BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 1672 By: Ashby Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Department of Public Safety (DPS) conducts regular compliance review investigations of commercial motor carriers and assigns each carrier a final safety rating of either "satisfactory," "conditional," or "unsatisfactory." If a motor carrier has been administratively investigated and is found to have inadequate safety controls, the carrier is assigned an "unsatisfactory" safety rating and given 60 days to take corrective action. If a carrier ultimately fails to comply, DPS then signs and delivers an order to cease intrastate operations to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) in the interest of protecting the public from the unsafe operations of the motor carrier. The bill's author has informed the committee that it is imperative to enter the carrier's inadequate operational status into TxDMV's public "Truck Stop" database as soon as possible so that state troopers and certified motor carrier safety assistance program officers can take appropriate action when encountering unsafe vehicles. H.B. 1672 seeks to address these issues and enhance public safety by eliminating redundancy of due process between agencies and adding orders to cease intrastate operations to the list of actions exempted from the Administrative Procedure Act. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 1672 amends the Government Code to exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act an action by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles related to an order to cease intrastate operation under the Department of Public Safety's compliance review and safety audit program for commercial motor vehicles. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2025.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 1672
By: Ashby
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 1672
By: Ashby
Delivery of Government Efficiency
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Department of Public Safety (DPS) conducts regular compliance review investigations of commercial motor carriers and assigns each carrier a final safety rating of either "satisfactory," "conditional," or "unsatisfactory." If a motor carrier has been administratively investigated and is found to have inadequate safety controls, the carrier is assigned an "unsatisfactory" safety rating and given 60 days to take corrective action. If a carrier ultimately fails to comply, DPS then signs and delivers an order to cease intrastate operations to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) in the interest of protecting the public from the unsafe operations of the motor carrier. The bill's author has informed the committee that it is imperative to enter the carrier's inadequate operational status into TxDMV's public "Truck Stop" database as soon as possible so that state troopers and certified motor carrier safety assistance program officers can take appropriate action when encountering unsafe vehicles. H.B. 1672 seeks to address these issues and enhance public safety by eliminating redundancy of due process between agencies and adding orders to cease intrastate operations to the list of actions exempted from the Administrative Procedure Act.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 1672 amends the Government Code to exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act an action by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles related to an order to cease intrastate operation under the Department of Public Safety's compliance review and safety audit program for commercial motor vehicles.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2025.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) conducts regular compliance review investigations of commercial motor carriers and assigns each carrier a final safety rating of either "satisfactory," "conditional," or "unsatisfactory." If a motor carrier has been administratively investigated and is found to have inadequate safety controls, the carrier is assigned an "unsatisfactory" safety rating and given 60 days to take corrective action. If a carrier ultimately fails to comply, DPS then signs and delivers an order to cease intrastate operations to the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) in the interest of protecting the public from the unsafe operations of the motor carrier. The bill's author has informed the committee that it is imperative to enter the carrier's inadequate operational status into TxDMV's public "Truck Stop" database as soon as possible so that state troopers and certified motor carrier safety assistance program officers can take appropriate action when encountering unsafe vehicles. H.B. 1672 seeks to address these issues and enhance public safety by eliminating redundancy of due process between agencies and adding orders to cease intrastate operations to the list of actions exempted from the Administrative Procedure Act.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 1672 amends the Government Code to exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act an action by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles related to an order to cease intrastate operation under the Department of Public Safety's compliance review and safety audit program for commercial motor vehicles.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2025.