License, manufacture of, requirements
This law explains what a commercial driver's license (CDL) must look like and what steps are taken before and after one is issued. The license must be hard to fake and must show things like the person's photo, name, address, birthday, and what type of big vehicles they are allowed to drive. Before giving someone a CDL, the state checks their driving history from other states. After the CDL is given out, the state must report it to a national system within ten days.
302.740. , of, requirements — driving to be obtained prior to of license, notice to information system, when. — 1. The shall be manufactured of materials and processes that will prohibit as nearly as possible the ability to reproduce, alter, counterfeit, forge, or duplicate any license without ready detection. Such license shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: a colored photograph of the person, the legal name and address of the person, a physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight and eye color, the person's driver's license number or such other number or identifier by the or the , the date of birth, class or type of or vehicles which the person is to drive, the name of this state, and the words "COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE" or "", the dates of and expiration, the person's signature and such other information as the director prescribes.
2. Before issuing a commercial driver's license, the director shall obtain driving information from sources including, but not limited to, the , the , and any state driver's licensing system in which the person has been licensed; except that the director shall only be required to obtain the complete driving record from each state the person has ever been licensed in when such person is issued an initial commercial driver's license or renews his or her commercial driver's license for the first time. The director shall maintain a notation in the driving record system of the date when he or she has obtained the driving records from all other states which the person has been licensed.
3. Within ten days after issuing a commercial driver's license, the director shall notify the commercial driver's license information system of such fact, providing all information required to ensure identification of the person. For the purpose of this , the date of issuance shall be the date the commercial driver's license is mailed to the .
4. The commercial driver's license shall indicate the class of vehicle the person may drive and any applicable or . Commercial driver's license classifications, endorsements and restrictions shall be in with the ( XII of Pub. Law 99-570) and those prescribed by the director. The commercial driver's license driving record shall contain a complete history of the driver, including information and from previous states of .
5. The shall include but not be limited to the same data elements as a commercial driver's license and the words "CDL " or "" and such other information as the director or Secretary prescribes.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al., A.L. 2013 H.B. 103)
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