View Rule

FMCSA proposes to amend its May 27, 2015, final rule in response to petitions for rulemaking and extend the January 1, 2019, compliance date to January 1, 2021. This proposal would narrow the applicability of the rule, by excluding from the definition of lease and the associated regulatory requirements, certain contracts and other agreements between motor carriers of passengers that have active passenger carrier operating authority registrations with FMCSA. For passenger carriers that would remain subject to the leasing and interchange requirements, FMCSA proposes to return the bus marking requirement to its July 1, 2015, state with slight modifications to add references to leased vehicles; maintain and expand the delayed writing of a lease during urgent circumstances; and remove the 24-hour lease notification requirement.