(a) An application for a commercial driver license or learner’s permit shall be processed as provided in this section. The application for a commercial driver license, learner’s permit, or commercial driver instruction permit shall include all of the following:

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 32-6-49.9

  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(1) The full name and current mailing address of the person, including his or her residential address, if different.
(2) A physical description of the person including sex, height, weight, eye and hair color.
(3) Date of birth.
(4) The applicant’s Social Security number.
(5) The person’s signature.
(6) The person’s color photograph.
(7) Certifications including those required by 49 C.F.R. part 383.71(a) .
(8) Any other information required by the department.
(9) A signed consent to release driving record information.

The application shall be accompanied by an application fee of twenty-five dollars ($25).

In addition, the following fees shall be paid where applicable:

a. A person may apply for a retest of the written portion of the license test for an additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15).
b. A person may apply to have the skills portion of the license test administered by the department for a fee of twenty dollars ($20).
c. A person applying for an endorsement to his or her license shall pay the application fee.
d. A person applying for a hazardous materials endorsement shall pay an additional fee as set by the department to cover the costs of doing a background check, the fee not to exceed the actual cost of doing the required background check.

The additional revenue from the additional fees collected pursuant to the application fee prescribed in subsection (a) shall be deposited as follows: Seventy-five cents ($.75) from each commercial driver’s license or learner’s permit application fee shall be deposited in the Peace Officer’s Annuity and Benefit Fund, and the remainder of any additional fees collected shall be deposited in the State General Fund. The additional revenue from the additional fees collected pursuant to paragraphs a., b., and c. shall be distributed to the Highway Traffic Safety Fund of the Department of Public Safety. The additional revenue from the additional fee collected pursuant to paragraph d. shall be deposited in the Public Safety Automated Fingerprint Identification System Fund to be appropriated to and expended by the Department of Public Safety in accordance with Section 32-2-61.

(b) When the holder of a commercial driver license changes his or her name, mailing address, or residence, an application for a duplicate license shall be made as provided by law.
(c) No person who has been a resident of this state for 30 days may drive a commercial motor vehicle under the authority of a commercial driver license issued by another jurisdiction.
(d) Any person who knowingly falsifies information or certifications required under subsection (a) is subject to suspension, revocation, or cancellation of his or her commercial driver license for a period of at least 60 consecutive days.
(e)

(1) Any male applicant who applies for a commercial driver license or a commercial driver instruction permit or a renewal of the license or permit who is at least 18 years of age, but less than 26 years of age, shall be registered in compliance with the requirements of Section 3 of the Military Selective Service Act, 50 App. U.S.C.A. Sec. 453, as amended.
(2) The Department of Public Safety shall forward in an electronic format the necessary personal information of the applicants identified in subdivision (1) to the Selective Service System. The applicant’s signature on the application shall serve as an indication that the applicant either has already registered with the Selective Service System or that he is authorizing the department to forward to the Selective Service System the necessary information for registration. The department shall notify the applicant at the time of application that his signature constitutes consent to registration with the Selective Service System, if he is not already registered.
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