WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

(1) The individual is convicted of committing any of
the following offenses while driving a commercial motor vehicle:

(i) Driving in violation of § 21-902 of this
article;

(ii) Driving in violation of a federal law or
any other state's law which is substantially similar in nature to
the provisions in § 21-902 of this article;

(iii) Leaving the scene of an accident which
requires disqualification as provided by the United States
Secretary of Transportation; or

(iv) A crime, other than a crime described in
subsection (e) of this section, that is punishable by death or
imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year; [or]

(2) The individual, while driving a commercial motor
vehicle, refuses to undergo testing as provided in § 16-205.1 of
this title or as is required by any other state's law or by

federal law in the enforcement of 49 CFR § 383.51(b)(2)(i)(a) or

(b), or 49 CFR § 392.5(a)(2); OR

(3) THE INDIVIDUAL DRIVES OR ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE A
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE WHILE THE ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION OF THE
PERSON'S BLOOD OR BREATH IS 0.04 OR MORE.--------------------------

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article - Transportation

16-103.

(b) (1) The Administration may issue a NONCOMMERCIAL Class
B, [D, or E] C, OR M license to an individual under the age of
18, if he is at least 16 years old and has completed
satisfactorily a driver's education course approved under
Subtitle 5 of this title, and has completed satisfactorily 6
hours of laboratory instruction.

(2) The individual shall be exempt from the
laboratory instruction required by this subsection, though not
the required classroom instruction, if:

(i) He has been licensed regularly to drive in
another state for at least 6 months; and

(ii) He establishes to the satisfaction of a
classroom instructor certified under Subtitle 5 of this title

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