Source: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/January272017/Proposed%20Rules/37.PUBLIC%20SAFETY%20AND%20CORRECTIONS.html
Timestamp: 2018-01-17 01:25:46
Document Index: 461379295

Matched Legal Cases: ['§4', 'art 395', '§2001', '§2001', '§4', '§4', '§548', 'art 395', 'art 391', '§391', 'arts 393', '§396']

The Texas Department of Public Safety (the department) proposes amendments to §4.12, concerning Exemptions and Exceptions. The first amendment strikes paragraph (a)(10) which is the requirement for non-regulated Household Goods Mover commercial vehicles to comply with 49 CFR Part 395 Hours of Service requirements. Striking this paragraph makes this type of vehicle consistent with other intrastate non-regulated vehicles, has no safety impact and reduces paperwork requirements imposed by the State. The second amendment strikes paragraph (a)(11) which contains language incompatible with adopted Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations related to "contract carriers", for which there is no definition in Texas law or Federal regulation. This incompatibility was identified in an audit of the Department's Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and necessitated this second amendment.
In addition, Ms. Whittenton has also determined that for each year of the first five-year period the rule is in effect, the public benefit anticipated as a result of enforcing the rule will be maximum efficiency of the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program.
The department has determined that this proposal is not a "major environmental rule" as defined by Texas Government Code, §2001.0225. "Major environmental rule" is defined to mean a rule, the specific intent of which is to protect the environment or reduce risk to human health from environmental exposure and that may adversely affect, in a material way, the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, competition, jobs, the environment or the public health and safety of a state or a sector of the state. This proposal is not specifically intended to protect the environment or reduce risks to human health from environmental exposure.
The Texas Department of Public Safety, in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act, Texas Government Code, §2001, et seq., and Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 644, will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at 10:00 a.m., at the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Highway Patrol Division, Building G Annex, 5805 North Lamar, Austin, Texas. The purpose of this hearing is to receive comments from all interested persons regarding adoption of the proposed amendments to Administrative Rule §4.12, regarding Exemptions and Exceptions, proposed for adoption under the authority of Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 644, which provides that the director shall, after notice and a public hearing, adopt rules regulating the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles.
§4.12.Exemptions and Exceptions.
[(10) Unless otherwise specified, a motor carrier transporting household goods for compensation in intrastate commerce in a vehicle not defined in Texas Transportation Code, §548.001(1) is subject to the record keeping requirements in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 395 and the hours of service requirements specified in this subchapter.]
[(11) Unless otherwise specified, a contract carrier is subject only to Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 391, except §391.11(b)(4) and Subpart E, Parts 393, 395, and 396, except §396.17.]
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on January 10, 2017.
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