SENATE BILL 97058
BY SENATORS Powers, Bishop, and Perlmutter;
also REPRESENTATIVES Swenson, Arrington, Entz, Pankey,
and Schwarz.
CONCERNING THE IMPOSITION OF A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF
HOURS OF SERVICE FOR READYMIX CONCRETE TRUCK OPERATORS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Colorado:
SECTION 1. Article
4 of title 42, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1993 Repl. Vol., as
amended, is amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW PART to read:
PART 20
HOURS OF SERVICE
4242001. Maximum hours
of service readymix concrete truck operators.
(1) ANY PERSON WHO OPERATES A COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE
SOLELY IN INTRASTATE COMMERCE FOR THE PURPOSE OF TRANSPORTING
WET, READYMIX CONCRETE NEED NOT COMPLY WITH 49 C.F.R. SEC.
395.3 (b). NO SUCH PERSON SHALL DRIVE FOR ANY PERIOD AFTER:
(a) HAVING BEEN ON DUTY SEVENTY HOURS
IN ANY SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS IF THE EMPLOYING MOTOR CARRIER DOES
NOT OPERATE EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK; OR
(b) HAVING BEEN ON DUTY EIGHTY HOURS IN
ANY PERIOD OF EIGHT CONSECUTIVE DAYS IF THE EMPLOYING MOTOR CARRIER
OPERATES MOTOR VEHICLES EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.
(2) WITHIN A SEVEN DAY WORK WEEK ALL HOURS
OF SERVICE AFTER SIXTY HOURS ARE VOLUNTARY STARTING THE NEXT SCHEDULED
WORK DAY.
(3) TWENTYFOUR CONSECUTIVE HOURS
OFF DUTY SHALL CONSTITUTE THE END OF ANY SEVEN OR EIGHT CONSECUTIVEDAY
PERIOD.
(4) ANY COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE THAT
TRANSPORTS HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THIS SECTION
AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FEDERAL HOURSOFSERVICE
LIMITATIONS IN PARTS 395 AND 350, C.F.R.
SECTION 2. Safety
clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and
declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, health, and safety.
____________________________ ____________________________
Tom Norton Charles E. Berry
PRESIDENT OF SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Joan M. Albi Judith M. Rodrigue
SECRETARY OF CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
THE SENATE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED________________________________________
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Roy Romer
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO