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[USC02] 49 USC 31309: Commercial driver's license information system
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49 USC 31309: Commercial driver's license information system Text contains those laws in effect on June 5, 2020
(a) General Requirement.-The Secretary of Transportation shall maintain an information system that will serve as a clearinghouse and depository of information about the licensing, identification, and disqualification of operators of commercial motor vehicles. The system shall be coordinated with activities carried out under section 31106. The Secretary shall consult with the States in carrying out this section.
(b) Contents.-(1) At a minimum, the information system under this section shall include for each operator of a commercial motor vehicle-
(c) Availability of Information.-Information in the information system shall be made available and subject to review and correction in accordance with the policy developed under section 31106(e).
(d) Fee System.-The Secretary may establish a fee system for using the information system. Fees collected under this subsection in a fiscal year shall equal as nearly as possible the costs of operating the information system in that fiscal year. The Secretary shall deposit fees collected under this subsection in the Highway Trust Fund (except the Mass Transit Account).
(e) Modernization Plan.-
(1) In general.-Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall develop and publish a comprehensive national plan to modernize the information system under this section that-
(2) Consultation.-The plan shall be developed in consultation with representatives of the motor carrier industry, State safety enforcement agencies, and State licensing agencies designated by the Secretary.
(3) State funding of future efforts.-The plan shall specify that States will fund future efforts to modernize the commercial driver's information system.
(4) Deadline for state participation.-
(A) In general.-The plan shall specify-
(B) Factors to consider.-In establishing the date under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider the following:
(5) Implementation.-The Secretary shall implement the plan developed under subsection (a) and modernize the information system under this section to meet the requirements of the plan.
(f) Funding.-At the Secretary's discretion, a State may use, subject to section 31313(a),1 the funds made available to the State under section 31313 1 to modernize its commercial driver's license information system to be compatible with the modernized information system under this section.
( Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1020 ; Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, §4011(d), June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 407 ; Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, §§4122(2)(E), 4123(a), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1734 ; Pub. L. 110–244, title III, §301(h), June 6, 2008, 122 Stat. 1616 ; Pub. L. 112–141, div. C, title II, §§32305(a), 32933(e), July 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 792 , 830.)
31309(a) 49 App.:2706(a). Oct. 27, 1986, Pub. L. 99–570, §12007, 100 Stat. 3207–175 .
31309(d)(2) 49 App.:2706 (note). Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100–690, §9105(a), 102 Stat. 4530 .
49 App.:2706 (note). Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100–690, §9105(b), 102 Stat. 4530 .
Section 31313, referred to in subsec. (f), was amended generally by Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title V, §5104(a), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1527 , and, as so amended, section relates to financial assistance program for implementation of commercial driver's license program. Provisions contained in former section 31313(a) are now similar to those contained in section 31313(a)(2) and (b).
2012-Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 112–141, §32933(e), substituted "section 31308(3)" for "section 31308(2)".
2008-Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 110–244 substituted "31313" for "31318".
2005-Subsec. (b)(1)(D) to (F), (2). Pub. L. 109–59, §4122(2)(E), inserted "or learner's permit" after "license".
1998-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–178, §4011(d)(1), (2), substituted "maintain an information system" for "make an agreement under subsection (b) of this section for the operation of, or establish under subsection (c) of this section, an information system" and inserted "The system shall be coordinated with activities carried out under section 31106." before "The Secretary shall consult".
Pub. L. 109–59, title IV, §4123(c)–(e), Aug. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 1735 , 1736, as amended by Pub. L. 111–147, title IV, §422(f), Mar. 18, 2010, 124 Stat. 87 ; Pub. L. 111–322, title II, §2202(f), Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3525 ; Pub. L. 112–5, title II, §202(f), Mar. 4, 2011, 125 Stat. 17 , provided that:
"(c) Grants.-
"(1) In general.-The Secretary [of Transportation] may make a grant to a State or organization representing agencies and officials of a State in a fiscal year to modernize the commercial driver's license information system of the State to be compatible with the modernized commercial driver's license information system under section 31309 of title 49, United States Code, if the State is in substantial compliance with the requirements of section 31311 of such title and this section, as determined by the Secretary.
"(2) Criteria.-The Secretary shall establish criteria for the distribution of grants and notify each State annually of such criteria.
"(3) Use of grant.-A State may use a grant under this subsection only to implement improvements that are consistent with the modernization plan developed by the Secretary.
"(4) Government share.-A grant under this subsection to a State or organization may not be for more than 80 percent of the costs incurred by the State or organization in a fiscal year in modernizing the commercial driver's license information system of the State to be compatible with the modernized commercial driver's license information system under section 31309 of title 49, United States Code. In determining these costs, the Secretary shall include in-kind contributions of the State.
"(d) Funding.-There are authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) to carry out this section-
"(e) Contract Authority and Availability.-
"(1) Period of availability.-The amounts made available under subsection (d) shall remain available until expended.
"(2) Initial date of availability.-Amounts authorized to be appropriated from the Highway Trust Fund (other than the Mass Transit Account) by subsection (d) shall be available for obligation on the date of their apportionment or allocation or on October 1 of the fiscal year for which they are authorized, whichever occurs first.
"(3) Contract authority.-Approval by the Secretary of a grant with funds made available under subsection (d) imposes upon the United States a contractual obligation for payment of the Government's share of costs incurred in carrying out the objectives of the grant."
Pub. L. 105–178, title IV, §4022, June 9, 1998, 112 Stat. 415 , provided that:
"(1) In general.-The Secretary [of Transportation] shall carry out a pilot program in cooperation with 1 or more States to improve upon the timely exchange of pertinent driver performance and safety records data to motor carriers.
"(2) Purpose.-The purpose of the program shall be to-
"(3) Completion date.-The pilot program shall end on the last day of the 18-month period beginning on the date of initiation of the pilot program.
"(b) Rulemaking.-After completion of the pilot program, the Secretary shall initiate, if appropriate, a rulemaking to revise the information system under section 31309 of title 49, United States Code, to take into account the results of the pilot program."