49 U.S.C. § 31114 — Access to the Interstate System
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-272 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 197 words · no verdicts yet
States cannot block covered commercial vehicles from getting reasonable access between the interstate system and nearby terminals, fuel, food, repairs, rest stops, and loading points. This covers household goods carriers, passenger carriers, and certain trailer combinations. States can still impose reasonable safety-based restrictions on some shorter combinations.
(a) Prohibition on Denying Access. A state cannot pass or enforce a law that denies reasonable access, for a commercial vehicle covered by this subchapter or subchapter I of this chapter, between two things. The first is the interstate highway system, except segments exempted under sections 31111(f) or 31113(e), and other qualifying federal-aid highways the Secretary designates. The second is terminals; places to get food, fuel, repairs, and rest; and loading or unloading points — specifically for household goods carriers, passenger motor carriers, any towaway trailer transporter combination as defined in section 31111(a), or any truck tractor-semitrailer combination where the semitrailer is no more than 28.5 feet long and that combination generally operates as part of the larger combination described in section 31111(c).
(b) Exception. This section does not stop a state or local government from placing reasonable, safety-based restrictions on a truck tractor-semitrailer combination with a semitrailer of up to 28.5 feet that generally operates as part of the combination described in section 31111(c).
A State may not enact or enforce a law denying to a commercial motor vehicle subject to this subchapter or subchapter I of this chapter reasonable access between—
the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways (except a segment exempted under section 31111(f) or 31113(e) of this title) and other qualifying Federal-aid Primary System highways designated by the Secretary of Transportation; and
terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest, and points of loading and unloading for household goods carriers, motor carriers of passengers, any towaway trailer transporter combination (as defined in section 31111(a)), or any truck tractor-semitrailer combination in which the semitrailer has a length of not more than 28.5 feet and that generally operates as part of a vehicle combination described in section 31111(c) of this title.
This section does not prevent a State or local government from imposing reasonable restrictions, based on safety considerations, on a truck tractor-semitrailer combination in which the semitrailer has a length of not more than 28.5 feet and that generally operates as part of a vehicle combination described in section 31111(c) of this title.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 999; Pub. L. 114–94, div. A, title V, § 5523(c)(2), Dec. 4, 2015, 129 Stat. 1560.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-272 · 108 Stat. 999
- 2015Amended · Pub. L. 114-94 · 129 Stat. 1560
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-272 on 1994-07-05.
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