PURPOSE: This rule defines testing required for a commercial drivers license and the conditions under which drivers of commercial motor vehicles are exempt from the provisions of sections 302.700–302.780, RSMo.

1. (1) In order to obtain a commercial drivers license, an applicant must take and successfully pass written and driving tests for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle. The only drivers operating a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 302.700, RSMo, who are not required to possess a Class A, Class B or Class C license are:

   1. (A) Any person driving a farm vehicle, exclusively for the transportation of agricultural products, farm machinery, farm supplies or fertilizers, which may include, but are not limited to, ammonium nitrate, phosphate, nitrogen, anhydrous ammonia, lime, potash, motor fuel or special fuel, provided the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) of the farm vehicle does not exceed twenty-six thousand one pounds (26,001 lbs.) when transporting these hazardous materials or a combination of them, within one hundred fifty (150) air miles of the farm, if the person is a farmer, a family member of a farmer or an employee of a farmer and who is not a common or contract carrier;
   2. (B) Any person driving military vehicles for military purposes, which includes active duty military personnel, a member of the reserves or national guard on full-time training duty or inactive duty for training and national guard military technicians;
   3. (C) Any person in the employ of a fire organization or a member of a volunteer fire organization driving emergency or fire equipment;
   4. (D) Any person in the employ of a federal, state or local government forest service, police department, rescue and emergency squads or departments of safety who drive emergency or firefighting equipment which shall include, but not be limited to, riot buses or volunteers who perform wilderness search and rescue functions and disaster relief activities in government-owned vehicles;
   5. (E) Any person driving or pulling, strictly for family or personal use, a recreational vehicle as defined in sections 301.010 and 700.010, RSMo;
   6. (F) Any person driving, for personal use, a vehicle which is a commercial motor vehicle under section 302.700, RSMo, while transporting personal property of his/her own or of another, but not for hire nor as a common or contract carrier;
   7. (G) Any person driving, in connection with construction activities, for a limited distance on the highways of this state, construction equipment which by design, appearance and function is not intended for use on the highways. This equipment would include motorscrapers, backhoes, motor graders, compactors, excavators, tractors, trenchers and bulldozers, but not dump trucks, tank trucks or any equipment designed to transport materials or construction equipment overland; and
   8. (H) Any person driving a vehicle, such as amusement park trams, used exclusively on private property and not operated on any highway, state, county or public road.
2. (2) A driver exempted under this rule from possessing a Class A, Class B or Class C license must possess a valid Class E or F license, as appropriate, with the necessary restrictions and endorsements for the vehicle being driven.

AUTHORITY: sections 302.765 and 302.775, RSMo 1994.* Original rule filed March 5, 1990, effective June 11, 1990. Amended: Filed Sept. 24, 1990, effective Feb. 14, 1991. Emergency amendment filed Dec. 13, 1990, effective Dec. 23, 1990, expired April 21, 1991. Emergency amendment filed April 8, 1991, effective April 18, 1991, expired Aug. 15, 1991. Amended: Filed April 8, 1991, effective Aug. 30, 1991. Emergency amendment filed July 26, 1991, effective Aug. 5, 1991, expired Dec. 2, 1991. Amended: Filed July 26, 1991, effective Dec. 9, 1991. Amended: Filed Dec. 13, 1994, effective May 28, 1995. Emergency amendment filed March 29, 1995, effective April 22, 1995, expired Aug. 19, 1995. *Original authority: 302.765, RSMo 1989, amended 1993 and 302.775, RSMo 1989.