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2017 SESSION
SB 1229 Driver's license or learner's permit; issuance, minimum standards for vision tests.
Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit; minimum standards for vision tests. Increases the minimum visual acuity an applicant must possess for issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit from a field of 100 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes to a field of 110 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes. This bill is identical to HB 1504.
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:
Issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit; minimum standards for vision tests. Increases the minimum visual acuity an applicant must possess for issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit from a field of 100 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes to a field of 110 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes and increases the minimum visual acuity for a license permitting the driving of motor vehicles during a period beginning one-half hour after sunrise and ending one-half hour before sunset from a field of 70 degrees of horizontal vision to a field of 90 degrees of horizontal vision.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit; minimum standards for vision tests. Increases the minimum visual acuity an applicant must possess for issuance of a driver's license or learner's permit from a field of 100 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes to a field of 120 degrees of horizontal vision in one or both eyes and increases the minimum visual acuity for a license permitting the driving of motor vehicles during a period beginning one-half hour after sunrise and ending one-half hour before sunset from a field of 70 degrees of horizontal vision to a field of 90 degrees of horizontal vision.