Sec. 643.054. DEPARTMENT APPROVAL AND DENIAL; ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE. (a) The department shall register a motor carrier under this subchapter if the carrier complies with Sections 643.052 and 643.053.
(a-1) The department may deny a registration if the applicant has had a registration revoked under Section 643.252.
(a-2) The department may deny a registration if the applicant's business is operated, managed, or otherwise controlled by or affiliated with a person, including the applicant, a relative, family member, corporate officer, or shareholder, whom the Department of Public Safety has determined has:
(1) an unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 C.F.R. Part 385; or
(2) multiple violations of Chapter 644, a rule adopted under that chapter, or Subtitle C.
(a-3) The department may deny a registration if the applicant is a motor carrier whose business is operated, managed, or otherwise controlled by or affiliated with a person, including an owner, relative, family member, corporate officer, or shareholder, whom the Department of Public Safety has determined has:
(1) an unsatisfactory safety rating under 49 C.F.R. Part 385; or
(2) multiple violations of Chapter 644, a rule adopted under that chapter, or Subtitle C.
(b) The department shall issue a certificate containing a single registration number to a motor carrier, regardless of the number of vehicles requiring registration the carrier operates.
(c) To avoid multiple registrations of a single motor carrier, the department shall adopt simplified procedures for the registration of motor carriers transporting household goods as agents for carriers required to register under this chapter.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.150(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 17.12(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 122, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1135 (H.B. 2741), Sec. 123, eff. September 1, 2013.
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