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GA HR1397
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
3/27/2018
Primary Sponsor
Robert Dickey
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution encouraging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to immediately provide appropriate Electronic Logging Device (ELD) regulations specifically governing the agriculture industry, arguing the current one-size-fits-all mandate negatively impacts farmers, ranchers, and livestock marketers
- Calls on FMCSA to fully honor the Hours of Service (HOS) provisions for agriculture, including the "agricultural commodity" exception and the 150-mile air radius exemption, with "source" broadly defined to include farms, sale barns, grain elevators, and other distribution facilities
- Asserts that the federal ELD mandate is increasing freight costs, causing regional discounts on livestock sold far from the grain belt, and harming the delivery of living and perishable products such as livestock, fruit, vegetables, turfgrass, and bees
- Argues agriculture should be regulated separately from other industries due to the unique nature of its perishable and living products and the reliance on rural distribution networks
- Directs the Clerk of the House to distribute the resolution to the President, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Georgia's congressional delegation, FMCSA, and the leadership of all state legislatures
Legislative Description
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA); withdraw the Electronic Logging Device regulation on the agriculture industry; encourage
Last Action
House Passed/Adopted By Substitute
3/27/2018
Full Bill Text
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