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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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A N A C T | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' | |
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LICENSES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Tassoni, Ottiano, and Miller | |
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Date Introduced: February 28, 2012 | |
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Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 31-10-19 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10 entitled "Operators' |
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and Chauffeurs' Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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31-10-19. Driver education -- Traffic safety education. -- (a) The Community College |
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of Rhode Island shall provide thirty-three (33) hours of classroom instruction for applicants or |
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prospective applicants, not more than twenty-one (21) years of age for a limited instruction |
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permit or license. The instruction shall include eight (8) hours, specifically for instruction on the |
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effects of alcohol and drugs on a driver, and the instruction shall be given by a person eligible for |
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a teacher's certificate issued under the authority of the state board of regents and which course of |
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instruction shall be approved by the board of governors for higher education. In case of |
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emergency, the President of the Community College of Rhode Island may declare, when no |
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certified instructor is available to teach, an individual eligible to teach at the Community College |
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of Rhode Island who has taken the required course of instruction in driver education, may provide |
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driver education instruction. All driver education programs shall include information concerning |
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the Anatomical Gift Act, chapter 18.6 of title 23, and information on donor cards pursuant to the |
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applicable provisions of chapter 18.6 of title 23. The board of governors for higher education |
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shall ensure that each person properly certified and approved to instruct driver education courses |
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shall be given an equal opportunity for employment as an instructor within the driver education |
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program. No person teaching driver education under this section shall own, be employed by, or be |
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associated with a commercial driving school. |
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(b) Driver education instruction shall be available to any eligible resident applicant not |
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less than fifteen (15) years and ten (10) months of age. |
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(c) That the state shall also provide a separate program of instruction, as previously set |
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forth in this section, for special needs students whose individual education plan (IEP) indicates a |
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need for a separate program of instruction. |
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(d) The Community College of Rhode Island shall provide a driver training program for |
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physically handicapped drivers. The program shall instruct the physically handicapped driver in |
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the operation of adapted vehicles for the handicapped. The adapted vehicles are to be provided by |
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the handicapped individual. A physically handicapped person must be certified by a licensed |
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physician that he or she is physically handicapped and possesses sufficient potential to become a |
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competent motor vehicle operator. The Community College of Rhode Island shall establish a |
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tuition fee sufficient to cover the cost of the program. |
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(e) A tuition or enrollment fee shall be required to be paid by an eligible applicant in |
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accordance with rules and regulations of the board of governors for higher education; provided, |
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that personal checks shall be an acceptable method of payment of the tuition or enrollment fee. |
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The tuition or enrollment fee shall be deposited in a restricted receipt account established to pay |
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any and all costs associated with the driver education program at the Community College of |
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Rhode Island and administered by the Community College of Rhode Island. |
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(f) The board of governors for higher education is authorized to establish administrative |
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regulations to further implement this section. |
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(g) The Community College of Rhode Island shall establish tuition fees sufficient to |
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cover the cost of the program and the administration of the driver education program. All |
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positions established to implement the driver education program and funded in full by driver |
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education program fees shall be exempt from the full-time equivalency cap established in Article |
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1 of the Appropriations Act, provided, however, that the board of governors shall report by June |
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1, 2004, the actual number of filled positions funded exclusively by driver education fees to the |
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chairperson of the house finance committee, the chairperson of the senate finance committee and |
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the state budget officer. |
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(h) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section |
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higher education shall provide |
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the applicant's parent, guardian, or designee where applicable, on the content of the driver |
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education curriculum and the requirements for the graduated licensing for persons under the age |
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of eighteen (18) as contained in section 31-10-6. There shall be no cost or fee required to take this |
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course of instruction. The community college of Rhode Island shall be responsible to develop the |
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course of instruction and content for the parent instruction, or may approve a similar course of |
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instruction, such as AAA's course, as equivalent to it, and shall promulgate regulations and |
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establish the appropriate method of providing the instruction. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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OF | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' | |
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LICENSES | |
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This act would require a parent, or guardian of a person under eighteen (18) applying for |
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the graduated driver’s license to take the course of instruction on the license provided by the |
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Community College of Rhode Island. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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