Kansas Statutes 8-2,149. Commercial driver’s licenses; school bus endorsement; waiver of driving skills test; requirements
(a) Until September 30, 2005, the driving skills test required under 49 C.F.R. § 383.123 may be waived for an applicant for a school bus endorsement, if such applicant is currently licensed, has experience driving a school bus, has a good driving record and meets the conditions contained in subsection (b).
(b) An applicant must certify and the division must verify that, during the two-year period immediately prior to applying for the school bus endorsement, the applicant:
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 8-2,149
- conviction: means an unvacated adjudication of guilt or a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law and in a court of original jurisdiction or an administrative proceeding, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court cost, or violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether the penalty is rebated, suspended or probated;
(i) "disqualification" means any of the following:
(1) The suspension, revocation, or cancellation of a commercial driver's license by the state or jurisdiction of issuance;
(2) any withdrawal of a person's privileges to drive a commercial motor vehicle by a state or other jurisdiction as the result of a violation of state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than parking, vehicle weight or vehicle defect violations;
(3) a determination by the federal motor carrier safety administration that a person is not qualified to operate a commercial motor vehicle under 49 C. See Kansas Statutes 8-2,128
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- drive: includes operation or physical control of a motor vehicle anywhere in the state;
(k) "driver" means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, in any place open to the general public for purposes of vehicular traffic, or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license;
(l) "driver's license" means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this state, including:
(1) Any temporary license or instruction;
(2) the privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether or not such person holds a valid license; or
(3) any nonresident's operating privilege;
(m) "employer" means any person, including the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle;
(n) "endorsement" means an authorization to an individual's commercial driver's license required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles;
(o) "felony" means any offense under state or federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(p) "gross vehicle weight rating" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination (articulated) vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-2,128
- driver: means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, in any place open to the general public for purposes of vehicular traffic, or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license;
(l) "driver's license" means any driver's license or any other license or permit to operate a motor vehicle issued under, or granted by, the laws of this state, including:
(1) Any temporary license or instruction;
(2) the privilege of any person to drive a motor vehicle whether or not such person holds a valid license; or
(3) any nonresident's operating privilege;
(m) "employer" means any person, including the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle;
(n) "endorsement" means an authorization to an individual's commercial driver's license required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles;
(o) "felony" means any offense under state or federal law that is punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(p) "gross vehicle weight rating" means the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single or a combination (articulated) vehicle. See Kansas Statutes 8-2,128
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle that is self-propelled upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway except devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Kansas Statutes 8-273
- state: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands;
(6) "wireless communication device" means any wireless electronic communication device that provides for voice or data communication between two or more parties, including, but not limited to, a mobile or cellular telephone, a text messaging device, a personal digital assistant that sends or receives messages, an audio-video player that sends or receives messages or a laptop computer; and
(7) "religious organization" means any organization, church, body of communicants, or group, gathered in common membership for mutual support and edification in piety, worship and religious observances, or a society of individuals united for religious purposes at a definite place and which religious organization maintains an established place of worship within this state and has a regular schedule of services or meetings at least on a weekly basis and has been determined to be organized and created as a bona fide religious organization. See Kansas Statutes 8-234a
(1) Held a valid commercial driver‘s license with a passenger vehicle endorsement to operate a school bus representative of the group the application* will be driving;
(2) has not had such applicant’s driver’s license or commercial driver’s license suspended, revoked or canceled or been disqualified from operating a commercial motor vehicle;
(3) has not been convicted of any of the disqualifying offenses in subsection (a) or (e) of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-2,142, and amendments thereto;
(4) has not had more than one conviction of any of the serious traffic violations defined in Kan. Stat. Ann. § 8-2,128, and amendments thereto, while operating any type motor vehicle;
(5) has not had any conviction for a violation of state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, arising in connection with any traffic accident;
(6) has not been convicted of any motor vehicle traffic violation that resulted in an accident; and
(7) has been regularly employed as a school bus driver, has operated a school bus representative of the group the applicant seeks to drive and provides evidence of such employment.
(c) The provisions of this section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act.