Illinois in DOT Crosshairs over Non-Domiciled CDLs

Illinois in DOT crosshairs over non-domiciled CDLs

Illinois is the latest target of the U.S. Department of Transportation in its efforts to clamp down on non-domiciled CDLs. Last September, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued an emergency interim final rule addressing non-domiciled CDLs. The rule put stricter requirements on non-citizens to be eligible. A legal challenge put the interim final rule on hold. On Feb. 13, FMCSA published the final rule after going through the regu…

Effort to curtail issuance of CDLs to non-domiciled drivers is part of a larger battle over immigration policy

It was never meant to get this way. The Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 laid out the rules for issue of a commercial driver’s license (CDL) and established CDLIS — the CDL Information System that would ensure that all states shared information. It was federal law, under the auspices of the Secretary of Transportation, but administered at state level. The goal was uniformity. Every driver, every jurisdiction, every qualification, all …

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FMCSA issues mandatory non-domiciled CDL directives

New federal guidelines enforce strict 48-hour document deadlines – including weekends – to purge unvetted foreign drivers.