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1 _____________ JOINT RESOLUTION NO. _____________
(Primary Sponsor)
2 INTRODUCED BY _________________________________________________
3 BY REQUEST OF THE TRANSPORTATION INTERIM COMMITTEE
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5 A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF
6 MONTANA URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO REVISE COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE
7 LAWS.
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9 WHEREAS, federal requirements for commercial driver's licenses are cumbersome and confusing; and
10 WHEREAS, state governments are burdened with explaining and enforcing commercial driver's license
11 laws; and
12 WHEREAS, requiring commercial driver's licenses for small haulers unreasonably burdens small
13 businesses and seems irrational when compared to the lack of federal regulation on hauling recreational
14 vehicles.
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16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF
17 THE STATE OF MONTANA:
18 THAT THE MONTANA LEGISLATURE URGES THE UNITED STATES Congress TO revise commercial driver's
19 license laws so that a person driving a pickup truck hauling NONHAZARDOUS material on a single trailer does not
20 need a commercial driver's license.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of State send a copy of this resolution to EACH
22 MEMBER OF the Montana CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION , TO the members of the Transportation and Infrastructure
23 Committee of the UNITED STATES House of Representatives, TO the members of the Commerce, Science, and
24 Transportation Committee of the UNITED STATES Senate, and TO EACH LEGISLATURE of the several states and
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