9/10/2023 0 Comments Texas ag exemption truck![]() The end-of-trip exemption is found in § 395.1(k)(4) of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. Therefore, the HOS rules are not in effect for livestock haulers between a point 150 air miles from the source of the livestock – typically a sales barn – and a point 150 air miles from the place where the livestock will be delivered. Motor carriers transporting livestock have been eligible to use the 150 air-mile exemption from the HOS rules at the end of a trip since November 15, 2021.The exemption also applies to the transport of farm supplies for agricultural purposes shipped from either a wholesale or retail distribution point to the location the supplies will be used or from a wholesale distribution point to a retailer. ![]() 49 CFR § 395.1(k) provides exemptions from the HOS rules, during planting and harvesting periods as determined by the State, for the transportation of agricultural commodities (including livestock, bees, horses, fish used for food, and other commodities that meet the definition of “agricultural commodity” under § 395.2) within a 150 air-mile radius from the source of the commodities. ![]()
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