10-3-1308. Responsibilities of highway patrol -- monitoring of motor carriers -- billing. - Montana Statutes

     10-3-1308. Responsibilities of highway patrol -- monitoring of motor carriers -- billing. (1) After receiving notification from the disaster and emergency services division that a motor carrier will be transporting high-level radioactive waste or transuranic waste through the state, the highway patrol shall establish a plan for monitoring the shipment.
     (2) Monitoring a shipment by motor carrier may include escorting the vehicle through the state, establishing checkpoints, shadowing the vehicle, electronically following the vehicle's movements, or any other method determined by the highway patrol to be effective and safe.
     (3) The highway patrol shall coordinate inspection of the motor carrier with the department of transportation's motor carrier services division.
     (4) The highway patrol shall determine the cost that it has incurred in monitoring each motor carrier and shall submit a bill for reimbursement to the disaster and emergency services division for payment out of the account established in 10-3-1304(1) according to the priorities established in 10-3-1304(3).
     (5) The routing of the transport by motor carrier of high-level radioactive waste and transuranic waste must be determined by the department of transportation and the appropriate regulating federal authority.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 560, L. 2003.