1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to transportation; exempting from hours of service restrictions certain 
1.3 	drivers hauling utility construction materials;amending Minnesota Statutes 2018, 
1.4 	section 221.031, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision 
1.7 	to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2f.Hours of service exemptions; utility construction. (a) The federal regulations 
1.9 	incorporated in section 221.0314, subdivision 9, for hours of service do not apply to drivers 
1.10 	engaged in intrastate transportation of utility construction materials within a 50-mile radius 
1.11 	from the site of a construction or maintenance project.
1.12 	(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "utility construction materials" includes supplies 
1.13 	and materials used in a project to construct or maintain (1) a street or highway; (2) equipment 
1.14 	or facilities to furnish electric transmission service; (3) a telecommunications system or 
1.15 	cable communications system; (4) a waterworks system, sanitary sewer, or storm sewer; 
1.16 	(5) a gas heating service line; (6) a pipeline; and (7) a facility for other similar utility service.