Allows DOT to approve additional entities to offer third-party knowledge and skills testing for CDL applicants.

Under current law, DOT must examine applicants for driver�s licenses. DOT is authorized to designate community colleges and other third-party testers to administer the knowledge and driving skills tests required for a commercial learner�s permit or commercial driver�s license. A third-party tester, other than a community college, must be an Iowa-based motor carrier that operates a permanent commercial driver training facility in Iowa, an Iowa non-profit corporation that serves as a trade association for Iowa-based motor carriers, or a public or regional transit system.

This bill strikes the provisions that identify particular types of third-party testers, other than community colleges; requires any third-party test examiner used by a third-party tester to comply with existing federal regulations applicable to third-party knowledge and driving skills testing, as adopted by rule by the DOT; and authorizes the DOT to adopt rules restricting the testing scope of a third-party tester.

Dead. Companion HF 257 passed.

01/26/2023 Introduced.
03/07/2023 Withdrawn and substituted by companion HF 257.