85R408 JRR-D
By: Huffines S.B. No. 1281
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from motor carrier registration for
certain vehicles transporting household goods.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 643.002, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 643.002. EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to:
(1) motor carrier operations exempt from registration
by the Unified Carrier Registration Act of 2005 (49 U.S.C. Section
14504a) or a motor vehicle registered under the single state
registration system established under federal law [49 U.S.C.
Section 14504(c)] when operating exclusively in interstate or
international commerce;
(2) a motor vehicle registered as a cotton vehicle
under Section 504.505;
(3) a motor vehicle the department by rule exempts
because the vehicle is subject to comparable registration and a
comparable safety program administered by another governmental
entity;
(4) a motor vehicle used to transport passengers
operated by an entity whose primary function is not the
transportation of passengers, such as a vehicle operated by a
hotel, day-care center, public or private school, nursing home, or
similar organization;
(5) a vehicle operating under a private carrier permit
issued under Chapter 42, Alcoholic Beverage Code;
(6) a vehicle operated by a governmental entity; [or]
(7) a tow truck, as defined by Section 2308.002,
Occupations Code; or
(8) a passenger car or light truck, as those terms are
defined by Section 541.201, that is:
(A) transporting household goods; and
(B) operating exclusively in intrastate
commerce.
SECTION 2. Section 643.051(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A motor carrier may not operate a vehicle to which this
chapter applies[, regardless of size of the vehicle,] to transport
household goods for compensation unless the carrier registers with
the department under this subchapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.