2024 24LSO-0480
STATE OF WYOMING
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0111
Restricted class C and M driver's licenses-amendments.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Slagle, Haroldson,
Jennings, Neiman, Pendergraft, Styvar,
Tarver, Ward and Winter and Senator(s) Ide and Laursen, D
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; expanding the permitted
2 driving radius under restricted licenses; amending the
3 circumstances qualifying as extreme inconvenience for
4 purposes of qualifying for restricted licenses; requiring
5 rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1. W.S. 31-7-117(c)(intro), (i) and (iii) is
10 amended to read:
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12 31-7-117. Restricted licenses.
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1 (c) The division may issue a restricted class "C" or
2 "M" license, or both such licenses, to a person who is
3 between the ages of fourteen (14) and sixteen (16) years
4 upon receipt of application, payment of the proper fees,
5 and an affidavit of extreme inconvenience signed by the
6 parent or guardian having custody of the applicant. and a
7 finding by the highway patrol that extreme inconvenience
8 actually exists. The applicant shall successfully pass the
9 examination required by W.S. 31-7-114. The licensee may
10 drive a vehicle only between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and
11 8:00 9:00 p.m., within a fifty (50) one hundred fifty (150)
12 mile radius of his domicile and only at the direction of
13 his parent or guardian. If any person while licensed under
14 this subsection, receives a citation for a moving
15 violation, the division, upon receipt of the notice of
16 conviction, shall suspend the license and any other license
17 or permit evidencing that person's privilege to operate a
18 motor vehicle. For purposes of this subsection, "extreme
19 inconvenience" includes the following circumstances:
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21 (i) The person must drive to school; and the
22 person's residence is more than five (5) miles from the
23 school;
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2 (iii) The person must have the license to work
3 in his parent's a business; or
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5 Section 2. The department of transportation shall
6 promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.
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8 Section 3.
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10 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this
11 section, this act is effective July 1, 2024.
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13 (b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective
14 immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a
15 bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of
16 the Wyoming Constitution.
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18 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 31-7-117