Nebraska Statutes 60-4,149.01. Commercial drivers’ licenses; law examination; exceptions; department; powers and duties
(1) A commercial driver’s license examiner shall not require the commercial driver’s license knowledge examination, except the hazardous material portion of the examination and any knowledge examinations not previously taken for that class of commercial motor vehicle or endorsement, if the applicant renews his or her commercial driver’s license prior to its expiration or within one year after its expiration and if the applicant’s driving record abstract maintained in the department‘s computerized records shows that his or her commercial driver’s license is not suspended, revoked, canceled, or disqualified.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 60-4,149.01
- Commercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle:
(a) Has a gross combination weight rating or gross combination weight of eleven thousand seven hundred ninety-four kilograms or more (twenty-six thousand one pounds or more) inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of more than four thousand five hundred thirty-six kilograms (ten thousand pounds). See Nebraska Statutes 60-465
- Department: means the Department of Motor Vehicles. See Nebraska Statutes 60-465.01
- Motor vehicle: means all vehicles propelled by any power other than muscular power. See Nebraska Statutes 60-471
- Nonresident: shall mean every person who is not a resident of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 60-472
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(2)(a) If a nonresident who applies for a commercial driver’s license in this state presents a physical or mobile valid commercial driver’s license from another state, the department may choose not to require such individual to take the commercial driver’s license knowledge examination.
(b) Subdivision (a) of this subsection shall not apply to the hazardous material portion of the examination and any knowledge examinations not previously taken for that class of commercial motor vehicle or endorsement.
(c) A physical commercial driver’s license described in subdivision (a) of this subsection shall be surrendered to the department.
(d) Upon issuing a commercial driver’s license described in subdivision (a) of this subsection, the department shall notify the state that issued the valid commercial driver’s license described in subdivision (a) of this subsection to invalidate such license.