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2. Have a gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight of 26,0001 or more pounds <br />whichever is greater; or <br />3. Are designed to transport 16 or more passengers, including the driver; or <br />4. Are of any size and are used in the transportation of materials found to be hazardous for <br />the purposes of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5103(b)) and <br />which require the motor vehicle to be placarded under the Hazardous Materials <br />Regulations (49 CFR part 172, subpart F). <br />The following functions are considered safety -sensitive: <br />• All time waiting to be dispatched to drive a commercial motor vehicle. <br />• All time inspecting, servicing, or conditioning a commercial motor vehicle. <br />• All time driving at the controls of the commercial motor vehicle. <br />• All other time in or upon a commercial motor vehicle (except time spent resting in a <br />sleeper berth). <br />• All time loading or unloading a commercial motor vehicle, attending the same, giving or <br />receiving receipts for shipments being loaded or unloaded, or remaining in readiness to <br />operate the vehicle. <br />• All time repairing, obtaining assistance, or attending to a disabled commercial motor <br />vehicle. <br />The City may test any applicant to whom a conditional offer of employment has been made and <br />any driver for controlled substance and alcohol under any of the following circumstances: <br />Pre -Employment Testing <br />All applicants, including current employees seeking a transfer, applying for a position where <br />duties include performing safety -sensitive duties described above, will be required to take a drug <br />test prior to the first time a driver performs a safety -sensitive function for the City. A driver may <br />not perform safety -sensitive functions unless the driver has received a controlled substance test <br />result from the Medical Review Officer ("MRO") indicating a verified negative test result. In <br />addition to pre -employment -controlled substance testing, applicants will be required to authorize <br />in writing former employers to release alcohol test results of .04 or greater, positive controlled <br />substance test results, refusals to test, other violations of drug and alcohol testing regulations, <br />and completion of return to duty requirements within the preceding three years. <br />An applicant must provide consent to the City, and successfully pass a full query of the Federal <br />Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Clearinghouse. In addition, at least once a year, the City <br />will conduct a limited query of the Clearinghouse for each currently employed CDL driver. If the <br />limited query reveals that the Clearinghouse has information about resolved or unresolved drug <br />and alcohol program violations by a candidate or current employee, he or she will be asked to <br />provide electronic consent to a full query of the Clearinghouse (unless he or she has previously <br />provided electronic consent). In the event a full query of the Clearinghouse reveals unresolved <br />violation information for a candidate or current employee, the driver will not be permitted to <br />perform safety -sensitive functions, including the operation of a Commercial Motor Vehicle and, <br />in the case of a candidate, may have their conditional offer of employment rescinded or, in the <br />case of a current employee, may be subject to discipline. <br />99 <br />