# Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations; Definition of Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV); Requirements for Operators of Small Passenger-Carrying CMVs
> **Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration** · Final rule. · Published 2001-01-11 · Effective 2001-02-12 · 66 FR 2756
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-765
- **Category:** motor-carrier
- **Sub-agency:** Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 2756
- **CFR reference:** 49 CFR 390
- **Publication date:** 2001-01-11
- **Effective date:** 2001-02-12
- **DOT docket:** Docket Nos. FMCSA-97-2858 and 99-5710 (formerly FHWA-97-2858 and 99-5710)
## Abstract

The FMCSA is amending the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to adopt the statutory definition of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) found at 49 U.S.C. 31132. The FMCSA is also amending the FMCSRs to require that motor carriers operating CMVs designed or used to transport between 9 and 15 passengers (including the driver) for compensation file a motor carrier identification report, mark their CMVs with a USDOT identification number, and maintain an accident register. The agency is imposing these requirements to monitor the operational safety of motor carriers operating small passenger-carrying vehicles for compensation. This rulemaking is in response to the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/01/11/01-765/federal-motor-carrier-safety-regulations-definition-of-commercial-motor-vehicle-cmv-requirements-for)
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