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Bill would allow state and municipal employees to operate heavy vehicles without a CDL during governor-declared emergencies
Summary
Draft language adds a narrow exemption that, when a governor declares an emergency, permits state or municipal employees to operate commercial motor vehicles over 26,001 pounds without holding a CDL if the declaration expressly permits it; committee revised language to broaden from 'weather related' to general emergency declarations.
Legislative Council staff explained a proposed emergency exemption in section 19 that would allow state and local government employees to operate certain heavy vehicles without a commercial driver's license during an emergency declared by the governor. "During a weather related emergency declared by the governor, an employee of a state agency or a Vermont municipality may operate a…
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