SB266 By Senator Livingston RFD Transportation and Energy Rd 1 18-MAR-15

SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, Alabama has adopted the hours of service regulations for commercial motor vehicles as written by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The FMCSA has certain optional regulations that states are allowed to adopt as a variance without jeopardizing the funding of the state from the Commercial Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program.

This bill would adopt the allowable variances for the hours of service limitations for intrastate commercial motor vehicles.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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. The intrastate hours of service limitations applied to the drivers of commercial motor vehicles operating in intrastate transportation, 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 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.

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