Senate File 33SENATE FILE BY McCOY 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 system drivers. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1202XS 83 5 dea/nh/24 PAG LIN 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 system, as defined in section 1 5 324A.1, and to drivers of passenger=carrying commercial motor 1 6 vehicles operated by a regional transit system, shall provide 1 7 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 one day within 1 12 each period of seven consecutive days. 1 13 c. A driver shall be off duty for at least ten consecutive 1 14 hours following any period when the driver was on duty. 1 15 EXPLANATION 1 16 This bill revises hours of service requirements for drivers 1 17 of passenger=carrying commercial motor vehicles operated by a 1 18 regional transit system. The bill requires the department of 1 19 transportation to adopt rules to limit the on=duty time for 1 20 such drivers to 60 hours within a six=day period. In 1 21 addition, the driver must be off duty for at least one day 1 22 within each seven=day period, and off duty for at least 10 1 23 consecutive hours following any period of on=duty time. The 1 24 proposed rules would augment minimum requirements established 1 25 in administrative rules consistent with federal regulations. 1 26 LSB 1202XS 83 1 27 dea/nh/24