A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to reduce the fees for persons who are certified by the division of motor vehicles as school bus drivers and who are eligible for the school bus endorsement on a commercial drivers license.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑37.16 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"(g)	A person applying for a commercial drivers license who has been trained by the Division of Motor Vehicles and certified as a school bus driver is exempt from paying the nonrefundable application fee required pursuant to G.S. 20‑37.15(a1) and is also exempt, for the period the license is issued and valid, from any endorsement fee for the school bus endorsement. The purpose of this subsection is to encourage the retention of school bus drivers and ensure the perpetual safety of the children traveling on school buses. This subsection shall not apply to a person who has a school bus endorsement on a commercial drivers license but has not been trained by the Division of Motor Vehicles and certified as a school bus driver."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective July 1, 2006.