Section 10.08.020 Exceptions.
The following persons are exempt from the operations of Section
10.08.010:
A. Any person who is a member of the
armed forces of the United States while operating a
motor vehicle owned by or leased to the United States government and being operated on official
business;
B. Any person while driving or operating
any road machine, farm tractor, or implement of
husbandry temporarily operated or moved on a highway;
C. A nonresident who is at least fifteen
(15) years of age and who has in his/her immediate
possession a valid operator's license issued to him/her in his/her home state or country may
operate a motor vehicle upon the public streets, avenues, alleys or highways within the corporate
limits of the city only as an operator;
D. A nonresident who is at least eighteen
(18) years of age and who has in his/her
immediate possession a valid chauffeur's license issued to him in his/her home state or country
may operate a motor vehicle upon the public streets, avenues, alleys or highways within the
corporate limits of the city, either as an operator or chauffeur subject to the age limits applicable
to chauffeurs in this state except that any such person must be licensed as a chauffeur under the
provisions of Chapter 1, Title 31, Revised Codes of Montana before accepting employment as a
chauffeur from a resident of this state;
E. Any nonresident who is at least
eighteen (18) years of age, whose home state or country
does not require the licensing of operators, may operate a motor vehicle as an operator only, for a
period of not more than ninety (90) days in any calendar year, if the motor vehicle so operated is
duly registered in the home state or country of such nonresident;
F. A driver's license issued under
the provisions of MCA 61-5-102 to any person who
enters the United States armed forces, if valid and in force and effect at the time such person
enters the service, shall continue in full force and effect so long as such service shall continue
unless such license is sooner suspended, revoked, or canceled for a cause as provided by law, and
for not to exceed thirty (30) days following the date on which holder of such driver's license is
honorably separated from such service. During such thirty (30) day period, such license shall be
valid only when in the immediate possession of separation, leave or furlough papers in his/her
immediate possession. (Ord. 131 (part), 1998: prior code § 10.05.020)