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Texas Transportation Code - Section 621.2061. Exception To Maximum Extended Length Of Load: Certain Motor Vehicles

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§ 621.2061. EXCEPTION TO MAXIMUM EXTENDED LENGTH OF LOAD:  
CERTAIN MOTOR VEHICLES.  Notwithstanding Section 621.206, a 
trailer may carry a load that extends more than four feet beyond the 
rear of the trailer if the load consists of a motor vehicle that:
		(1)  is designed and intended to be carried at the rear 
of the trailer;     
		(2)  is used or intended to be used to load or unload a 
commodity on or off the trailer;
		(3)  does not extend more than seven feet beyond the 
rear of the trailer;  and
		(4)  complies with each applicable federal motor 
carrier safety regulation. 

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 25, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.            

Last modified: August 10, 2007