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23-1605 - Motor carriers; employment status; safety improvement; definitions
23-1605. Motor carriers; employment status; safety improvement; definitions
A. The deployment, implementation or use of safety improvement by or as required by a motor carrier or its related entity, including by contract, may not be considered when evaluating a person's status as an employee, independent contractor or jointly employed employee under any state law.
B. For the purposes of this section:
1. "Motor carrier" has the same meaning prescribed in section 28-5201.
2. "Safety improvement" means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate any of the following:
(a) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws.
(b) Safety of a motor vehicle.
(c) Safety of the operation of a motor vehicle.
(d) Safety of third-party users of a public highway as defined in section 28-5201.