Ark. Code § 27-23-110

Current with legislation from 2024 effective through May 3, 2024.
Section 27-23-110 - Application for commercial driver license
(a)
(1) The application for a commercial driver license or commercial learner's permit shall include the following:
(A) The full name and current residential address of the applicant;
(B) A physical description of the applicant, including the applicant's sex, height, weight, eye color, and hair color;
(C) The applicant's date of birth;
(D) The applicant's Social Security number;
(E) The applicant's signature;
(F) A consent to release driving record information;
(G) Certifications, including without limitation those required by 49 C.F.R. § 383.71, as in effect on January 1, 2013;
(H) Certification that the applicant is not subject to any disqualification under 49 C.F.R. § 383.51, as in effect on January 1, 2013, or any license suspension, revocation, or cancellation under state law and that the applicant does not have a driver license from more than one (1) state or jurisdiction;
(I) Certification that the applicant is or expects to be one (1) of the following types of drivers:
(i) Nonexcepted interstate;
(ii) Excepted interstate;
(iii) Nonexcepted intrastate; or
(iv) Excepted intrastate;
(J) For an applicant for a commercial driver license only, the surrender of the applicant's noncommercial driver licenses to the state;
(K) The names of all states in which the applicant has previously been licensed to drive any type of motor vehicle during the previous ten (10) years;
(L) For an applicant that certifies as nonexcepted interstate or nonexcepted intrastate, the applicant shall provide the Office of Driver Services with a medical examiner's certificate and any waiver, exemption, or skills performance evaluation certificate required by the medical examiner's certificate as provided in § 27-23-129; and
(M) Any other information required by the Office of Driver Services.
(2) The application for a commercial driver license shall be accompanied by an application fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
(b) When a licensee changes his or her name, an application for a duplicate license shall be made to the Office of Driver Services.
(c) No person who has been a resident of this state for thirty (30) days may drive a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a commercial driver license issued by another jurisdiction.
(d) The license application shall be accompanied by an examination fee for each knowledge and skills test, which shall be set by regulation of the Division of Arkansas State Police in an amount not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) for each examination and administration.
(e) The examination fee set in subsection (d) of this section shall be collected by the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration at the time of initial application for a commercial motor vehicle license and any subsequent applications for examination. The funds shall be deposited as special revenues into the State Treasury and distributed to the credit of the Division of Arkansas State Police Fund to defray the cost of administering the examination of the knowledge and skills tests required in § 27-23-108.
(f) If the Office of Driver Services issues a commercial learner's permit to an applicant, the applicant may take the commercial driver license skills test no earlier than fourteen (14) calendar days following the date of issuance of the commercial learner's permit.

Ark. Code § 27-23-110

Amended by Act 2021, No. 753,§ 1, eff. 1/1/2022.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 463,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2013, No. 758,§ 14, eff. 7/8/2014.
Acts 1989, No. 241, § 10; 1989, (3rd Ex. Sess.), No. 36, § 1; 1991, No. 164, § 1; 1991, No. 852, § 1; 1991, No. 1042,§ 1; 2003, No. 842, § 3; 2007, No. 256, § 1; 2007, No. 382, § 3; 2011, No. 352, § 3.