HB2831 H R&T AM #1 3-13
Reed 3253
The Committee on Roads and Transportation moves to amend the bill on page 1, after the enacting section by striking the remainder of the bill and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“ARTICLE 2. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE, EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.
§17B-2-7a. Driver's Licensing Advisory Board.
(a)The Driver's Licensing Advisory Board is
hereby continued. The board shall consist of five members to be appointed by
the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for terms of
three years, except commencing July 1, 2017: Provided, That
as to the members first appointed, two shall be appointed for a term of three
years, two shall be
appointed for a term of two years and one shall be appointed for a term of one
year, all from July 1, 1974 Provided however, That
members who last served as members of the board prior to the reenactment of
this section by the Legislature in the 2017 regular session shall continue to
serve until their successors have been appointed. A member shall continue to
serve until his or her successor has been appointed. All vacancies
occurring on the board shall be filled by the Governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. One member of the board shall be an optometrist duly
registered to practice optometry in this state, one member shall be a
neurologist duly registered to practice neurology in this state and the
other four three members of the board shall be physicians or
surgeons duly licensed to practice medicine or surgery in this state. The
Governor shall appoint persons qualified to serve on the board who, in his or her opinion, will
best serve the work and function of the board.
(b)The board shall advise the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as to vision standards and all other medical criteria of whatever kind or nature relevant to the licensing of persons to operate motor vehicles under the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner may, in her or his discretion, request the opinion of the board. The board shall, upon request, advise the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as to the mental or physical fitness of an applicant for, or the holder of, a license to operate a motor vehicle. The board shall furnish the commissioner with all such medical standards, statistics, data, professional information and advice as he or she may reasonably request.
(c) The members of the board shall receive the
same compensation and expense reimbursement in an amount not to exceed
the same compensation and expense reimbursement as is paid to members of
the Legislature for their interim duties as recommended by the Citizens
Legislative Compensation Commission and authorized by law, for each day or
substantial portion thereof engaged in the performance of official duties. Each
member of the board shall be reimbursed for his or her actual and necessary
expenses for each day or portion thereof engaged in the discharge of official
duties in a manner consistent with guidelines of the travel management office
of the department of administration.
Pursuant
to the provisions of article ten, chapter four of this code, the driver's
licensing advisory board shall continue to exist until July 1, 2009.”
Adopted
Rejected