[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 49, Volume 5]

[Revised as of October 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 49CFR388.4]



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                        TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION

 

                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

 

PART 388_COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH STATES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 388.4  Exchange of information.



    (a) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration furnishing 

information to State. Information that comes to the attention of an 

employee of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the 

course of his/her official duties of investigation, inspection, or 

examination of the property, equipment, and records of a motor carrier 

or others, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 504(c), and that is believed to be a 

violation of any law or regulation of the State pertaining to unsafe 

motor carrier operations and practices, shall be communicated to the 

appropriate State authority by an official of the Federal Motor Carrier 

Safety Administration.

    (b) State furnishing information to Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration. Information that comes to the attention of a duly 

authorized agent of the State in the course of his/her official duties 

of investigation, inspection, or examination of the property, equipment, 

and records of a motor carrier or others, and that is believed to be a 

violation of any provision of the safety or hazardous materials laws of 

the United States concerning highway transportation or the regulations 

of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration thereunder, shall be 

communicated to the Field Administrator.



[51 FR 12621, Apr. 14, 1986, as amended at 67 FR 61824, Oct. 2, 2002]