81R11020 MTB-D By: Phillips H.B. No. 2985 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the registration of for-hire motor carriers of passengers by the Texas Department of Transportation. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 643.252, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) The department shall revoke or deny a registration issued under this chapter to a for-hire motor carrier of passengers if the motor carrier is required to register with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the federal registration is denied, revoked, suspended, or otherwise terminated. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.