Employee status of motor carrier not altered due to deployment, implementation or use of motor carrier safety improvements

44-132. Employee status of motor carrier not altered due to deployment, implementation or use of motor carrier safety improvements. (a) The deployment, implementation or use of a motor carrier safety improvement by, or as required by, a motor carrier or such motor carrier's related entity, including by contract, shall not, in whole or in part, affect, impact or change the worker status of a driver. (b) For purposes of this section: (1) "Motor carrier safety improvement" means any device, equipment, software, technology, procedure, training, policy, program or operational practice intended and primarily used to improve or facilitate: (A) Compliance with traffic safety or motor carrier safety laws; (B) motor vehicle safety; (C) the safety of the operator of a motor vehicle; or (D) the safety of a third-party public roadway user. (2) "Worker status" means the classification under any state law of a motor vehicle driver who engages in the transportation of property for compensation as an agent, employee, jointly employed employee, borrowed servant or independent contractor for a motor carrier. (c) This section shall be deemed to be supplemental to existing laws relating to conditions of employment and related matters. History: L. 2023, ch. 38, § 1; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026