- Introduced -

SB 1202 - This act transfers various agencies or powers to a newly created Motor Carrier Services Unit within the Department of Transportation. This act is created to implement the Governor's Executive Order 02-03 (February 7, 2002) which transfers these agencies to the Department of Transportation so that commercial truck drivers can obtain licenses and other services from one Department. The concept is often referred to as a "One-Stop Shop".

The following departments or powers are transferred to the Department of Transportation:

1. Division of Motor Carrier and Railroad Safety;

2. Highway Reciprocity Commission within the Department of Revenue;

3. The powers of the Department of Natural Resources relating to the issuing of hazardous waste transporter licenses and waste tire hauling permits.

The act largely deletes and reorganizes current provisions of law dealing with these powers and transfers them to different chapters. This act also creates a new chapter (Chapter 308) in which the Division of Motor Carrier Services is established within the Department of Transportation.

This act shall become effective upon approval or July 1, 2002, whichever later occurs.

STEPHEN WITTE