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California Digital Library, the name of a collection of journals, databases, and other reference materials available via computer

Commercial Drivers License: The standardized driverÕs license required of bus and heavy truck drivers in every state. Covers drivers of any vehicle manufactured to seat 15 or more passengers (plus driver) or over 13 tons gross vehicle weight. The CDL is mandated by the Federal government in the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986.

Commercial Driver's License: A license which authorizes an individual to operate commercial motor vehicles over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.

License which authorizes an individual to operate commercial motor vehicles and buses over 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. For operators of freight-hauling trucks, the maximum size which may be driven without a CDL is Class 6 (maximum 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight).