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Overview
The Texas Department of Public Safety, who has primary responsibility for trucking safety, incorporated, by reference the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations Parts 40, 380, 382, 385, 386, 387, 390-393, and 395-397, including all interpretations thereto, as amended through September 1, 2022. The adoption was effective January 8, 2023.
Applicability
The regulations are applicable to a vehicle or combination of vehicles with an actual gross weight or a gross weight rating in excess of 26,000 pounds when operating intrastate, and a vehicle of any size hauling hazardous materials requiring placarding.
The regulations apply to farm vehicles operating intrastate with a gross vehicle weight or gross vehicle weight rating of 48,000 pounds or more.
The regulations do not apply to an intrastate vehicle used in oil or water well servicing or drilling which is constructed as a machine consisting in general of a mast, an engine for power, a draw works, and a chassis permanently constructed or assembled for such purpose or purposes.
Also, the regulations do not apply to a mobile crane which is an unladen, self-propelled vehicle constructed as a machine used to raise, shift, or lower weights, or a vehicle transporting seed cotton.