 4;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 575;
Laws 1997, LB 635, § 21;
Laws 1999, LB 147, § 3;
Laws 1999, LB 704, § 29;
Laws 2000, LB 1317, § 8;
Laws 2001, LB 34, § 5;
Laws 2003, LB 228, § 13;
Laws 2003, LB 562, § 14;
Laws 2004, LB 208, § 7;
Laws 2004, LB 559, § 4;
Laws 2005, LB 76, § 12;
Laws 2008, LB911, § 21.

Cross References

Address Confidentiality Act, see section 42-1201.