relative to original and youth operators' licenses.
last updated 03/10/03, 4:00PM
From House Calendar No. 19, 03/07/03
HB 819, relative to original and youth operators' licenses. OUGHT TO PASS
Rep. Sherman A. Packard for Transportation: This bill was a request of
the Department of Safety to make technical corrections to the youth
operators license provision that went into effect January 1, 2003. The
bill will move a youth operator who completes the first year of driving
conviction-free into a second phase of licensing. This second phase will
give a vertical license to those under age of 21. Upon turning 21 the
operator would move into the full original license. This hopefully will
help alleviate underage drinking by having such a distinctive license.
This policy is also being tried in numerous other states. Vote 15-0.