Bill Title: To prescribe the applicability of federal regulations adopted by the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to certain motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 26-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-02 - To Public Utilities
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As Introduced
129th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2011-2012 |
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Representatives Grossman, Boose
Cosponsors:
Representatives Adams, J., Murray, Wachtmann, Burke, Gardner, Blessing, Carey, Hayes, Huffman, Beck, Amstutz, Stinziano, Slaby, Ruhl, Kozlowski, Henne, Uecker, Rosenberger, Stebelton, Hackett, Buchy, Young, Balderson, Martin, Brenner, Gonzales
A BILL
| To enact sections 4923.50, 4923.51, and 4923.52 of | 1 |
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the Revised Code to prescribe the applicability of | 2 |
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federal regulations adopted by the Public | 3 |
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Utilities Commission of Ohio to certain motor | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 4923.50, 4923.51, and 4923.52 of the | 6 |
Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 4923.50. As used in sections 4923.51 and 4923.52 of the | 8 |
Revised Code: | 9 |
(A) "Gross weight" means gross vehicle weight, gross vehicle | 10 |
weight rating, gross combination weight, or gross combination | 11 |
weight rating. | 12 |
(B) "Hazardous materials regulations" means 49 C.F.R. 107, | 13 |
subparts F and G only, 171 to 173, 177, 178, and 180. | 14 |
(C) "Motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in section | 15 |
4923.02 of the Revised Code. | 16 |
(D) "Private motor carrier" has the same meaning as in | 17 |
section 4923.02 of the Revised Code, except that it includes both | 18 |
those operating on a for-hire basis, and those operating on a | 19 |
not-for-hire basis. | 20 |
Sec. 4923.51. (A) A motor vehicle to which all of the | 21 |
following apply is exempt from any provision of the Code of | 22 |
Federal Regulations adopted or enforced by the public utilities | 23 |
commission under this chapter: | 24 |
(1) The vehicle is operated within this state in intrastate | 25 |
commerce. | 26 |
(2) The vehicle is operated by a private motor carrier. | 27 |
(3) The gross weight of the vehicle does not exceed | 28 |
twenty-six thousand and one pounds. | 29 |
(4) The vehicle is not designed or used to transport sixteen | 30 |
or more people, including the driver. | 31 |
(5) The vehicle does not transport any type or amount of | 32 |
hazardous material, as described in 49 C.F.R. 172, as amended. | 33 |
(B) A motor vehicle to which divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this | 34 |
section apply and that transports hazardous material not requiring | 35 |
a placard under 49 C.F.R. 172, subpart F, as amended, is exempt | 36 |
from compliance with any provision of the Code of Federal | 37 |
Regulations adopted or enforced by the commission under this | 38 |
chapter, except for the hazardous materials regulations. | 39 |
Sec. 4923.52. The exemptions in section 4923.51 of the | 40 |
Revised Code, including the exception under division (B) of that | 41 |
section, apply to any person or entity that owns, operates, or | 42 |
takes any other action in connection with a motor vehicle | 43 |
described in section 4923.51 of the Revised Code. | 44 |