New Jersey § 39:3-10

§ 39:3-10.

a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the chief administrator shall adopt and administer a classified licensing system and a program for testing

and ensuring the fitness of persons to operate commercial motor vehicles in accordance

with the minimum federal standards established under the federal “Commercial Motor

Vehicle Safety Act of 1986,” Pub. L. 99-570 ( 49 U.S.C. s. 2701 et seq. ) and the regulations promulgated pursuant to that law. The chief administrator shall not issue a commercial driver license to a person unless that person passes

a knowledge and skills test for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle which

complies with the federal standards. The chief administrator may issue commercial driver examination or learner's permits, subject to such conditions

and restrictions as deemed necessary, to carry out the provisions of this act. b. A knowledge and skills test shall not be required by the chief administrator for the renewal of a commercial driver license issued pursuant to the provisions

of this act. However, a knowledge and skills test may be required for (1) the renewal of an endorsement

permitting the operation of vehicles required to be placarded for hazardous materials,

(2) for the renewal or reissuance of a commercial driver license if the license was

suspended or revoked under section 12 of this act during the last license period preceding

the renewal or reissuance, or (3) for the renewal or reissuance of a license which

had not been renewed for a period of three or more years. c. Upon the request of an applicant for a commercial driver license, the chief administrator shall administer to the applicant oral knowledge tests for the commercial driver

license and any endorsements if the applicant supplies sufficient proof or otherwise

demonstrates to the satisfaction of the chief administrator his inability to comprehend a written test. The chief administrator shall provide an English and Spanish version of the knowledge tests for a commercial

driver license and for any endorsements and shall be authorized to provide versions

in such other languages as he, in his discretion, may deem appropriate. d. A person who satisfactorily completes the knowledge tests required by this act

for a commercial driver license and any endorsement shall not be required under R.S.39:3-10 , R.S.39:3-10.1 , or any other section in Title 39 of the Revised Statutes to take any other knowledge

test for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. e. (Deleted by amendment, P.L.2005, c. 147 ) . f. For the purposes of an application for a commercial driver license by a person

who has never held a license issued under the provisions of this act, a person who

satisfactorily completes the knowledge test for the commercial driver license but

not the test for an endorsement, or a person who satisfactorily completes the knowledge

test for an endorsement but not the test for the commercial driver license, shall

not be required to retake that test which was satisfactorily completed. g. No provision in this act, or in any manual, test, or administrative procedure developed

to implement the provisions of this act, shall be deemed to expand the requirements

for commercial motor vehicle operators concerning pre-trip inspection, after-trip

inspection and inspection during a trip as such requirements are set forth in federal

law or regulation. This subsection, however, shall not be deemed to limit the authority of the chief administrator , or the authority of any State department or agency, to promulgate, pursuant to other

provisions of State law, standards and procedures on vehicle inspections which are

consistent with federal law and regulation. h. Classified licensing of drivers of school buses shall be by endorsement on the

commercial driver licenses issued pursuant to P.L.1990, c. 103 ( C.39:3-10.9 et seq. ).