Bill Text: IA SF340 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Enrolled
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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the length of on-duty periods and required rest periods for drivers of rail crew transport vehicles, and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 172.) Effective 7-1-13.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [SF340 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF340-Enrolled.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the length of on-duty periods and required rest periods for drivers of rail crew transport vehicles, and providing penalties. (Formerly SF 172.) Effective 7-1-13.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [SF340 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF340-Enrolled.html
Senate
File
340
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
LENGTH
OF
ON-DUTY
PERIODS
AND
REQUIRED
REST
PERIODS
FOR
DRIVERS
OF
RAIL
CREW
TRANSPORT
VEHICLES,
AND
PROVIDING
PENALTIES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
321.449A
Rail
crew
transport
drivers.
1.
A
driver
of
a
motor
vehicle
operated
for
hire
which
is
designed
to
transport
seven
or
more
persons
but
fewer
than
sixteen
persons
including
the
driver
and
is
used
to
transport
railroad
workers
to
or
from
their
places
of
employment
or
during
the
course
of
their
employment
is
subject
to
the
following
limitations:
a.
The
driver
shall
not
drive
such
a
vehicle
more
than
ten
hours
following
eight
consecutive
hours
of
uninterrupted
rest.
b.
The
driver
shall
not
drive
such
a
vehicle
for
any
period
after
having
been
on
duty
for
fifteen
hours
following
eight
consecutive
hours
of
uninterrupted
rest.
c.
The
driver
shall
not
accept
a
call
for
service
from
the
driver’s
employer
during
a
period
of
uninterrupted
rest.
2.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
the
following
definitions
apply:
a.
“Employer”
means
a
railroad
worker
transportation
company,
as
defined
in
section
327F.39,
for
whom
the
driver
performs
a
service,
either
for
wages
or
as
an
independent
contractor.
b.
“On
duty”
means
all
time
from
the
time
a
driver
begins
work
or
is
required
to
be
ready
to
work
until
the
time
the
driver
is
relieved
from
work
and
all
responsibility
for
performing
work,
whether
or
not
the
driver
is
compensated
for
Senate
File
340,
p.
2
all
of
the
time.
A
driver
may
drive
more
than
one
assigned
trip,
as
long
as
the
trip
falls
within
the
on-duty
period.
A
driver
“begins
work”
when
the
driver
enters
a
transport
vehicle
to
begin
a
trip
assignment
and
is
not
“relieved
from
work”
until
the
driver
has
exited
the
transport
vehicle
for
the
final
time.
c.
“Uninterrupted
rest”
means
that
the
employer
shall
not
communicate
with
the
driver
by
telephone,
pager,
or
in
any
other
manner
that
could
reasonably
be
expected
to
disrupt
the
driver’s
rest.
3.
A
person
who
violates
this
section
commits
a
simple
misdemeanor
punishable
as
a
scheduled
violation
under
section
805.8A,
subsection
13,
paragraph
“b”
.
Sec.
2.
Section
327F.39,
subsection
1,
Code
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0c.
“Driver”
means
a
person
who
operates
a
motor
vehicle
for
the
transportation
of
railroad
workers
in
the
motor
vehicle
on
behalf
of
a
railroad
worker
transportation
company,
whether
the
person
is
employed
by
the
company
for
wages
or
drives
for
the
company
as
an
independent
contractor.
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0g.
“Railroad
worker
transportation
company”
means
a
person,
other
than
a
railroad
corporation,
organized
for
the
purpose
of
or
engaged
in
the
business
of
transporting,
for
hire,
railroad
workers
to
or
from
their
places
of
employment
or
in
the
course
of
their
employment
in
motor
vehicles
designed
to
carry
seven
or
more
persons
but
fewer
than
sixteen
persons
including
the
driver.
Sec.
3.
Section
327F.39,
Code
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4A.
Rest
periods
for
drivers.
a.
A
railroad
worker
transportation
company
shall
not
require
a
driver
to
operate
a
motor
vehicle
in
violation
of
section
321.449A.
A
railroad
worker
transportation
company
may
require
a
period
of
uninterrupted
rest
for
a
driver
at
any
time.
The
period
of
uninterrupted
rest
shall
not
be
less
than
eight
hours.
A
railroad
worker
transportation
company
shall
clearly
communicate
to
a
driver
when
a
period
of
uninterrupted
rest
is
to
begin.
b.
A
railroad
company
shall
not
require
a
driver
to
operate
a
motor
vehicle
in
violation
of
section
321.449A
or
this
subsection.
c.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“uninterrupted
rest”
and
“on
duty”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
321.449A.
Sec.
4.
Section
327F.39,
subsection
6,
Code
2013,
is
amended
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340,
p.
3
to
read
as
follows:
6.
Penalty.
a.
Violation
by
the
owner
of
a
motor
vehicle
of
this
section
,
a
rule
adopted
under
this
section
,
or
an
order
issued
under
subsection
5
,
or
willful
failure
to
comply
with
such
an
order
is,
upon
conviction,
subject
to
a
schedule
“one”
penalty
as
provided
under
section
327C.5
.
b.
A
violation
of
subsection
4A
or
rules
adopted
pursuant
to
subsection
4A
by
a
railroad
worker
transportation
company
or
a
railroad
corporation
is
punishable
as
a
schedule
“one”
penalty
under
section
327C.5.
Sec.
5.
Section
805.8A,
subsection
13,
paragraph
b,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
For
a
violation
under
section
321.449
,
or
321.449A,
the
scheduled
fine
is
fifty
dollars.
______________________________
PAM
JOCHUM
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
KRAIG
PAULSEN
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
340,
Eighty-fifth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MICHAEL
E.
MARSHALL
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2013
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor
