EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
INDIANAPOLIS

EXECUTIVE ORDER 20-03

FOR:

 

WANER OF HOURS OF SERVICE REGULATIONS RELATING TO
MOTOR CARRIERS AND DRIVERS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
TRANSPORTING GOODS TO INDIANA BUSINESSES

TO ALL WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS.

WHEREAS,

WHEREAS,

WHEREAS,

WHEREAS,

WHEREAS,

on March 6, 2020, I declared a Public Health Emergency finding it
was necessary and proper to take action to protect the health and
well~being of all Hoosiers by taking all necessary and appropriate
preparatory and other measures in response to the threats posed to
the public health by the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 
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retail businesses and other entities throughout Indiana are
experiencing shortages of food and other items necessary for daily
life;

drivers of commercial motor vehicles, including those who deliver
food, goods and items to Indiana businesses for purchase or use by
Hoosiers as well as delivery of items for emergency preparedness
and relief supplies/ services, are statutorily limited in the number of
hours they may operate in any given day pursuant to 49 Code of
Federal Regulations 395 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Regulations, incorporated by reference into Indiana statute under
Ind. Code 8-21-2448;

under Ind. Code 10~14~3~12, the Governor may suspend the
provisions of any regulatory statute prescribing the procedures for
conduct of state business, or the orders, rules or regulations of any
state agency if strict compliance with any of the provisions would
in any way prevent, hinder, or delay necessary action in coping
with an emergency; and

relief from the requirements of 49 Code of Federal Regulations 
395 for commercial motor vehicles while traveling in Indiana to
deliver goods to Indiana businesses and entities is needed;

NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Eric J. Holcomb, Governor of the State of Indiana, pursuant
to Ind. Code 10-14~3~12, do hereby order that:

1. During this public health emergency, motor carriers and drivers of
commercial vehicles traveling in or through the State of Indiana and who
are delivering food, goods and items to Indiana businesses and entities for
purchase or use by Hoosiers as well as delivery of items for emergency
preparedness and relief supplies/ services are exempt from regulations
restricting their hours of service under 49 C.F.R. 395, incorporated by
reference into Ind. Code 8~2.1~24~18. This exemption is effective from
the time of the issuance of this Order until April 5, 2020, unless
terminated or further extended by order of the Governor.

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2. Nothing contained in this declaration shall be construed as an exemption
for any portion of the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Regulations other
than those Wregulating hours of service.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 1, Eric J.
Holcomb, have hereunto set my hand
and caused to be affixed the Great Seal
of the State of Indiana on this 13th day
of March, 2020.

?416. 

Eric J. Holcomb
Governor of Indiana

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ATTEST: ston 1

Secretary of State

 






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