Chapter 061
2013 -- S 0660
Enacted 06/03/13
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, Felag, and Walaska
Date Introduced: March 06, 2013
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 31-10-19 of the General Laws in Chapter
31-10 entitled "Operators'
and Chauffeurs' Licenses" is hereby amended to read
as follows:
31-10-19.
Driver education -- Traffic safety education. --
(a) The Community College
of
prospective applicants, not more than twenty-one (21) years of
age for a limited instruction
permit or license. The instruction shall include eight (8)
hours, specifically for instruction on the
effects of alcohol and drugs on a driver, and the instruction
shall be given by a person eligible for
a teacher's certificate issued under the authority of
the state board of regents and which course of
instruction shall be approved by the board of governors for
higher education. In case of
emergency, the President of the
certified instructor is available to teach, an individual
eligible to teach at the Community College
of
driver education instruction. All driver education programs
shall include information concerning
the Anatomical Gift Act, chapter 18.6 of title 23, and
information on donor cards pursuant to the
applicable provisions of chapter 18.6 of title 23. The board of
governors for higher education
shall ensure that each person properly certified and
approved to instruct driver education courses
shall be given an equal opportunity for employment as an
instructor within the driver education
program. No person teaching driver education under this
section shall own, be employed by, or be
associated with a commercial driving school.
(b) Driver education
instruction shall be available to any eligible resident applicant not
less than fifteen (15) years and ten (10) months of age.
(c) That the state
shall also provide a separate program of instruction, as previously set
forth in this section, for special needs students whose
individual education plan (IEP) indicates a
need for a separate program of instruction.
(d) The
physically handicapped drivers. The program shall instruct the
physically handicapped driver in
the operation of adapted vehicles for the handicapped.
The adapted vehicles are to be provided by
the handicapped individual. A physically handicapped
person must be certified by a licensed
physician that he or she is physically handicapped and
possesses sufficient potential to become a
competent motor vehicle operator. The
tuition fee sufficient to cover the cost of the program.
(e) A tuition or
enrollment fee shall be required to be paid by an eligible applicant in
accordance with rules and regulations of the board of governors
for higher education; provided,
that personal checks shall be an acceptable method of payment
of the tuition or enrollment fee.
The tuition or enrollment fee shall be deposited in a
restricted receipt account established to pay
any and all costs associated with the driver education
program at the Community College of
(f) The board of
governors for higher education is authorized to establish administrative
regulations to further implement this section.
(g) The
cover the cost of the program and the administration of the
driver education program. All
positions established to implement the driver education program
and funded in full by driver
education program fees shall be exempt from the full-time
equivalency cap established in Article
1 of the Appropriations Act, provided, however, that
the board of governors shall report by June
1, 2004, the actual number of filled positions funded
exclusively by driver education fees to the
chairperson of the house finance committee, the chairperson of
the senate finance committee and
the state budget officer.
(h) The board of
governors for higher education shall provide for an optional and
voluntary course of instruction for the applicant's parent,
guardian, or designee where applicable,
on the content of the driver education curriculum and
the requirements for the graduated licensing
for persons under the age of eighteen (18) as contained
in section 31-10-6. The community
the parent instruction, or may approve a similar course
of instruction, such as AAA's course, as
equivalent to it, and shall promulgate regulations and establish
the appropriate method of
providing the instruction.
(i)
Dangers of distracted driving, including, but not limited to, use of cell
phones would
be included in this section curriculum and included in
all testing as part of the state's driver's
license examination.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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