§ 4708. Adoption of federal requirements — Amendments of 49 C.F.R. Part 396.
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(a)Subsection
(a)of 49 C.F.R. § 396.9 is stricken in its entirety and the following is substituted in its place:
“(a) Personnel authorized to perform inspections — Every special agent of the Federal Highway Administration, Secretary of Public Safety, the Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security’s deputies, state police, other sworn police officers and size and weight enforcement technicians of the Division of State Police working in conjunction with and in the physical presence of a uniformed police officer, are hereby authorized to enter and perform inspections of any motor vehicle, cargo and driver of any motor carrier for compliance with safety regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.
State police size and weight enforcement technicians shall have the same authority and duties enforcing this chapter as granted in § 710 of this title.”
(b)Farm vehicles being operated on an intrastate basis within this State shall be exempt from the recordkeeping requirements as provided in 49 C.F.R. Part 396.