116 STAT. 2342 PUBLIC LAW 107-298—NOV. 26, 2002 Public Law 107-298 107th Congress An Act Nov. 26, 2002 [H.R. 2546] Real Interstate Driver Equity Act of 2002. 49 USC 10101 note. To amend title 49, United States Code, to prohibit States from requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing interstate prearranged ground transportation service, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the "Real Interstate Driver Equity Act of 2002". SEC. 2. REGULATION OF INTERSTATE PRE-ARRANGED GROUND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE. Section 14501 of title 49, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: " (d) PRE-ARRANGED GROUND TRANSPORTATION. — " (1) IN GENERAL. —No State or political subdivision thereof and no interstate agency or other political agency of 2 or more States shall enact or enforce any law, rule, regulation, standard or other provision having the force and effect of law requiring a license or fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing pre-arranged ground transportation service if the motor carrier providing such service— "(A) meets all applicable registration requirements under chapter 139 for the interstate transportation of passengers; "(B) meets all applicable vehicle and intrastate passenger licensing requirements of the State or States in which the motor carrier is domiciled or registered to do business; and "(C) is providing such service pursuant to a contract for— "(i) transportation by the motor carrier from one State, including intermediate stops, to a destination in another State; or "(ii) transportation by the motor carrier from one State, including intermediate stops in another State, to a destination in the original State. "(2) INTERMEDIATE STOP DEFINED. —In this section, the term 'intermediate stop', with respect to transportation by a motor carrier, means a pause in the transportation in order for one or more passengers to engage in personal or business activity, but only if the driver providing the transportation to such passenger or passengers does not, before resuming the transportation of such passenger (or at least 1 of such passengers).
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