(a) Any person desiring to obtain a motorcycle operator's license shall make an application to the Office of Driver Services for the issuance of the license.
(b) Evidence that a person has applied for and satisfactorily qualified for a motorcycle operator's license as required in this section shall be a certificate issued by the Department of Arkansas State Police that the applicant for a motorcycle operator's license has satisfactorily passed all phases of the motorcycle operator's examination as required in § 27-20-108, if the applicant is sixteen (16) years of age or older.
(c) The license issued by the office may be a license limiting the named licensee to motorcycles, motor-driven cycles, or similarly classified motor vehicles; or, in the case where an applicant is sixteen (16) years of age or older and holds a current valid Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class D license, the office may endorse that license as evidence of proper qualification for the license as provided for by this subchapter.
(d) (1) (A) A motorcycle operator's license shall be issued for a period of four (4) years, and the fee for the license shall be the same as provided in § 27-16-801.
(B) The office shall have the authority, by regulation, to shorten or lengthen the term of any motorcycle operator's license period, as necessary, and to make a pro rata adjustment of the fee charged.
(2) No fee will be required if such application is submitted at the time the applicant's Class A, Class B, Class C, or Class D license is renewed and the applicant has complied with all other provisions of this subchapter.
History. Acts 1975, No. 176, § 2; 1975 (Extended Sess., 1976), No. 1236, § 2; 1985, No. 972, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 75-1711; reen. Acts 1987, No. 1019, § 2; Acts 1989, No. 193, § 8; 1993, No. 445, § 34.
A.C.R.C. Notes. This section was reenacted by Acts 1987, No. 1019, § 2. Acts 1987, No. 834, provided that 1987 legislation reenacting acts passed in the 1976 Extended Session should not repeal any other 1987 legislation and that such other legislation would be controlling in the event of conflict.
Cross References. Issuance of operator's licenses, § 27-16-801.