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(1) The Division of Arkansas State Police and the enforcement officers of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation may stop vehicles suspected of transporting commercial medical waste to assure that all required permits for transporting the commercial medical waste have been obtained and to enforce all laws and rules relating to the transportation of commercial medical waste.
(2) The Division of Arkansas State Police may administer and supervise the program of inspection of vehicles which transport commercial medical waste and have a gross vehicle weight rating of less than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.). The Division of Arkansas State Police shall collect a fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each inspection. The fee shall be deposited as special revenues into the State Treasury and distributed to the credit of the Division of Arkansas State Police Fund to defray the costs of administering and supervising the inspection program.
(b) The enforcement officers of the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation may conduct vehicle safety inspections of those vehicles transporting or intended to be utilized to transport commercial medical waste, to inquire into the history of any safety or equipment rule violations of the transporter in any state, and to advise the Department of Health of the results of such inspections and inquiries.