HB298

ENROLLED, An Act,

Relating to commercial motor vehicles operating in intrastate transportation; to adopt the allowable variances for hours of service limitations.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

Section 1. (a) The intrastate hours of service limitations applied to the drivers of commercial motor vehicles operating in intrastate transportation within a 75 air-mile radius of their normal work reporting location, following 10 consecutive hours off duty except when prohibited by federal rule or law, shall be the following:

(1) A 12-hour driving limit, provided driving a commercial motor vehicle after having been on duty for more than 16 15 hours is prohibited.

(2) Driving shall be prohibited for any driver who has been on duty 70 hours in seven consecutive days or 80 hours in eight consecutive days.

(b) An intrastate driver is defined by his or her previous seven days in operation.

(c) All motor carriers operating under the variance provided by this act shall have a satisfactory safety rating with the FMCSA or be unrated. Subsection (a) shall not apply to a motor carrier with conditional or unsatisfactory Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) safety rating.

(d) All motor carriers operating under the variance provided by this act shall require its drivers to comply with the record of duty provisions under 49 C.F.R. Section 395.8. The driver shall retain a copy of each record of duty status for the previous seven consecutive days, which shall be in his or her possession and available for inspection while on duty.

Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

Commercial Motor Vehicles

Motor Vehicles

Transportation

Federal Law