---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 384.101"
title: "49"
number: "384.101"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/384.101"
---

# §384.101. Purpose and scope.

- (a) **Purpose.** The purpose of this part is to ensure that the States comply with the provisions of section 12009(a) of the Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 ([49 U.S.C. 31311(a)](/usc/49/31311.md?p=a)).
- (b) **Scope.** This part:
  - (1) Includes the minimum standards for the actions States must take to be in substantial compliance with each of the 22 requirements of [49 U.S.C. 31311(a)](/usc/49/31311.md?p=a);
  - (2) Establishes procedures for determinations to be made of such compliance by States; and
  - (3) **Specifies the consequences of State noncompliance.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 37152, July 11, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 31136, 31301, et seq., and 31502; secs. 103 and 215 of Pub. L. 106-159, 113 Stat. 1748, 1753, 1767; sec. 32934 of Pub. L. 112-141, 126 Stat. 405, 830; sec. 5524 of Pub. L. 114-94, 129 Stat. 1312, 1560; and 49 CFR 1.87.

### Source

Source: 59 FR 26039, May 18, 1994, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 37152, July 11, 1997]