Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 4115
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 4115
- Commercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle designed or used to transport passengers or property that:
- Commissioner: shall mean in this title only the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. See
- Driver: means any individual who drives, operates, or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle on a public highway or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license. See
- Motor vehicle: includes all vehicles propelled or drawn by power other than muscular power, except farm tractors, vehicles running only upon stationary rails or tracks, motorized highway building equipment, road making appliances, snowmobiles, tracked vehicles, motor-assisted bicycles, electric bicycles, or electric personal assistive mobility devices. See
- Out-of-service order: means a declaration by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration or an authorized enforcement officer of a federal, state, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Canadian, Mexican, or local jurisdiction, that a driver, or a commercial motor vehicle, or a school bus, or a motor carrier operation, is out of service. See
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Republic of Mexico, and any Canadian province. See
- United States: means the 50 states and the District of Columbia. See
§ 4115. Reciprocity
(a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, an individual may drive a commercial motor vehicle in this State if the individual has a valid commercial driver‘s license or commercial learner’s permit issued by any state of the United States, any province or territory of Canada in accordance with the minimum federal standards for the issuance of commercial motor vehicle driver’s licenses, or the Licensia Federal de Conductor issued by the Republic of Mexico if the individual’s license or permit is not suspended, revoked, or canceled and if the individual is not disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle or subject to an out-of-service order.
(b) The Commissioner shall give all out-of-state convictions full faith and credit and treat them for sanctioning purposes under this chapter as if they occurred in this State.
(c) The Commissioner shall record disqualifications and convictions received from other jurisdictions regarding Vermont operators. (Added 1989, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1997, No. 55, § 9, eff. June 26, 1997; 2005, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2013, No. 20, § 1; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 254.)