88R10749 AJZ-D
 
  By: Burns H.B. No. 2838
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the exclusion of the operation of certain vehicles from
  commercial driver's license requirements.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 522.004(a), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This chapter does not apply to:
               (1)  a vehicle that is controlled and operated by a
  farmer and:
                     (A)  used to transport agricultural products,
  farm machinery, or farm supplies to or from a farm;
                     (B)  used within 150 miles of the person's farm;
  and
                     (C)  not used in the operations of a common or
  contract motor carrier;
               (2)  a fire-fighting or emergency vehicle necessary to
  the preservation of life or property or the execution of emergency
  governmental functions, whether operated by an employee of a
  political subdivision or by a volunteer fire fighter;
               (3)  a military vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle,
  when operated for military purposes by military personnel,
  including:
                     (A)  active duty military personnel, including
  personnel serving in the United States Coast Guard; and
                     (B)  members of the reserves and national guard on
  active duty, including personnel on full-time national guard duty,
  personnel engaged in part-time training, and national guard
  military technicians;
               (4)  a recreational vehicle that is driven for personal
  use;
               (5)  a vehicle that is owned, leased, or controlled by
  an air carrier, as defined by Section 21.155, and that is driven or
  operated exclusively by an employee of the air carrier only on the
  premises of an airport, as defined by Section 22.001, on service
  roads to which the public does not have access;
               (6)  a vehicle used exclusively to transport seed
  cotton modules or cotton burrs;
               (7)  a vehicle, including a vehicle described by
  Section 504.502(i), that is:
                     (A)  operated intrastate; and
                     (B)  driven by an individual not for compensation
  and not in the furtherance of a commercial enterprise; [or]
               (8)  a covered farm vehicle as defined by 49 C.F.R.
  Section 390.5;
               (9)  a vehicle that:
                     (A)  is operated only within 150 miles of the
  vehicle's primary storage location;
                     (B)  has a gross vehicle weight rating, gross
  combination weight rating, or gross vehicle weight of 48,000 pounds
  or less; and
                     (C)  is not:
                           (i)  equipped with air brakes;
                           (ii)  designed to transport 16 or more
  passengers, including the driver; or
                           (iii)  transporting hazardous materials
  that require placarding under 49 C.F.R. Part 172, Subpart F; or
               (10)  a vehicle that is owned or operated by an agency
  of this state unless the vehicle is designed to transport 16 or more
  passengers, including the driver.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the comptroller of public accounts shall:
               (1)  determine whether any transfer of money for
  deposit to the Texas mobility fund is necessary to comply with
  Section 49-k, Article III, Texas Constitution; and
               (2)  transfer any amount determined to be necessary
  under Subdivision (1) to the Texas mobility fund from the general
  revenue fund.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.