Senate File 284 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 33)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the hours of service for regional transit
  2    district drivers.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1202SV 83
  5 dea/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.449, Code 2009, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  Rules adopted under this section, as
  1  4 they apply to a regional transit district, as defined in
  1  5 section 28M.1, and to drivers of passenger=carrying commercial
  1  6 motor vehicles operated by a regional transit district, shall
  1  7 provide the following:
  1  8    a.  A driver shall not drive a passenger=carrying
  1  9 commercial motor vehicle after having been on duty sixty hours
  1 10 in a period of six consecutive days.
  1 11    b.  A driver shall be off duty for at least ten consecutive
  1 12 hours following any period when the driver was on duty.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    This bill revises hours of service requirements for drivers
  1 15 of passenger=carrying commercial motor vehicles operated by a
  1 16 regional transit district.  The bill requires the department
  1 17 of transportation to adopt rules to prohibit a person from
  1 18 driving a regional transit vehicle after having been on duty
  1 19 for 60 hours within a six=day period.  In addition, the driver
  1 20 must be off duty for at least 10 consecutive hours following
  1 21 any period of on=duty time.  The proposed rules would augment
  1 22 minimum requirements established in administrative rules
  1 23 consistent with federal regulations.
  1 24 LSB 1202SV 83
  1 25 dea/nh/24