Number
121063
Version
SUBSTITUTE 2
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. WITKOWSKI
Title
A substitute ordinance relating to the waiver of testing requirements for a public passenger vehicle driver’s license applicants under certain circumstances.
Sections
100-54-2-d am
100-54-2-e am
100-54-2-f-1 am
100-54-7 am
100-54-11-a am
100-54-11-c am
100-54-12-a am
Analysis
This ordinance provides that an applicant for a public passenger vehicle driver’s license shall be exempt from various testing requirements as follows:
1. Defensive driving and safety course - the applicant shall be exempt from the requirement to take this course if, at any time within the 2-year period prior to the date of filing the application with the city clerk, the applicant held a city-issued public passenger vehicle driver’s license for motorized vehicles.
2. Passenger assistance techniques training program - this requirement is waived if, at any time within the 2-year period prior to the date of filing the application with the city clerk, the applicant held a city-issued public passenger driver’s license for handicapped-elderly vehicles.
3. A test regarding knowledge of city streets, major buildings, facilities and city regulations regarding public passenger vehicles - this requirement is waived if, at any time within the 2-year period prior to the date of filing the application with the city clerk, the applicant held a city-issued public passenger vehicle driver’s license for taxicabs.
This ordinance also provides that an applicant who has held a public passenger vehicle driver’s license in the past 12 months shall be required to file a renewal application. If more than 12 months have elapsed since the date of license expiration, the applicant may file either a new application or a renewal application, except that any application filed after the expiration date of the license period following the license period for which the license was issued shall be considered a new license application...
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