HB1376 - Relating to the authority of the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety to adopt rules requiring the use and installation of intrastate commercial motor vehicle electronic logging devices.

      By: Virdell H.B. No. 1376       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of the public safety director of the   Department of Public Safety to adopt rules requiring the use and   installation of intrastate commercial motor vehicle electronic   logging devices.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 644.053(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A rule adopted under this chapter may not:                (1)  prevent an intrastate operator from operating a   vehicle up to 12 hours following eight consecutive hours off;                (2)  require a person to meet the medical standards   provided in the federal motor carrier safety regulations if the   person:                      (A)  was regularly employed in this state as a   commercial motor vehicle operator in intrastate commerce before   August 28, 1989; and                      (B)  is not transporting property that requires a   hazardous material placard;                (3)  require a person who returns to the work-reporting   location, is released from work within 12 consecutive hours, has at   least eight consecutive hours off between each 12-hour period the   person is on duty, and operates within a 150-air-mile radius of the   normal work-reporting location to maintain a driver's record of   duty status as described by 49 C.F.R. Section 395.8, provided that   the person maintains time records in compliance with 49 C.F.R.   Section 395.1(e)(5) and documents that verify the truth and   accuracy of the time records such as:                      (A)  business records maintained by the owner that   provide the date, time, and location of the delivery of a product or   service; or                      (B)  documents required to be maintained by law,   including delivery tickets or sales invoices, that provide the date   of delivery and the quantity of merchandise delivered; [ or ]                (4)  impose during a planting or harvesting season   maximum driving and on-duty times on an operator of a vehicle   transporting an agricultural commodity in intrastate commerce for   agricultural purposes from the source of the commodity to the first   place of processing or storage or the distribution point for the   commodity, if the place is located within 150 air miles of the   source ; or                 (5)  require an electronic logging device:                       (A)     to record an intrastate operator's duty   status; or                       (B)     to be installed in a commercial motor vehicle   used only for intrastate commerce .          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.