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49 U.S.C. § 31504 — Identification of motor vehicles

submitted 43 years ago by Pub. L. 97-449 to r/title-49-TRANSPORTATION · 100 words · no verdicts yet

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This law lets the Secretary of Transportation require an ID plate on certain trucks. It covers private motor carriers and migrant worker carriers, except contract carriers, who pay the plate's cost. These carriers may only use the plate the way the Secretary allows.

(a) General Authority — The Secretary of Transportation can require a private motor carrier, or a carrier of migrant workers covered by section 31502(c), to display an identification plate on its vehicles, except this doesn't apply to a motor contract carrier. The Secretary can also make those carriers pay the plate's reasonable cost. (b) Limitation — A private motor carrier or migrant worker carrier can only use the identification plate in the way the Secretary allows.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain
(a)General Authority.—

The Secretary of Transportation may—

(1)

issue and require the display of an identification plate on a motor vehicle used in transportation provided by a motor private carrier and a motor carrier of migrant workers subject to section 31502(c) of this title, except a motor contract carrier; and

(2)

require each of those motor private carriers and motor carriers of migrant workers to pay the reasonable cost of the plate.

(b)Limitation.—

A motor private carrier or a motor carrier of migrant workers may use an identification plate only as authorized by the Secretary.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 97–449, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2439, § 3104; renumbered § 31504 and amended Pub. L. 103–272, § 1(c), (e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 745, 1030.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1983Enacted · Pub. L. 97-449 · 96 Stat. 2439
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-272 · 108 Stat. 745, 1030

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 97-449 on 1983-01-12.

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