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1. Have a gross combination weight rating or gross combination weight of 26,001 pounds or more, whichever is greater, inclusive of a towed unit(s) with a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of more than 10,000 pounds, whichever is greater; or 2. Have a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of 26,0001 or more pounds whichever is greater; or 3. Are designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or 4. Are of any size and are used in the transportation of materials found to be hazardous for the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5103(b)) and which require the motor vehicle to be placarded under the Hazardous Materials Regulations (49 CFR part 172, subpart F). The following functions are considered safety -sensitive: • Aall time waiting to be dispatched to drive a commercial motor vehicle, • Aall time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning a commercial motor vehicle, • Aall time driving at the controls of the commercial motor vehicle, • all other time in or upon a commercial motor vehicle (except time spent resting in a sleeper berth), • Aall time loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle, attending the same, giving or receiving receipts for shipments being loaded or unloaded, or remaining in readiness to operate the vehicle, • Aall time repairing, obtaining assistance, or attending to a disable commercial motor vehicle. The CityCity may test any applicant to whom a conditional offer of employment has been made and any driver for controlled substance and alcohol under any of the following circumstances: Pre -Employment Testing: All applicants, including current employees seeking a transfer, applying for a position where duties include performing safety -sensitive duties described above, will be required to take a drug test prior to the first time a driver performs a safety -sensitive function for the CityCity. A driver may not perform safety -sensitive functions unless the driver has received a controlled substance test result from the Medical Review Officer ("MRO") indicating a verified negative test result. In addition to pre employment controlledpre employment -controlled substance testing, applicants will be required to authorize in writing former employers to release alcohol test results of .04 or greater, positive controlled substance test results, refusals to test, other violations of drug and alcohol testing regulations, and completion of return to duty requirements within the preceding three years. An applicant must provide consent to the cityCity, and successfully pass a full query of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Clearinghouse. In addition, at least once a year, the 6i4yCity will conduct a limited query of the Clearinghouse for each currently employed CDL driver. If the limited query reveals that the Clearinghouse has information about resolved or unresolved drug and alcohol program violations by a candidate or current employee, he or she 1091Page