HF 3963

as introduced - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to motor carriers; modifying provision relating to hours of service of
drivers transporting anhydrous ammonia; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006,
section 221.0314, subdivision 9a.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, subdivision 9a, is amended to
read:

Subd. 9a.

Hours of service exemptions.

The federal regulations incorporated in
subdivision 9 for maximum driving and on-duty time do not apply to drivers engaged in
the interstate or intrastate transportation of:

(1) agricultural commodities or farm supplies for agricultural purposes in Minnesota
during the planting and harvesting seasons from March 15 to December 15 of each year; deleted text begin or
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(2) sugar beets during the harvesting season for sugar beets from September 1 to
May 15 of each year; new text begin or
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new text begin (3) anhydrous ammonia during the planting and harvesting seasons from wholesale
through retail;
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if the transportation is limited to an area within a 100-air-mile radius from the source of
the commodities or the distribution point for the farm supplies.