SENATE BILL NO. 122

INTRODUCED BY BECK T

BY REQUEST OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT MAKING PERMANENT THE THIRD-PARTY COMMERCIAL DRIVER TESTING PROGRAM; REPEALING SECTION 12, CHAPTER 53, LAWS OF 1995; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."

WHEREAS, the 54th Legislature approved a pilot project to establish a third-party commercial driver testing program; and

WHEREAS, the program has resulted in uniform testing standards and competent examiners, without adding full-time employees to the Department of Justice; and

WHEREAS, the Legislature desires to continue use of the program and to grant permanent authorization for the program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:

NEW SECTION. Section 1. Repealer. Section 12, Chapter 53, Laws of 1995, is repealed.

NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 1999.

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