Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 704
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 23 Sec. 704
- Driver training: means the instruction for hire in the driving of motor vehicles or in the preparation of an applicant for examination given by the Department for a driver's license, but not including instruction given by employers to their employees. See
- Driver training school: means any person engaged in providing driver training through one or more instructors, but not including a public or private school conducting a course in driver training approved by the Secretary of Education and the Commissioner. See
- Established place of business: means a location approved by the Commissioner at which the business of a driver's training school is transacted and at which its records are kept. See
- Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Instructor: means any person engaged in giving driver training. 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
- Operator: shall include all persons 18 years of age or over properly licensed to operate motor vehicles. See
- Person: means any individual, combination of individuals, firm, partnership, or corporation; whenever used in any provision of this subchapter which prescribes or imposes a fine or imprisonment, or both, the term "person" as applied to a firm, partnership, or association, shall include the members thereof and, as applied to a corporation, the officers thereof; a firm, partnership, association, or corporation may be subjected as an entity to the payment of a fine. See
- said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
§ 704. Qualifications for training school license
To qualify for a driver’s training school license, each new and renewal applicant shall:
(1) not have been convicted of a felony nor incarcerated for a felony within the 10 years prior to the date of application;
(2) maintain an established place of business open to the public;
(3) maintain bodily injury and property damage liability insurance on each motor vehicle being used in driver training, insuring the liability of the driver training school and the operator of each motor vehicle for each instructor and of any person while using any such motor vehicle with the permission of the named insured in at least the following amount: $300,000.00 for bodily injury or death of one person in any one crash and, subject to said limit for one person, $500,000.00 for bodily injury or death of two or more persons in any one crash, and $100,000.00 for damage to property of others in any one crash;
(4) have the equipment necessary to the giving of proper instruction in the operation of motor vehicles; and
(5) pay the application and license fees prescribed in section 702 of this title. (Added 1959, No. 153, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1960; amended 1981, No. 136 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1983; 1999, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2013, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 415, eff. July 1, 2022.)