(a) The office may, in its discretion, issue a temporary driver's permit to an applicant for a driver's license permitting him to operate a motor vehicle while the office is completing its investigation and determination of all facts relative to the applicant's right to receive a driver's license.
(b) (1) The office may also, in its discretion, issue a temporary driver's permit to an applicant for a driver's license, permitting him to operate a motor vehicle, whose license has expired and who must be retested by the office as provided for in § 27-16-704.
(2) The temporary permit shall be valid for not more than thirty (30) days.
(3) The permit must be in his immediate possession while operating a motor vehicle, and it shall be invalid when the applicant's license has been issued or for good cause has been refused.
(c) (1) The office may issue a temporary driver's permit to an applicant for a commercial driver's license whose license has expired and who must be retested as provided for in the Arkansas Uniform Commercial Driver License Act, § 27-23-101 et seq., permitting him to operate a commercial motor vehicle.
(2) The temporary permit shall be valid for not more than sixty (60) days.
(3) The permit must be in his immediate possession while operating a commercial motor vehicle, and it shall be invalid when the applicant's license has been issued or for good cause has been refused.
(4) The office shall charge a ten dollar ($10.00) fee for the issuance of a temporary permit under this subsection. All license fees collected herein shall be deposited in accordance with § 27-16-801 in the State Treasury as special revenues, and the net amount thereof shall be credited to the Department of Arkansas State Police Fund to be used for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the Department of Arkansas State Police.
(d) All temporary permits issued under this section will expire on March 31, 1992.
History. Acts 1937, No. 280, § 11; Pope's Dig., § 6835; Acts 1959, No. 307, § 14; 1983, No. 514, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-310; Acts 1989, No. 707, §§ 1, 2; 1993, No. 445, § 21.
Publisher's Notes. Acts 1989, No. 707, § 4, provided that it is the intent of that act to be read in conjunction with the Arkansas Uniform Commercial Drivers License Act and it is not intended to repeal the Arkansas Uniform Commercial Drivers License Act.
Cross References. Penalty for violation of 1959 amendatory act, § 27-50-305.