(a) The intrastate hours of service limitation applied to the drivers of commercial motor vehicles operating in intrastate transportation within a 150 air-mile radius of their normal work reporting location, following 10 consecutive hours off duty except when prohibited by federal rule or law, shall be the following:
- (1) A 12-hour driving limit, provided driving shall be prohibited for any driver of a commercial motor vehicle who has been on duty for more than 15 hours.
- (2) Driving shall be prohibited for any driver who has been on duty 70 hours in seven consecutive days.
- (b) An intrastate driver is defined by his or her previous seven days in operation.
- (c) All motor carriers operating under the variance provided by this section shall have a satisfactory safety rating with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) or be unrated. Subsection (a) shall not apply to a motor carrier with a conditional or unsatisfactory FMCSA safety rating.
- (d) All motor carriers operating under the variance provided by this section shall require its drivers to comply with the record of duty provisions under 49 C.F.R. § 395.8. The driver shall retain a copy of each record of duty status for the previous seven consecutive days, which shall be in his or her possession and available for inspection while on duty.
(Act 2015-294, p. 916, §1; Act 2024-210, §1.)