Bill Text: TX HB2735 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from motor carrier registration for certain vehicles used to transport household goods.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Referred to Transportation [HB2735 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2735-Introduced.html
83R9850 JRR-D | ||
By: White | H.B. No. 2735 |
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relating to an exemption from motor carrier registration for | ||
certain vehicles used to transport 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 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; [ |
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(7) a tow truck, as defined by Section 2308.002, | ||
Occupations Code; or | ||
(8) a motor vehicle or combination of vehicles that: | ||
(A) has a gross weight, registered weight, or | ||
gross weight rating of less than 26,000 pounds; and | ||
(B) is used to transport household goods. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 643.051(b), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A motor carrier may not operate a vehicle[ |
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compensation unless the carrier registers with the department under | ||
this subchapter. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |