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DOT/FMCSA

RIN: 2126-AA76

Publication ID: Spring 2003

Title: Hours of Service of Drivers; Supporting Documents
Abstract: The FMCSA would propose amending the hours-of-service recordkeeping requirements to clarify that the duty of motor carriers is to verify the accuracy of drivers' hours of service (HOS) and records of duty status (RODS) including automatic on-board records, and that the driver's duty is to collect and submit to the motor carrier all supporting documents with the RODS. The agency would also propose to require carriers to maintain supporting documents with the RODS. The agency would propose that a supporting document based self-monitoring system be the primary method for ensuring compliance with the HOS regulations. Recognizing developing technologies, FMCSA would propose to permit use of electronic documents as a supplement to, and in certain instances in lieu of, paper supporting documents. These proposals would be intended to clarify definitions of "supporting documents," "employee," and "driver," and to clarify the current requirement that each motor carrier use a self-monitoring system to verify accuracy of the HOS and RODS including automatic on-board records.
Agency: Department of Transportation(DOT)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined
CFR Citation: 49 CFR 385, 390, and 395 49 CFR 1.73 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: PL 103-311, sec 113

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		02/00/1996

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	04/20/1998	63 FR 19457
NPRM Comment Period End	06/19/1998
Supplemental NPRM	09/00/2003

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Small Entities Affected: Businesses	Federalism: Undetermined
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Related RINs: Split from 2126-AA23
Agency Contact: Jerry Fulnecky Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration MC-EC, Office of Enforcement and Compliance , 400 Seventh Street SW., Washington, DC 20590 Phone:202 366-2096