SF 2808

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 10/25/2023 10:44am

A bill for an act
relating to transportation; creating exemption for hours of service requirements
for intrastate transport of heating fuel during an emergency; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2022, section 221.0269, by adding a subdivision.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 221.0269, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:

new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Intrastate transportation; heating fuel. new text end

new text begin (a) If a regional emergency has been
declared by the President of the United States or by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration pursuant to United States Code, title 49, section 390.23(a), and the declaration
includes heating fuel as a covered commodity, the federal regulations incorporated into
section 221.0314, subdivision 9, for hours of service do not apply to drivers engaged in
intrastate transportation of heating fuel.
new text end

new text begin (b) Notwithstanding the relief provided in paragraph (a), a driver may not exceed a total
of 14 hours combined on-duty and driving time after coming on duty following at least ten
consecutive hours off-duty.
new text end

new text begin (c) If a driver is operating under the relief provided by paragraph (a), and the declaration
is in effect for more than 30 calendar days, the driver must take a 34-hour restart before the
driver has been on duty for 30 consecutive days.
new text end

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
new text end