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| SPONSOR: | Martinez | DATE TYPED: | 03/04/01 | HB | 545 | ||
| SHORT TITLE: | Instructional Driving Permits | SB | |||||
| ANALYST: | Rael | ||||||
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(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD)
State Department of Education (SDE)
State Highway and Transportation Department (SHTD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
The Instructional Driving Permits bill would require teens under the age of 18 who wish to obtain a driving permit or provisional license to be enrolled in and attending school as well as being enrolled in a state-approved driver education course.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
See Administrative Implications.
ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS
The proposed bill will require MVD employees to verify school records and attendance. Depending on how the proposed statute is interpreted, MVD's administrative costs could be very high.
Any fiscal impact to the schools would depend on the documentation process required by MVD to verify enrollment.
This bill could have the effect of requiring private driving schools to obtain certification by the state. This in turn could have an administrative impact.
OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES
1. The language of the bill presumes that all persons between the ages of 15 and 18 are students. The Compulsory School Attendance Act, Section 22-12-2, requires that persons attend school until the age of 18, but allows for exclusion from this provision for certain circumstances such as graduation, or employment or alternative education at age 16, with both parental and local district consent.
2. There is some question regarding how the MVD would verify school enrollment.
3. The proposal would require school attendance and enrollment only at the time of application for driver's licenses. Enrollment and attendance is not required after the permit or license is issued.
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