North Dakota Senate Bill No. 2046 Summary

• Amends commercial driver's license (CDL) laws by changing terminology from "commercial driver's instruction permit" to "commercial driver's learner's permit" throughout the North Dakota Century Code.

• Changes the maximum validity period for commercial learner's permits from six months to 180 days, with only one renewal allowed within a two-year period.

• Adds texting while driving and hand-held mobile telephone use while driving commercial motor vehicles as serious traffic violations subject to disqualification.

• Updates definitions to replace "person" with "individual" throughout CDL statutes and adds new definitions for "mobile telephone," "use a hand-held mobile telephone," "third-party skills test examiner," and "third-party tester."

• Modifies provisions for nondomiciled (formerly nonresident) commercial driver's licenses to align with federal regulations in 49 CFR 383.