Section 61-5-118 - Third-party commercial driver testing program - certification of testing programs and examiners - fees - test waiver(1) The department may contract with and certify the following as a third-party commercial driver testing program to administer the approved commercial driver skills test to a Montana commercial driver's license applicant: (a) any person, employer of commercial drivers, private driver training facility, or other private company;(b) a postsecondary institution as defined in 20-26-603;(c) a department, agency, or instrumentality of a local government of the state; or(d) a department, agency, or instrumentality of a tribal government of the state.(2) A certified third-party driver testing program shall administer the same skills test as would otherwise be administered by the department.(3) The department may decertify a third-party commercial driver testing program for failure to comply with the department rules or federal regulations.(4) The department may collect the following fees: (a) a fee of $5,000 to certify a third-party commercial driver testing program and a fee of $2,500 for certification renewal;(b) a fee of $500 to certify each third-party commercial driver examiner and a fee of $100 for certification renewal; and(c) a fee of $25 for each successfully completed skills test to be paid by the applicant.(5)(a) A commercial driver's license applicant who is tested under the third-party commercial driver testing program must have passed the knowledge test required by 61-5-110 and complied with commercial driver's license department rules and federal regulations and must possess a valid Montana commercial learner's permit.(b) The road test or the skills test required by 61-5-110 may be waived by the department for a commercial driver's license applicant upon certification of the applicant's successful completion of the road test or the skills test by: (i) a third-party commercial driver testing program certified under this section; or(ii) a third-party commercial driver examiner from a jurisdiction that has a comparable third-party commercial driver testing program, as determined by the department.Amended by Laws 2019, Ch. 335,Sec. 15, eff. 5/7/2019.Amended by Laws 2017, Ch. 302,Sec. 2, eff. 10/1/2017.En. Sec. 6, Ch. 53, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 292, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 11, Ch. 428, L. 2003.