The Louisiana Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV) has been awarded $7,749,805 in funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation‚ Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) through two Commercial Driver’s License Program Implementation (CDLPI) grants.
The funding will help combat human trafficking and improve OMVs CDL programs by ensuring conviction and disqualification data is electronically exchanged, implementing FMCSA rulemaking requirements, and achieving compliance with Federal regulations regarding drivers license standards and programs.
FMCSA is awarding more than $55 million to states and other entities to operate national CDL programs through the CDLPI grant. The grant seeks to improve highway safety by supporting CDL programs on a state and national level by ensuring that each driver has only one driving record and only one licensing document One Driver. One License. One Record. This essential funding provided through the CDLPI grant program will improve the process of obtaining a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) by ensuring only qualified drivers can receive a CDL to operate commercial motor vehicles on the nations‚ roadways, said FMCSA Deputy Administrator Vinn White.