HB 2427 -- Regulation of Certain Contract Carriers

Sponsor:  Meadows

This bill establishes certain requirements that must be included
in a contract between a railroad corporation and a contract
carrier that transports railroad employees on a road or highway
of this state in a vehicle designed to carry eight or fewer
passengers, including the driver.  The requirements include:

(1)  Each driver to have a valid chauffeur's license;

(2)  Each driver to be subject to drug and alcohol screening;

(3)  A background investigation to be conducted of each person
who transports railroad employees;

(4)  An application for employment from each prospective driver;

(5)  An annual review of the driving record of each driver who
transports a railroad employee; and

(6)  The maintenance of a personnel file containing a driving
record for each driver;

The bill also requires:

(1)  A contract carrier to limit the number of hours of service
by a driver to 16 hours of on-duty time within any 24-hour
period.  A driver who has 12 hours of vehicle operation within
any 24-hour period or 16 hours of on-duty time within any 24-hour
period must have at least eight consecutive hours off duty before
operating a vehicle again;

(2)  All vehicles to be maintained in a safe and proper operating
condition, meet all state and federal regulations regarding safe
construction and maintenance, and have a record kept of all
maintenance and repairs performed;

(3)  Driver records to be kept for six months indicating the time
all for-hire motor carrier drivers report for duty, the time of
relief from duty, hours driven, hours on duty, and hours off
duty;

(4)  Drivers to inspect their vehicles at the beginning and end
of each day it is used; and

(5)  Contract carriers to maintain liability insurance of at
least $1.5 million for each vehicle used to transport railroad
employees.

The Highways and Transportation Commission with the assistance of
the State Highway Patrol is authorized to inspect motor vehicles
used by contract carriers.

Anyone violating any provisions of the bill will be guilty of a
class B misdemeanor.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 2nd Regular Session
Last Updated October 15, 2008 at 3:12 pm