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Texas has adopted Part 395 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs), as amended through September 1, 2022, with a few exceptions for intrastate drivers.
Part 395 applies 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.
Exception: The hours-of-service regulations are not applicable to utility service vehicles that operate in interstate or intrastate commerce in Texas. Utility service vehicles are those vehicles operated by public utilities as defined in the Public Utility Regulatory Act, the Gas Utility Regulatory Act, the Texas Water Code, 395.2 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, or other applicable regulations, and charged with the responsibility for maintaining essential services to the public to protect health and safety.
Exception: The Part 395 requirements shall not apply to drivers transporting agricultural commodities in intrastate commerce for agricultural purposes within a 150-air-mile radius from the source of the commodities or distribution point for the farm supplies when such transportation occurs during planting and harvesting seasons.
Texas’ planting and harvesting season is January 1 through December 31 of each year.
| Driving Time | 12 hrs. |
| On-Duty Time | 15 hrs. |
| Off-Duty Time | 8 consecutive hrs. |
| Weekly Limits | 70-hrs./7-days 34-hour restart allowed |
| Air-Mile Radius Exemption | The maintenance of a driver’s record of duty status is not required if the vehicle is operated within a 150 air-mile radius of the driver’s normal work reporting location if:
The motor carrier that employs the driver must maintain for a period of 6 months true and accurate time and business records which include the following information:
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Electronic Llgging device (ELD)
Texas has adopted the electronic logging device (ELD) requirements in Part 395 for intrastate motor carriers and drivers.