Section 302.735

Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION

Chapter 302

Effective - 28 Aug 2004, 6 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  302.735.  Application for commercial license, contents, fee, expiration, duration, duplicate license — new resident, application dates — falsification of information, ineligibility for license, when. — 1. An application shall not be taken from a nonresident after September 30, 2005. The application for a commercial driver's license shall include, but not be limited to, the applicant's legal name, mailing and residence address, if different, a physical description of the person, including sex, height, weight and eye color, the person's Social Security number, date of birth and any other information deemed appropriate by the director. The application shall also require, beginning September 30, 2005, the applicant to provide the names of all states where the applicant has been previously licensed to drive any type of motor vehicle during the preceding ten years.

  2. The application for a commercial driver's license or renewal shall be accompanied by the payment of a fee of forty dollars. The fee for a duplicate commercial driver's license shall be twenty dollars. A commercial driver's license shall expire on the applicant's birthday in the sixth year after issuance and must be renewed on or before the date of expiration. The director shall have the authority to stagger the issuance or renewal of commercial driver's license applicants over a six-year period. When a person changes such person's name an application for a duplicate license shall be made to the director of revenue. When a person changes such person's mailing address or residence the applicant shall notify the director of revenue of said change, however, no application for a duplicate license is required. To all applicants for a commercial license or renewal who are between eighteen and twenty-one years of age and seventy years of age and older, the application shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty dollars. A commercial license issued pursuant to this section to an applicant less than twenty-one years of age and seventy years of age and older or, beginning September 30, 2005, to an applicant for a commercial driver's license containing a school bus or hazardous materials endorsement shall expire on the applicant's birthday in the third year after issuance.

  3. Within thirty days after moving to this state, the holder of a commercial driver's license shall apply for a commercial driver's license in this state. The applicant shall meet all other requirements of sections 302.700 to 302.780, except that the director may waive the driving test for a commercial driver's license as required in section 302.720 if the applicant for a commercial driver's license has a valid commercial driver's license from a state which has requirements for issuance of such license comparable to those in this state.

  4. Any person who falsifies any information in an application or test for a commercial driver's license shall not be licensed to operate a commercial motor vehicle, or the person's commercial driver's license shall be canceled, for a period of one year after the director discovers such falsification.

  5. Beginning July 1, 2005, the director shall not issue a commercial driver's license under this section unless the director verifies that the applicant is lawfully present in the United States before accepting the application. If lawful presence is granted for a temporary period, no commercial driver's license shall be issued. The director may, by rule or regulation, establish procedures to verify the lawful presence of the applicant and establish the duration of any commercial driver's license issued under this section. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated pursuant to the authority of this section shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to chapter 536, RSMo.

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(L. 1989 1st Ex. Sess. H.B. 3, A.L. 1999 S.B. 19, A.L. 2001 S.B. 436, A.L. 2004 S.B. 1233, et al.)