Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/14501
Timestamp: 2019-04-24 14:00:18
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49 U.S. Code § 14501 - Federal authority over intrastate transportation | U.S. Code | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Section 14501. Federal authority over intrastate transportation
49 U.S. Code § 14501. Federal authority over intrastate transportation
(1)Limitation on law.—No State or political subdivision thereof and no interstate agency or other political agency of 2 or more States shall enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, standard, or other provision having the force and effect of law relating to—
(2)Matters not covered.—
Paragraph (1) shall not restrict the safety regulatory authority of a State with respect to motor vehicles, the authority of a State to impose highway route controls or limitations based on the size or weight of the motor vehicle, or the authority of a State to regulate carriers with regard to minimum amounts of financial responsibility relating to insurance requirements and self-insurance authorization.
(2)Continuation of hawaii’s authority.—
Nothing in this subsection and the amendments made by the Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act of 1986 shall be construed to affect the authority of the State of Hawaii to continue to regulate a motor carrier operating within the State of Hawaii.
(2)Matters not covered.—Paragraph (1)—
does not apply to the authority of a State or a political subdivision of a State to enact or enforce a law, regulation, or other provision relating to the regulation of tow truck operations performed without the prior consent or authorization of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle.
(A)Continuation.—Paragraph (1) shall not affect any authority of a State, political subdivision of a State, or political authority of 2 or more States to enact or enforce a law, regulation, or other provision, with respect to the intrastate transportation of property by motor carriers, related to—
(B)Requirements.—A law, regulation, or provision of a State, political subdivision, or political authority meets the requirements of this subparagraph if—
(C)Election.—
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a carrier affiliated with a direct air carrier through common controlling ownership may elect to be subject to a law, regulation, or provision of a State, political subdivision, or political authority under this paragraph.
(4)Nonapplicability to hawaii.—
This subsection shall not apply with respect to the State of Hawaii.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a State from requiring that, in the case of a motor vehicle to be towed from private property without the consent of the owner or operator of the vehicle, the person towing the vehicle have prior written authorization from the property owner or lessee (or an employee or agent thereof) or that such owner or lessee (or an employee or agent thereof) be present at the time the vehicle is towed from the property, or both.
(1)In general.—No State or political subdivision thereof and no interstate agency or other political agency of 2 or more States shall enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, standard or other provision having the force and effect of law requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing pre-arranged ground transportation service if the motor carrier providing such service—
(2)Intermediate stop defined.—
In this section, the term “intermediate stop”, with respect to transportation by a motor carrier, means a pause in the transportation in order for one or more passengers to engage in personal or business activity, but only if the driver providing the transportation to such passenger or passengers does not, before resuming the transportation of such passenger (or at least 1 of such passengers), provide transportation to any other person not included among the passengers being transported when the pause began.
(3)Matters not covered.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed—
(Added Pub. L. 104–88, title I, § 103, Dec. 29, 1995, 109 Stat. 899; amended Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, § 4016, June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 412; Pub. L. 105–277, div. C, title I, § 106, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–586; Pub. L. 107–298, § 2, Nov. 26, 2002, 116 Stat. 2342; Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, §§ 4105(a), 4206(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1717, 1754; Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title V, § 5514, Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1557.)
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in section 11501 of this title prior to the general amendment of this subtitle by Pub. L. 104–88, § 102(a).
2015—Subsec. (c)(2)(C). Pub. L. 114–94 substituted “the regulation of tow truck operations” for “the price of for-hire motor vehicle transportation by a tow truck, if such transportation is”.
2005—Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 109–59, § 4206(a), inserted “intrastate” before “transportation”.
Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 109–59, § 4105(a), added par. (5).