WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor                         S.B. 269

(ii) Duplicate or be consistent with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations contained in 49 CFR, Parts 390 through 399;

(iii) Apply to all vehicles over 10,000 pounds registered gross vehicle
weight that are subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; and

(iv) Apply to vehicles over 10,000 pounds registered gross vehicle
weight that are not subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, if the rule or
regulations adopted by the [Motor Vehicle] Administration specifically states that it
applies to the vehicle.

[(2)] (3) The rules or regulations adopted under this subsection may require
that registrants of motor vehicles subject to this subsection have knowledge of applicable
federal and State motor carrier safety regulations.

(i) (1) Except as provided for in paragraph (2) of this subsection regulations
adopted under this section for intrastate motor carrier transportation may not:

(i) Require that a driver be older than 18 years of age;

(ii) Apply the provisions of § 391.21, § 391.23, § 391.31 or § 391.35 of
the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to:

1.       A driver who is a regularly employed driver of a motor
carrier for a continuous period that began before July 1, 1986, if the driver continues to
be a regularly employed driver of the motor carrier; or

2.       The motor carrier, with regard to a driver described under
Item 1 of this subparagraph, if the motor carrier continues to employ the driver;

(iii) Limit a driver's time or hours on duty or require a driver to
maintain a record of duty status if:

1.       The driver operates only within a 100 air mile radius of the
driver's normal work reporting location; and

2.       The driver returns to the driver's normal reporting location
and is released from work within a period of 15 consecutive hours;

(iv) Apply the provisions of Parts 391 and 395 of the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Regulations to a farmer, or an agent or employee of a farmer, who
operates farm equipment or a motor vehicle owned or operated by the farmer in the
transportation of supplies to a farm or the transportation of farm products as defined in
§ 10-601 of the Agriculture Article within 150 air miles of the farmer's farm; [or]

(v) Apply the medical examination and certification requirements of
§§ 391.41(a), 391.43 and 391.45 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to a
driver who operates a vehicle or vehicle combination with a registered gross or
combination weight of less than 26,001 pounds; OR

(VI) EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF BUS DRIVERS, APPLY THE PROVISIONS
OF § 391.41(B)(1) THROUGH (11) OF THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
REGULATIONS TO ANY PERSON WHO:

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