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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Motor carrier safety improvement” means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program, or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate:
(A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws;
(B) Motor vehicle safety;
(C) The safety of an operator of a motor vehicle; or
(D) The safety of a third-party public roadway user; and
(2) “Worker status” means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver who engages in the transportation of property for compensation as an agent, employee, jointly employed employee, borrowed servant, or independent contractor for a motor carrier.
(b) The deployment, implementation, or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by, or as required by, a motor carrier or its related entity, including by contract, does not, in whole or in part, affect, impact, or change the worker status of a driver.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 23. Public Utilities and Regulated Industries § 23-13-101. Use of motor carrier safety improvement--Worker status unchanged - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-23-public-utilities-and-regulated-industries/ar-code-sect-23-13-101/
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