{"data":{"id":"us-mt/61-5-118","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"61-5-118","heading":"Third-party commercial driver testing program -- certification of testing programs and examiners -- fees -- test waiver.","body":"(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:\n(a) any person, employer of commercial drivers, private driver training facility, or other private company;\n(b) a postsecondary institution as defined in 20-26-603;\n(c) a department, agency, or instrumentality of a local government of the state; or\n(d) a department, agency, or instrumentality of a tribal government of the state.\n(2) A certified third-party driver testing program shall administer the same skills test as would otherwise be administered by the department.\n(3) The department may decertify a third-party commercial driver testing program for failure to comply with the department rules or federal regulations.\n(4) The department may collect the following fees:\n(a) a fee of $5,000 to certify a third-party commercial driver testing program and a fee of $2,500 for certification renewal;\n(b) a fee of $500 to certify each third-party commercial driver examiner and a fee of $100 for certification renewal; and\n(c) a fee of $25 for each successfully completed skills test to be paid by the applicant.\n(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.\n(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:\n(i) a third-party commercial driver testing program certified under this section; or\n(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.","path":["TITLE 61. MOTOR VEHICLES","CHAPTER 5. DRIVER'S LICENSES","Part 1. Licensing Provisions"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0610/chapter_0050/part_0010/section_0180/0610-0050-0010-0180.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:57:49Z","sha256":"1de71a79da029ecefef429d57aa966d051fb707908cf5467758cf36cc172d7c6","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/61-5-117","next":"us-mt/61-5-119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}