1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to motor carriers; modifying provision relating to hours of service of 
1.3 	drivers;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, subdivision 9a.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 221.0314, subdivision 9a, is amended to 
1.6 	read:
1.7 		Subd. 9a.Hours of service exemptions. The federal regulations incorporated in 
1.8 	subdivision 9 for maximum driving and on-duty time do not apply to drivers engaged in 
1.9 	the interstate or intrastate transportation of:
1.10 	(1) agricultural commodities or retail and wholesale farm supplies for agricultural 
1.11 	purposes in Minnesota during the planting and harvesting seasons from March 15 to 
1.12 	December 15 of each year; or
1.13 	(2) sugar beets during the harvesting season for sugar beets from September 1 to 
1.14 	May 15 of each year;
1.15 	if the transportation is limited to an area within a 100-air-mile radius from the source of 
1.16 	the commodities or the distribution point for the farm supplies.