New legislature in Utah allows vets to bypass CDL training to become truckers

New legislation recently signed into law by Utah Governor Gary Herbert will make it easier for military veterans in Utah to bypass CDL training and receive their CDL if they have worked in a military unit that required the skills for the license, reported the Deseret News, a news source in Utah. 

The new law will go into effect on July 1, and it was created to help many military veterans land back on their feet when they come back to civilian life, reported the newspaper.

"Think of it this way, he was trained with taxpayer dollars in our military," Senator Todd Weiler, a Republican from Woods Cross who carried the bill into the 2012 legislative session, told the paper. "And then we're not going to recognize or give him any credit for that?"

Army Reserve Sergeant Marshall Porter is one of the military veterans that influenced the creation of the bill by Weiler, reported the source.

Other veterans who benefit from the new legislature can go to local job fairs that trucking companies attend to look for drivers, in the industry that is currently experiencing a driver shortage.

New legislature in Utah allows vets to bypass CDL training to become truckers

Friday, March 30th, 2012