PUBLIC LAW 107-87 —DEC. 18, 2001 115 STAT. 865 carrier is granted permanent operating authority to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border, and requires that any such safety compliance review take place within 18 months of that motor carrier being granted conditional operating authority, provided that— (A) Mexican motor carriers with three or fewer commercial vehicles need not undergo onsite compliance review; however 50 percent of all compliance reviews of all Mexican motor carriers shall be conducted on-site; and (B) any Mexicein motor carrier with 4 or more commercial vehicles that did not undergo an on-site safety exam under (a)(1)(C), shall undergo an on-site safety compliance review under this section. (3) requires Federal and State inspectors to verify electronic£dly the status and validity of the license of each driver of a Mexican motor carrier commercial vehicle crossing the border; (A) for every such vehicle carrying a placardable quantity of hazardous materials; (B) whenever the inspection required in subsection (a)(5) is performed; and (C) randomly for other Mexican motor carrier commercial vehicles, but in no case less than 50 percent of edl other such commercial vehicles. (4) gives a distinctive Depeirtment of Transportation number to each Mexican motor carrier operating beyond the commercial zone to assist inspectors in enforcing motor carrier safety regulations including hours-of-service rules under part 395 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations; (5) requires, with the exception of Mexican motor carriers that have been granted permanent operating authority for three consecutive years— (A) inspections of all commercial vehicles of Mexican motor carriers authorized, or seeking authority to operate beyond United States municipalities and commercial zones on the United States-Mexico border that do not display a valid Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance inspection decal, by certified inspectors in accordance with the requirements for a Level I Inspection under the criteria of the North American Standeird Inspection (as defined in section 350.105 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations), including examination of the driver, vehicle exterior and vehicle under-carriage; (B) a Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance decal to be affixed to each such commercial vehicle upon completion of the inspection required by clause (A) or a re-inspection if the vehicle has met the criteria for the Level I inspection; and (C) that any such decgd, when affixed, expire at the end of a period of not more than 90 days, but nothing in this p£u*agraph shall be construed to preclude the Administration from requiring reinspection of a vehicle bearing a valid inspection decal or from requiring that such a decal be removed when a certified Federal or State inspector determines that such a vehicle has a safety violation subsequent to the inspection for which the decal was granted.
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