(a) A motor carrier may not operate a commercial motor vehicle upon the public roads or highways of this state without first obtaining a certificate of registration issued by the department as prescribed in this subchapter and a valid USDOT number.
(b) A household goods carrier may not operate a vehicle upon the public roads or highways of this state without first obtaining a certificate of registration issued by the department as prescribed in this subchapter and a valid USDOT number.
(c) For the purposes of this subchapter, a valid USDOT number is an active USDOT number.

Source Note: The provisions of this §218.11 adopted to be effective February 4, 2010, 35 TexReg 663; amended to be effective August 4, 2011, 36 TexReg 4813; amended to be effective March 12, 2015, 40 TexReg 1104