[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 297 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 297

     To permit States in certain cases to waive application of the 
 requirements of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 with 
    respect to a vehicle which is being operated for the purpose of 
  removing snow or ice from a roadway by plowing, sanding, or salting.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

  Mr. Petri introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Public Works and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
     To permit States in certain cases to waive application of the 
 requirements of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 with 
    respect to a vehicle which is being operated for the purpose of 
  removing snow or ice from a roadway by plowing, sanding, or salting.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. APPLICATION OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE REQUIREMENTS TO 
              VEHICLES USED FOR SNOW OR ICE REMOVAL.

    (a) State Waiver Authority.--Subject to subsection (b), a State may 
waive application of the requirements of the Commercial Motor Vehicle 
Safety Act of 1986 (49 U.S.C. 2701 note) with respect to a vehicle 
which is being operated within the boundaries of an eligible unit of 
local government by an employee of such unit for the purpose of 
removing snow or ice from a roadway by plowing, sanding, or salting.
    (b) Limitation.--The waiver authority contained in subsection (a) 
shall only apply in a case in which the employee described in 
subsection (a) is needed to operate the vehicle because the employee of 
the eligible unit of local government who ordinarily operates the 
vehicle and has a commercial driver's license is temporarily 
unavailable or is in need of additional assistance due to a snow 
emergency.
    (c) Eligible Unit of Local Government Defined.--For the purposes of 
this section, the term ``eligible unit of local government'' means a 
city, town, borough, county, parish, district, or other public body 
created by or pursuant to State law which has a total population of 
3,000 individuals or less.

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