The Texas Department of Public Safety (the department) adopts amendments to §4.11, concerning General Applicability and Definitions. This rule is adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the July 24, 2020, issue of the Texas Register (45 TexReg 5131). The rule will not be republished.

The adopted amendments harmonize updates to Title 49, Code of Federal Regulation with those laws adopted by Texas. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted an exemption and this amendment provides clarification for commercial driver license exemptions for covered farm vehicles.

No comments were received regarding the adoption of this rule.

This rule is 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.