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SF 1614

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 03/05/2019 09:19am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to transportation; exempting from hours of service restrictions certain
drivers hauling utility construction materials; amending Minnesota Statutes 2018,
section 221.031, by adding a subdivision.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 221.031, is amended by adding a subdivision
to read:


Subd. 2f.

Hours of service exemptions; utility construction.

(a) The federal regulations
incorporated in section 221.0314, subdivision 9, for hours of service do not apply to drivers
engaged in intrastate transportation of utility construction materials within a 50-mile radius
from the site of a construction or maintenance project.

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "utility construction materials" includes supplies
and materials used in a project to construct or maintain (1) a street or highway; (2) equipment
or facilities to furnish electric transmission service; (3) a telecommunications system or
cable communications system; (4) a waterworks system, sanitary sewer, or storm sewer;
(5) a gas heating service line; (6) a pipeline; and (7) a facility for other similar utility service.