The Texas Department of Public Safety (the department) adopts amendments to §4.11, concerning General Applicability and Definitions. This section is adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the February 6, 2015, issue of the Texas Register (40 TexReg 592) and will not be republished.

These amendments are necessary to harmonize updates in Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations with those laws adopted by Texas.

No comments were received regarding the adoption of these amendments.

These amendments are adopted pursuant to Texas Transportation Code, §644.051, which authorizes the director to adopt rules regulating the safe transportation of hazardous materials and the safe operation of commercial motor vehicles; and authorizes the director to adopt all or part of the federal safety regulations, by reference.