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Committee adopts broad DMV cleanup amendment removing some dealer and fleet rules, restoring certified‑mail option
Summary
The Education and Public Works Committee adopted a comprehensive cleanup amendment to House Bill 3856 that removes a random retesting rule for most applicants, narrows dealer penalties, restores a certified‑mail notice option and removes a company‑marking requirement for rental fleet vehicles.
The Education and Public Works Committee voted to adopt a broad cleanup amendment to House Bill 3856 and then reported the bill favorably as amended. Committee members said the amendment consolidates multiple subcommittee changes into a single, clearer text and resolves several technical issues in the DMV code.
Key provisions in the adopted amendment include:
- Removing a random retesting requirement for regular driver’s license applicants who took their exam through third-party providers; committee members said federal regulation requires random retesting only for initial commercial driver’s license (CDL) applicants, not for non‑CDL licenses.
- Requiring the DMV to continue delivering dealer license suspension notices by certified mail, but adding an option to deliver notices using certified mail or an electronic tracking method.
- Modifying the dealer point system by reducing the penalty for issuing a second temporary plate without authorization from six points to two points and clarifying that issuing a second temporary plate is a violation only when done without prior DMV authorization.
- Removing a requirement that fleet rental vehicles be conspicuously marked with a company name or trademark; committee members said marked rental vehicles have been targeted in criminal activity and the DMV supports allowing fleet vehicles to be identified in other ways.
Representative Gillum presented the amendment and described each section for the committee. Representative Bowers asked whether trailer plates would be required; members responded that permanent plate options and associated fees already exist but the amendment does not create a new universal plate requirement for trailers. Representative Gilreath asked about voluntary medical information on licenses (blood type), which was addressed in a related bill discussion; Gillum reiterated the blood‑type field is voluntary under prior law.
Committee members voted to adopt the cleanup amendment and then to report the bill favorably as amended. The amendment and the bill were recorded as adopted and reported favorably by a roll call reading 15 ayes with three members absent.
