49 CFR § 372.245 - New Mexico Commercial Zone.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t49/s372.245"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "49 CFR § 372.245 - New Mexico Commercial Zone."
title_number: 49
title_name: "Transportation"
section_number: "372.245"
section_name: "New Mexico Commercial Zone."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "372"
part_name: "EXEMPTIONS, COMMERCIAL ZONES, AND TERMINAL AREAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "49 U.S.C. 13504 and 13506; Pub. L. 105-178, sec. 4031, 112 Stat. 418; and 49 CFR 1.87."
cfr_part: "372"
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# 372.245 New Mexico Commercial Zone.
(a) Transportation within a zone comprised of Dona Ana and Luna Counties, NM, by motor carriers of property, in interstate or foreign commerce, not under common control, management, or arrangement for shipment to or from points beyond such zone is partially exempt from regulation under 49 U.S.C. 13506(b)(1).
(b) To the extent that commercial zones of municipalities within the two counties (as determined under § 372.241) extend beyond the boundaries of this two county zone, the areas of such commercial zones shall be considered to be part of the zone and partially exempted from regulation under 49 U.S.C. 13506(b)(1).
[81 FR 9121, Feb. 24, 2016]