California Intrastate HOS

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d14_8/vc34501_2.htm

 

Keep in mind according to the CHP officer that conducted my New Entry Audit, those rules ONLY apply to Intrastate carriers with a valid CA# and the loads must originate and terminate in CA. If you are a CA carrier and have full Interstate authority and you pick up a load in Nevada then head to CA...you are subject to the Fed limits.

 

Not 100% sure, but I believe that if you pick up a load from a port, it would be considered interstate transportation, even if it delivers in CA. There was another poster on the board that ran containers intrastate from the ports in FL, and was not very happy to find out he had to run federal HOS from a DOT officer.

 

The link posted by rockee explains what the California intrastate rules are - once you determine that you are entitled to use them.

The following link should clear up the issue of when you are considered to be engaged in intrastate vs. interstate commerce.

http://rightlane4trucking.com/pages/newsletters/nl0511hos.php

 

That is right, if you haul freight that originated out of state or country or crosses out of the state even if you don't haul it there it is considered interstate freight and you fall under federal laws. I think I put that down right.