S-3264

   Amend Senate File 473 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 13, by striking <compressed>
   2.  Page 1, line 17, by striking <compressed>
   3.  By striking page 2, line 4, through page 3, line 6, and inserting: 
   <321.477  Employees as peace officers —— maximum age.
   1.  The department may designate by resolution certain of its employees upon each of whom there is hereby conferred the authority of a peace officer to enforce the laws of this state described in subsection 2. Employees designated as peace officers pursuant to this section shall have the same powers conferred by law on peace officers for the enforcement of such laws and the apprehension of violators.
   2.  Employees designated as peace officers pursuant to this section shall only engage in the following enforcement activities:
   a.  The enforcement of federal motor carrier safety regulations and federal motor carrier hazardous materials regulations as adopted in this chapter and in rules adopted by the department under this chapter.
   b.  The regulation of the operating authority of motor carriers.
   c.  The regulation of the movement, safety, and lawful operation of commercial motor vehicles.
   d.  The regulation of the operating authority of commercial motor vehicle operators and the enforcement of traffic and safety laws on operators of commercial motor vehicles.
   e.  The enforcement and performance of other activities necessary for the motor carrier safety assistance program and the high priority program administered under 49 C.F.R. pt. 350.
   f.  The investigation and enforcement of matters relating to or arising out of responsibilities entrusted to the department.
   g.  The control and direct direction of traffic and weigh vehicles, and to make arrests for violations of the.
   h.  The enforcement of motor vehicle laws relating to the operating authority, registration, size, weight, and load of motor vehicles and trailers and registration of a motor carrier’s interstate transportation service with the department.
   i.  The enforcement of laws, the violation of which are defined as serious violations under 761 IAC 615.17(2).
   j.  The enforcement of speed restrictions where a motor vehicle is traveling twenty miles per hour or more over the legal speed limit.
   k.  The enforcement of rules and regulations of the department.
   3.  The maximum age for a person employed as a peace officer pursuant to this section is sixty-five years of age.>

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MICHAEL BREITBACH