Amendment 5281 to Senate Bill 1171 P.N. 1829, Regular Session 2021-2022

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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1171

Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE MALONEY

Printer's No. 1829

Amend Bill, page 1, line 5, by inserting after "manufacture"

; and, in powers of department and local authorities, further

providing for promulgation of rules and regulations by

department

Amend Bill, page 4, by inserting between lines 6 and 7

Section 3. Section 6103(c)(1) of Title 75 is amended and the

section is amended by adding a subsection to read:

§ 6103. Promulgation of rules and regulations by department.

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criteria.--The department shall be authorized to adopt by

reference any Federal statute, regulation, standard or criteria

or provision thereof relating to vehicles or drivers, including,

but not limited to, minimum driver qualifications, maximum hours

of service, loading, unloading, hazardous materials, operation,

equipment, records and inspection.

(1) The department shall be authorized to extend the

coverage of any Federal statute, regulation, standard or

criteria adopted under this subsection to vehicles and

drivers operating only in intrastate commerce, except as

follows:

(iii) No Federal statute, regulation, standard or

criteria shall be extended to cover farm tractors or

drivers of farm tractors, regardless of whether the farm

tractor is operated as a combination.

(iv) No Federal statute, regulation, standard or

criteria shall be extended to cover implements of

husbandry other than farm tractors, farm vehicles or

drivers of these vehicles, regardless of whether the

vehicle is operated as a combination, provided that:

(A) the vehicle's or combination's gross weight,

gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination

weight rating does not equal or exceed 26,001 pounds;

(B) the vehicle or combination is not carrying

hazardous materials in an amount that requires the

towing or towed vehicle to be placarded under Chapter

83 (relating to hazardous materials transportation);

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and

or used to transport 16 or more people, including the

driver.

(v) For purposes of [this paragraph] subparagraphs

(iii) and (iv), the term "farm tractors" includes

tractors designed for off-road agricultural use,

combines, crop pickers, crop and forage harvesters,

threshers, plows, tillers, planters, seeders, field

sprayers, forage cutters, balers and similar vehicles

that are infrequently operated or moved upon highways and

that are used by a farmer in agricultural production.

(vi) No Federal statute, regulation, standard or

criteria shall be extended to cover a motor vehicle

transporting property along a highway in this

Commonwealth , regardless of whether the motor vehicle is

operated as a combination, provided that all of the

following criteria are met :

(A) the vehicle's or combination's gross weight,

gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination

weight rating does not equal or exceed 26,001 pounds;

(B) the vehicle or combination is not carrying

hazardous materials in an amount that requires the

towing or towed vehicle to be placarded under Chapter

83;

or used to transport 16 or more people, including the

driver ; and

(D) the motor vehicle or combination is being

used to transport property, including a vehicle, to

or from an amateur competitive event, regardless of

whether the motor vehicle or combination owner is

sponsored for participation in the amateur

competitive event.

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(f) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "amateur

competitive event" shall mean a competition, tournament or

athletic event, including motorsports, where the competitors'

participation is not the result of an employment contract that

requires participation in the competitive event, notwithstanding

the receipt of prize money or sponsorship.

Amend Bill, page 4, line 7, by striking out "3" and inserting

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