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Commercial Driver's License Fees

15255.1.  (a) Except as otherwise specified in subdivisions (b) and (c), upon an application for an original commercial driver's license, there shall be paid to the department a fee of sixty-four dollars ($64) for a license that will expire on the fifth birthday of the applicant following the date of the application. A fee of sixty-four dollars ($64) shall also be paid to the department upon an application to change a license classification or to remove a restriction if the change or removal requires a driving-skill test and the license will expire on the fifth birthday of the applicant following the date of the application.

(b) Upon application for an original commercial driver's license or for the renewal of commercial driver's license by a currently licensed class A or class B, or class A or class B, driver who meets the driver record requirements and all other requirements established by Section 383.77 of Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, there shall be paid to the department a fee of thirty-four dollars ($34) for a license that will expire on the fifth birthday of the applicant following the date of the application.

(c) Upon application for an original class C commercial driver's license or for the renewal of a class C commercial driver's license which requires an endorsement as provided in Section 15278, there shall be paid to the department a fee of thirty-four dollars ($34) for a license that will expire on the fifth birthday of the applicant following the date of the application. (d) Following failure in taking a driving-skill test, there shall be paid to the department a fee of thirty dollars ($30) for each subsequent administration of the driving-skill test required by the application.Added Ch. 217, Stats. 1991. Effective January 1, 1992.

Amended Ch. 272, Stats. 1993. Effective August 2, 1993.
Amended Sec. 15, Ch. 1043, Stats. 1996. Effective January 1, 1997.