§31140. Submission of State laws and regulations for review

(a) General.-A State that enacts a State law or issues a regulation on commercial motor vehicle safety shall submit a copy of the law or regulation to the Secretary of Transportation and the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Regulatory Review Panel immediately after the enactment or issuance.

(b) Additional Information.-As soon as practicable but not later than a date the Panel may establish, a State that submits a State law or regulation under this section to the Panel shall-

(1) indicate in writing to the Panel whether the law or regulation-

(A) has the same effect as a regulation prescribed by the Secretary under section 31136 of this title;

(B) is less stringent than that regulation; or

(C) is additional to or more stringent than that regulation; and

(2) submit to the Panel other information the Panel or the Secretary may require to carry out this subchapter.

( Pub. L. 103–272, §1(e), July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1008 .)

In subsection (a), the text of 49 App.:2506(a) and (c) is omitted as expired.

In subsection (b)(1), the reference to section 31136 was in the original "section 6" and was translated as if the reference was to section 206 to reflect the probable intent of Congress. The text of 49 App.:2506(e) is omitted as surplus because of section 31141 of the revised title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 31132, 31134 of this title.