§ 2206. Use Restrictions
TITLE 9: VEHICLE CODE DIVISION 2: REGISTRATION AND LICENSES § 2206. Learner’s Permits and Fees. (a) Upon receiving from any person qualified under the provisions of this division an application for a temporary learner’s permit in any class, the bureau shall issue the permit after examining the person’s physical and mental qualifications to operate a motor vehicle in the class applied for. (b) Learner’s permits are valid for 60 days from the date of issue, or until sooner canceled by law or suspended or revoked, or until the holder has successfully qualified for an operator’s license of the same class as the learner’s permit. (c) The holder of a learner’s permit may operate a motor vehicle of the class for which the permit is issued when accompanied by a person at least 21 years old with at least one year of licensed experience operating a vehicle of a class for which the permit is issued. (d) A fee of 10 shall be paid for each duplicate or substitute permit issued. All fees collected, including the learner’s permit fee, shall be distributed as follows: 50% for the operations and programs of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, 35% for the upkeep and maintenance of road shoulders by the Department of Public Works and 15% to the upkeep and maintenance of street lights by the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation. The Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety in consultation with the Director of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles shall be the expenditure authority of the 50% for the operations and programs of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles provided that each respective senatorial districts’ expenditure authorities shall be as follows: in the First and Second Senatorial District, the Department of Public Safety Resident Director Heads, and in the Third Senatorial District, the Department of Public Safety Commissioner. Source: PL 3-61, § 1 (§ 217); renumbered by PL 19-58 § 4 (Aug. 1, 2016).
Source: CNMI Law Revision Commission