Alabama 2024 Regular Session

Alabama House Bill HB110 Compare Versions

Version 1 (Old)

Version 2 (New)

Old	New		Differences
1		-	~~HB110ENROLLED~~
	1	+	HB110INTRODUCED
2	2		Page 0
3	3		HB110
4		-	RRURNNM-2
	4	+	RRURNNM-1
5	5		By Representative Bedsole
6	6		RFD: Transportation, Utilities and Infrastructure
7	7		First Read: 06-Feb-24
8	8		1
9	9		2
10	10		3
11	11		4
12		-	5 ~~HB110 Enrolled~~
	12	+	5 RRURNNM-1 02/02/2024 TRP (L)tgw 2024-211
13	13		Page 1
14	14		First Read: 06-Feb-24
15		-	Enrolled, An Act,
	15	+	SYNOPSIS:
	16	+	Under existing law, there is an intrastate hours
	17	+	of service limitation applied to drivers of commercial
	18	+	motor vehicles operating in intrastate transportation,
	19	+	within a 75 air-mile radius of their normal work
	20	+	reporting location, following 10 consecutive hours off
	21	+	duty, except when prohibited by federal rule or law.
	22	+	This bill would increase the air-mile radius for
	23	+	intrastate motor carriers from 75 to 150 to reflect the
	24	+	current federal allowance.
	25	+	A BILL
	26	+	TO BE ENTITLED
	27	+	AN ACT
16	28		Relating to commercial motor vehicle drivers; to amend
17	29		Section 32-9A-6 of the Code of Alabama 1975, to increase the
18	30		intrastate air-mile radius for which the intrastate hours of
19	31		service limitation applies.
20	32		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
21	33		Section 1. Section 32-9A-6 of the Code of Alabama 1975,
22	34		is amended to read as follows:
23	35		"§32-9A-6
24	36		(a) The intrastate hours of service limitations
25		-	limitation applied to the drivers of commercial motor vehicles
26		-	operating in intrastate transportation within a 75150 air-mile
27		-	radius of their normal work reporting location, following 10
28		-	consecutive hours off duty except when prohibited by federal
29		-	rule or law, shall be the following:
30		-	(1) A 12-hour driving limit, provided driving shall be
31		-	prohibited for any driver of a commercial motor vehicle
32		-	afterwho has been on duty for having been on duty for more
33		-	than 15 hours is prohibited.
34		-	(2) Driving shall be prohibited for any driver who has
35		-	been on duty 70 hours in seven consecutive days.
36		-	(b) An intrastate driver is defined by his or her
37		-	previous seven days in operation.
38		-	(c) All motor carriers operating under the variance
39		-	provided by this section shall have a satisfactory safety
40		-	rating with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
41		-	(FMCSA) or be unrated. Subsection (a) shall not apply to a
42		-	motor carrier with a conditional or unsatisfactory FMCSA
43	37		1
44	38		2
45	39		3
46	40		4
47	41		5
48	42		6
49	43		7
50	44		8
51	45		9
52	46		10
53	47		11
54	48		12
55	49		13
56	50		14
57	51		15
58	52		16
59	53		17
60	54		18
61	55		19
62	56		20
63	57		21
64	58		22
65	59		23
66	60		24
67	61		25
68	62		26
69	63		27
70		-	28 HB110 ~~Enrolled~~
	64	+	28 HB110 INTRODUCED
71	65		Page 2
	66	+	(a) The intrastate hours of service limitations
	67	+	limitation applied to the drivers of commercial motor vehicles
	68	+	operating in intrastate transportation within a 75150 air-mile
	69	+	radius of their normal work reporting location, following 10
	70	+	consecutive hours off duty except when prohibited by federal
	71	+	rule or law, shall be the following:
	72	+	(1) A 12-hour driving limit, provided driving shall be
	73	+	prohibited for any driver of a commercial motor vehicle
	74	+	afterwho has been on duty for having been on duty for more
	75	+	than 15 hours is prohibited.
	76	+	(2) Driving shall be prohibited for any driver who has
	77	+	been on duty 70 hours in seven consecutive days.
	78	+	(b) An intrastate driver is defined by his or her
	79	+	previous seven days in operation.
	80	+	(c) All motor carriers operating under the variance
	81	+	provided by this section shall have a satisfactory safety
	82	+	rating with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
	83	+	(FMCSA) or be unrated. Subsection (a) shall not apply to a
72	84		motor carrier with a conditional or unsatisfactory FMCSA
73	85		safety rating.
74	86		(d) All motor carriers operating under the variance
75	87		provided by this section shall require its drivers to comply
76	88		with the record of duty provisions under 49 C.F.R. Section§
77	89		395.8. The driver shall retain a copy of each record of duty
78	90		status for the previous seven consecutive days, which shall be
79	91		in his or her possession and available for inspection while on
80	92		duty."
81	93		Section 2. This act shall become effective on October
82	94		1, 2024.
83	95		29
84	96		30
85	97		31
86	98		32
87	99		33
88	100		34
89	101		35
90	102		36
91	103		37
92		-	38 HB110 Enrolled
93		-	Page 3
94		-	1, 2024.
95		-	________________________________________________
96		-	Speaker of the House of Representatives
97		-	________________________________________________
98		-	President and Presiding Officer of the Senate
99		-	House of Representatives
100		-	I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and
101		-	was passed by the House 29-Feb-24.
102		-	John Treadwell
103		-	Clerk
104		-	Senate 25-Apr-24 Passed
	104	+	38
105	105		39
106	106		40
107	107		41
108	108		42
109	109		43
110	110		44
111	111		45
112	112		46
113	113		47
114	114		48
115	115		49
116	116		50
117	117		51
118	118		52
119	119		53
120	120		54
121	121		55
122	122		56
123		-	57
124		-	58
125		-	59
126		-	60
127		-	61
128		-	62
129		-	63
130		-	64
131		-	65
132		-	66
133		-	67
134		-	68
135		-	69