281A.120 Issuance of commercial learner's permit.
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(1)A commercial learner's permit may be issued to an individual twenty-one
(21)years
and older who:
(a)Has complied with the criminal history background check required by KRS
281A.300;
(b)Holds a valid Kentucky Class D operator's license;
(c)Is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, or can provide to the
cabinet documentation issued by the United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services in the United States Department of Homeland Security,
authorizing the person to be in the United States and to be employed while in
the United States; and
(d)Has passed the vision and knowledge tests required for a commercial driver's
license of the class vehicle to be driven. Commercial learner's permits shall be
class specific.
(2)A commercial learner's permit may be issued to a resident eighteen
(18)years of
age who:
(a)Has complied with the criminal history background check required by KRS
281A.300;
(b)Holds a valid Kentucky Class D operator's license;
(c)Is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States, or can provide to the
cabinet documentation issued by the United States Citizenship and
Immigration Services in the United States Department of Homeland Security,
authorizing the person to be in the United States and to be employed while in
the United States; and
(d)Has passed the vision and knowledge tests required for a commercial driver's
license of the class vehicle to be driven.
A commercial learner's permit issued under this subsection shall be valid only for
the operation of a commercial motor vehicle in intrastate commerce that is not a
school bus or a vehicle hauling hazardous material. The CLP shall be class specific
and shall contain a "K" restriction noting that the commercial driver is limited to
Kentucky intrastate commerce.
(3)A commercial learner's permit shall not be issued to a resident for a period to
exceed one hundred eighty
(180)days. Only one
(1)renewal or reissuance may be
granted within a two
(2)year period for the same class of vehicle. The holder of a
commercial learner's permit may, unless otherwise disqualified, drive a commercial
motor vehicle on the highways of Kentucky only when accompanied by the holder
of a commercial driver's license valid for the type of vehicle driven and who
occupies a seat beside the permit holder for the purpose of giving instruction in
driving the commercial motor vehicle.
(4)A commercial learner's permit shall contain the same elements and meet the same
requirements as those for commercial driver's licenses set forth in KRS 281A.170.