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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 29, 2010
Commercial Driver Compliance Improvement Act - Requires all commercial motor vehicles involved in interstate commerce and subject to both federal hours-of-service and record of duty status requirements, in order to improve compliance with federal hours-of-service regulations, to be equipped with an electronic on-board recording device meeting performance and design standards and requirements prescribed by the Secretary of Transportation (DOT).
Denies the admissibility in any civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding of recorded information retrieved from an electronic on-board recording device installed in a motor vehicle: (1) for any purpose other than to establish compliance or noncompliance with applicable federal hours-of-service requirements; or (2) unless the motor vehicle owner consents to the retrieval of information, or the information is retrieved by a government motor vehicle safety or law enforcement agency and is not used by any person or entity other than that agency.
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Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] · D–AR
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7798-7799)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7797-7798)
Introduced in Senate
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