VETOES

(D)   "EMPLOYER" MEANS ANY INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING THE UNITED
STATES, A STATE, OR A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF A STATE, WHO OWNS
OR LEASES A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OR ASSIGNS DRIVERS TO
OPERATE SUCH A VEHICLE. AN INDIVIDUAL WHO EMPLOYS HIMSELF AS A
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER IS CONSIDERED TO BE BOTH AN
EMPLOYER AND A DRIVER FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(E)   "ENDORSEMENT" MEANS AN AUTHORIZATION TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S
COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE REQUIRED TO PERMIT THE INDIVIDUAL TO
OPERATE CERTAIN TYPES OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES.

(F) "GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT RATING" AND "GVWR" MEANS:

(1) THE VALUE SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURERS AS THE
MAXIMUM LOADED WEIGHT OF A SINGLE OR A COMBINATION VEHICLE, OR
REGISTERED GROSS WEIGHT, WHICHEVER IS GREATER;

(2) FOR A COMBINATION VEHICLE, COMMONLY REFERRED TO
AS THE "GROSS COMBINATION WEIGHT RATING" OR "GCWR":

(I) THE GVWR OF THE POWER UNIT AND THE GVWR OF
THE TOWED UNIT OR UNITS; OR

(II) IN ABSENCE OF A VALUE SPECIFIED FOR THE
TOWED UNIT OR UNITS BY THE MANUFACTURER, THE GVWR OF THE POWER
UNIT AND THE HEAVIER OF:

1. THE TOTAL WEIGHT OF THE TOWED UNITS,
INCLUDING THE LOADS ON THEM; OR

(F) "GROSS VEHICLE WEIGHT (GVW)" AND "GROSS COMBINATION
WEIGHT (GCW)" MEAN THE GREATEST OF THE FOLLOWING WEIGHTS FOR A
SINGLE VEHICLE OR A COMBINATION OF VEHICLES:

(1)  THE VALUE SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS THE
MAXIMUM GROSS WEIGHT;

(2)  THE OPERATING WEIGHT; OR

(3)  THE REGISTERED GROSS WEIGHT.

(G)   "HAZARDOUS MATERIALS" HAS THE MEANING THE TERM HAS
UNDER § 103 OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION ACT. (49
APP. U.S.C. § 1801, ET. SEQ.)

(H) (1) "SERIOUS TRAFFIC VIOLATION" MEANS:

(I)  EXCESSIVE SPEEDING, AS DEFINED BY THE
UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION BY REGULATION;

(II)  RECKLESS OR NEGLIGENT DRIVING;

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