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HB110
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By Representative Bedsole
RFD: Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
First Read: 06-Feb-24
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Enrolled, An Act,
Relating to commercial motor vehicle drivers; to amend
Section 32-9A-6 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the
intrastate air-mile radius for which the intrastate hours of
service limitation applies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. Section 32-9A-6 of the Code of Alabama 1975,
is amended to read as follows:
"§32-9A-6
(a) The intrastate hours of service limitations
limitation applied to the drivers of commercial motor vehicles
operating in intrastate transportation within a 75150 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 shall be
prohibited for any driver of a commercial motor vehicle
afterwho has been on duty for having been on duty for more
than 15 hours is prohibited.
(2) Driving shall be prohibited for any driver who has
been on duty 70 hours in seven 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 section shall have a satisfactory safety
rating with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
(FMCSA) or be unrated. Subsection (a) shall not apply to a
motor carrier with a conditional or unsatisfactory FMCSA
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motor carrier with a conditional or unsatisfactory FMCSA
safety rating.
(d) All motor carriers operating under the variance
provided by this section 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 October
1, 2024.
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1, 2024.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
House of Representatives
I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
was passed by the House 29-Feb-24.
John Treadwell
Clerk
Senate 25-Apr-24 Passed
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