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49 U.S.C. § 5119 — Uniform forms and procedures
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**(a) Establishment of Working Group.—** The Secretary shall establish a working group of State and local government officials, including representatives of the National Governors’ Association, the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the Alliance for Uniform Hazmat Transportation Procedures.
**(b) Purpose of Working Group.—** The purpose of the working group shall be to develop uniform forms and procedures for a State to register, and to issue permits to, persons that transport, or cause to be transported, hazardous material by motor vehicle in the State.
**(c) Limitation on Working Group.—** The working group may not propose to define or limit the amount of a fee a State may impose or collect.
**(d) Procedure.—** The Secretary shall develop a procedure for the working group to employ in developing recommendations for the Secretary to harmonize existing State registration and permit laws and regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous materials, with special attention paid to each State’s unique safety concerns and interest in maintaining strong hazmat safety standards.
**(e) Report of Working Group.—** Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the working group shall transmit to the Secretary a report containing recommendations for establishing uniform forms and procedures described in subsection (b).
**(f) Regulations.—** Not later than 18 months after the date the working group’s report is delivered to the Secretary, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out such recommendations of the working group as the Secretary considers appropriate. In developing such regulations, the Secretary shall con
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**(a) Establishment of Working Group.—** The Secretary shall establish a working group of State and local government officials, including representatives of the National Governors’ Association, the National Association of Counties, the National League of Cities, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the Alliance for Uniform Hazmat Transportation Procedures.
**(b) Purpose of Working Group.—** The purpose of the working group shall be to develop uniform forms and procedures for a State to register, and to issue permits to, persons that transport, or cause to be transported, hazardous material by motor vehicle in the State.
**(c) Limitation on Working Group.—** The working group may not propose to define or limit the amount of a fee a State may impose or collect.
**(d) Procedure.—** The Secretary shall develop a procedure for the working group to employ in developing recommendations for the Secretary to harmonize existing State registration and permit laws and regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous materials, with special attention paid to each State’s unique safety concerns and interest in maintaining strong hazmat safety standards.
**(e) Report of Working Group.—** Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this subsection, the working group shall transmit to the Secretary a report containing recommendations for establishing uniform forms and procedures described in subsection (b).
**(f) Regulations.—** Not later than 18 months after the date the working group’s report is delivered to the Secretary, the Secretary shall issue regulations to carry out such recommendations of the working group as the Secretary considers appropriate. In developing such regulations, the Secretary shall consider the State needs associated with the transition to and implementation of a uniform forms and procedures program.
**(g) Limitation on Statutory Construction.—** Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a State from voluntarily participating in a program of uniform forms and procedures until such time as the Secretary issues regulations under subsection (f).
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In this chapter—
(1) “commerce” means trade or transportation in the jurisdiction of the United States—
(A) between a place in a State and a place outside of the State;
(B) that affects trade or transportation between a place in a State and a place outside of the State; or
(C) on a United States-registered aircraft.
(2) “hazardous material” means a substance or material the Secretary designates under [section 5103(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title49-section5103/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) “hazmat employee”—
(A) means an individual—
(i) who—
(I) is employed on a full time, part time, or temporary basis by a hazmat employer; or
(II) is self-employed (including an owner-operator of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft) transporting hazardous material in commerce; and
(ii) who during the course of such full time, part time, or temporary employment, or such self employment, directly affects hazardous material transportation safety as the Secretary decides by regulation; and
(B) includes an individual, employed on a full time, part time, or temporary basis by a hazmat employer, or self employed, who during the course of employment—
(i) loads, unloads, or handles hazardous material;
(ii) designs, manufactures, fabricates, inspects, marks, maintains, reconditions, repairs, or tests a package, container, or packaging component that is represented, marked, certified, or sold as qualified for use in transporting hazardous material in commerce;
(iii) prepares hazardous material for transportation;
(iv) is responsible for the safety of transporting hazardous material; or
(v) operates a vehicle used to transport hazardous material.
(4) “hazmat employer”—
(A) mean
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TITLE 49—TRANSPORTATION
§ 5120
under section 5313 of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Oct. 1, 2012, see section 3(a) of Pub.
L. 112–141, set out as an Effective and Termination
Dates of 2012 Amendment note under section 101 of
Title 23, Highways.
§ 5119. Uniform forms and procedures
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF WORKING GROUP.—The
Secretary shall establish a working group of
State and local government officials, including
representatives of the National Governors’ Asso-
ciation, the National Association of Counties,
the National League of Cities, the United States
Conference of Mayors, the National Conference
of State Legislatures, and the Alliance for Uni-
form Hazmat Transportation Procedures.
(b) PURPOSE OF WORKING GROUP.—The purpose
of the working group shall be to develop uniform
forms and procedures for a State to register, and
to issue permits to, persons that transport, or
cause to be transported, hazardous material by
motor vehicle in the State.
(c) LIMITATION ON WORKING GROUP.—The work-
ing group may not propose to define or limit the
amount of a fee a State may impose or collect.
(d) PROCEDURE.—The Secretary shall develop a
procedure for the working group to employ in
developing recommendations for the Secretary
to harmonize existing State registration and
permit laws and regulations relating to the
transportation of hazardous materials, with spe-
cial attention paid to each State’s unique safety
concerns and interest in maintaining strong
hazmat safety standards.
(e) REPORT
OF
WORKING
GROUP.—Not later
than 18 months after the date of enactment of
this subsection, the working group shall trans-
mit to the Secretary a report containing rec-
ommendations for establishing uniform fo
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