Montana § 61-5-118 - Third-Party Commercial Driver Testing Program -- Certification Of Testing Programs And Examiners -- Fees -- Test Waiver

§ 61-5-118. Third-Party Commercial Driver Testing Program -- Certification Of Testing Programs And Examiners -- Fees -- Test Waiver

Third-party commercial driver testing program -- certification of testing programs and examiners -- fees -- test waiver. (1) The department may contract with and certify the following as a third-party commercial driver testing program to administer the approved commercial driver skills test to a Montana commercial driver's license applicant: (a) any person, employer of commercial drivers, private driver training facility, or other private company; (b) a postsecondary institution as defined in 20-26-603 ; (c) a department, agency, or instrumentality of a local government of the state; or (d) a department, agency, or instrumentality of a tribal government of the state. (2) A certified third-party driver testing program shall administer the same skills test as would otherwise be administered by the department. (3) The department may decertify a third-party commercial driver testing program for failure to comply with the department rules or federal regulations. (4) The department may collect the following fees: (a) a fee of $5,000 to certify a third-party commercial driver testing program and a fee of $2,500 for certification renewal; (b) a fee of $500 to certify each third-party commercial driver examiner and a fee of $100 for certification renewal; and (c) a fee of $25 for each successfully completed skills test to be paid by the applicant. (5) (a) A commercial driver's license applicant who is tested under the third-party commercial driver testing program must have passed the knowledge test required by 61-5-110 and complied with commercial driver's license department rules and federal regulations and must possess a valid Montana commercial learner's permit. (b) The road test or the skills test required by 61-5-110 may be waived by the department for a commercial driver's license applicant upon certification of the applicant's successful completion of the road test or the skills test by: (i) a third-party commercial driver testing program certified under this section; or (ii) a third-party commercial driver examiner from a jurisdiction that has a comparable third-party commercial driver testing program, as determined by the department.