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

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