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Commercial Driver's License (CDL) Standards; Incorporation by Reference of a New State Procedures Manual (SPM)
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on June 13, 2024. It took effect on July 15, 2024. Comments closed on July 15, 2024.
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What the agency says
FMCSA amends the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to incorporate by reference the most recent edition of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, Inc.'s (AAMVA's) Commercial Driver's License Information System (CDLIS) State Procedures Manual (SPM), version c.0. This rule will require all State driver's licensing agencies (SDLAs) to use this edition of the manual to follow standard administrative practices required by the States, and other jurisdictions using the SPM when participating in CDLIS. Version c.0 of the CDLIS SPM provides users with instructions on the processes and procedures for using the information system.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-12882
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Transportation Department; Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- Published
- June 13, 2024
- Takes effect
- July 15, 2024
- Comments due
- July 15, 2024
- Dates
- Effective July 15, 2024. The incorporation by reference of the material described in the rule is approved by the Director of the Federal Register as of July 15, 2024. Petitions for Reconsideration of this final rule must be submitted to the FMCSA Administrator no later than July 15, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FMCSA-2023-0269
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 2126-AC68
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 49 CFR 384
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Alcohol abuse; Drug abuse; Highway safety; Incorporation by reference; Motor carriers
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 6
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